hingehead wrote:msolga wrote:
She's most likely doing what her leader requires.
Depressing on so many levels.
Yes, isn't it?
Something
strange happens to folk when they win parliamentary seats. (Bye bye, integrity!)
I mean, look at Malcolm, post-politics. Is he a changed man, or what? Possibly, just possibly, under that grim PM exterior, an
idealist lingered! What an idea!
So possibly, just possibly, Amanda could be half-decent, despite the political/media personae?
Now
there's a thought!
Memo #1:
Never become a politician if you want to retain some semblence of self-respect.
Memo #2:
Never join a political party if you care about retaining your independence of thought! (I'm starting to sound like Mark L here!
But then, I had a quiet regard for his political beliefs & his sheer nerve (minus the violent bits, of course! :wink: )
Pauline considering reentering politics?: She'll be right at home in 2007! She might even be considered rather conservative by some Liberals! :wink:
), then was rewarded by being moved onto more "respectable" responsibilities. I understood at the time she took over that Vanstone's brief (she being considered a Lib wet) was to put a more humane & respectable face on things, soften & deflect some to the criticism that the government had been receiving here & abroad . But, of course, it is very hard to change an entrenched culture & that was what she has been up against. For all I know she may have softened the approach of DIMA, but the outrageous legacy has lived on. Just say Vanstone has tried her best to improve the government's approach toward asylum seekers, she has still had to do it within the context of the Howard government's "tough" stance. A bit of a juggling act, I'd imagine. I reckon she might now think that she was sold a pup by Howard & Ruddock! Perhaps she might have been more effective had there been more Petro Georgios & Judy Moylans pushing for a fair deal for asylum seekers, but they were just a small, very brave (reckless even?) minority with a conscience within the Liberal government. Everyone else just shut up, toed the line & "followed orders".
