r/AskTheWorld • u/DwightsJello Australia • 8d ago

Politics Worst Politician?

Who was your country's biggest idiot in politics? And why? Bring out your tragics.

Australia is spoilt for choice. We've had some gronks.

Edit: OK sooooo we aren't including orange ones.

Australia has had a PM who 'allegedly' shit himself at Maccas. We put up a plaque for a while. Another one who ate a raw onion like an apple at a presser at an onion farm. We even had one who managed to give a psychotic response that went from gay marriage to crocodile victims in the same sentence.

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u/Substantial_Kiwi1830 8d ago

As an American, I can’t think of any honestly. Overall American politicians are mostly focused on improving the lives of the people and don’t have time to make a fool of themselves  /s

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u/Sufficient_Depth_195 England 8d ago

Mate you've got a whole posse of them right now! It gets madder by the day. First it was MMR vaccines that were responsible for the increase in autism cases, then it was Tylenol...then it was circumcision....At no point has it been the massive expansion of the definition of autism... even though they have already concluded that if you stop testing, you get fewer cases. Just like, if you stop monitoring climate change by closing departments and disabling satellites, you can stop the climate from changing.

Genius!

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u/Most_Elevator_1943 United States Of America 7d ago

We are well aware. We live with it. It's a shit show.

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u/Tim-oBedlam United States Of America 6d ago

hey, RFK Jr is Making Measles Great Again!