A quick perusal of the great media institutions that is Women’s Weekly and we here at Sixpack couldn’t help but notice current Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s beaming portrait on the cover.
We hadn’t seen that much teeth since denti-con 2010 (25th anniversary no less, although it had some teething problems) and this made us all a little uneasy.
This nervousness didn’t stem from our own prejudices towards Gillard’s looks (pants suits for the massive win), but towards the lengths at which our two prime ministerial candidates were trying to:
a) look like everyday people and
b) to appear attractive.
If we really wanted a prime minister that looked like everyday ‘down-to-earth’ people, we’d vote in an Australia’s Got (no) Talent contestant. Worse yet we’d vote in a Farmer wants a (root, but wife will do) wife contestant - or Natalie Tran from YouTube’s Community Channel.
We hadn’t seen that much teeth since denti-con 2010 (25th anniversary no less, although it had some teething problems) and this made us all a little uneasy.
This nervousness didn’t stem from our own prejudices towards Gillard’s looks (pants suits for the massive win), but towards the lengths at which our two prime ministerial candidates were trying to:
a) look like everyday people and
b) to appear attractive.
If we really wanted a prime minister that looked like everyday ‘down-to-earth’ people, we’d vote in an Australia’s Got (no) Talent contestant. Worse yet we’d vote in a Farmer wants a (root, but wife will do) wife contestant - or Natalie Tran from YouTube’s Community Channel.
If we wanted the leader of our country to be attractive and look good in swimwear, we’d vote in an Australia’s Next Top Model contestant - or Natalie Tran from YouTube’s Community Channel.
A quick reminder to both political parties, looking good on screen does not win you elections. Kay Ruddy was a dweeb, J How was a vastly older and balder dweeb and P Keats was a wobbling chin of a dweeb.
What actually wins you Australian elections is a bored constituency (2007), an alternative that is lead by Mr. Shakes-your-hand-way-too-hard (2004) and a logie-deserving screenplay ‘Tampa-belly’ (2001).
So while we will undeniably continue to see messrs Jay-G and Abz plastered on the front covers of our tabloid magazines, we can’t forget that this voting process is one of the most important things we’ll do in our lives and should really give a considerable rats.
That is until we can start voting on Masterchef.
-Sixpack
Founders of the Nat Tran 2010 Political Party.
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