snowbay, It is also a matter of being right or wrong, not just being in the majority.
While we Howard supporters do currently represent the majority, many of us also feel that it is because that on balance, over the many, many issues that make us the position and stance of the current John Howard Government, that overall the policies pursued and implimented are far better for us than what the opposition parties would be capable of providing in their current state.
There are obviously some areas that we would wish things might be done differently, and the democratic process allows for such a mechanism. However we really have no credible opposition party which of course weakens tyhe process considerably, and this also tends to make many Howard supporters more critical of the governments policies.
Many of us would think it essential to have a viable opposition party to strengthen the many checks and balances that are part of the democratic process.
Personally I deplore the current state of the labour party and wish they would get their act together, but I see it as what the supporters of the labour party have accepted as good enough for too many years now and so that becomes a cross for all Australians to bear.
When the labour supporters finnaly decide to raise their standards above petty politicing and start the address the real problem of gangsterism and rot within their party, we might see a change. I dont see it happening for a number of years.
