The NEXT coming Oz election thread!

Those cruel, cruel Oz cartoonists! Have they no compassion for a fellow whose having such a rough trot?:

G'day scumbags

WTF
Little Dessicated Coconut?

Where'd that spring from.

I'm guessing it's because l'il Johnny has told so many lies that his brain is shredded.

Or, he's a tasty coating for a fudge-covered sponge. :wink:

Who're you calling scumbags then, dadpad?
I may be a ratbag, but a scumbag? I think not! (puffing up with indignation)
I cannot speak, of course, for the handful of others who frequent this thread from time to time ....! :wink:



Interesting language, I agree.
I think PK just made that up on the spot!
... & left it to others to decide what it means.

My take: dessicated = scrambled brained, not thinking straight, lost the plot, all over the place.
coconut: well who knows exactly? Could it be a less than flattering description of JH's dome? Or perhaps he's suggesting that JH is a bit of a coconut brain? (empty on the inside with stuff sloshing around in there? ) Whatever, it's not flattering or respectful. And it was funny! That's interesting, JH is now a joke! And Keating got away with it. Remember, not so long ago journalists were ever-so-reverently describing him as some sort of tactical political genius? How things can change!

Which brings me to TinTin.
Ya know, I never thought that having a saint at the helm of the ALP was such a brilliant idea. Limited appeal for ordinary folk, rather emote from the masses and all that. This episode might toughen him up a bit ( & hopefully loosen him up a bit!) & cause him to act less like a choir boy & more like a real person. Not a bad thing at all, I think.

Yes, & so it should be, Builder!
Let's make the major issue trust! Oh, & let's throw in integrity while we're at it!
Let the voters decide whose got most of those qualities!
Now that would make for an interesting election!

Howard is running scared. Keatings quip about Howard's shoulder trembling when he's under pressure was apt. I've been watching for it lately.

Howard's pros;

Interest rates have remained relatively stable.

Well the truth is, the fed gov has very little control over the reserve bank, nor the interest rates. That lends the lie to the smear campaign that won the last fed election for him.

The economy is vibrant.

Maybe in QLD and WA, where our boys and girls are digging whopping great holes to feed China's need for resources. The other states and territories are stagnant or showing negative growth. Truth be known, the Howard admin is running out of resources and infrastructure to sell off to balance the books.

Unemployment is at an all time low.

CDEP and the redefinition of "work" to include one hour per week as defining the "employed" had a lot to do with that whitewash.

Industrial relations reform.

Hang on..... that should be in the Cons list.

:wink:

Don't be so cynical Builder...

...after all, we know that just before the election, Mr Howard is going to promise us all goodies, baby bonuses, tax cuts, etc etc etc...

...I mean, if he made such promises now, well, we Australians might forget about such things come election time, and actually focus on the real issues.

...<makes>...muuuh..neeeey

Dessicated Coconut

I thought it was Bonzai Howard.

(bonzai = little bush)

Bonzai Howard.
I like that!

Hello, Bungie. Nice to meet you! :


More Burke/Lib mud!:



http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/liberal-senator-dragged-into-burke-scandal/2007/03/07/1173166743132.html

Bet JH wishes he hadn't started this!:

Bonsai. equals little bush.

Banzai. equals kamikaze pilot.

You make the delineation.

Got a chuckle or two out of me. :wink:

Hello msolga, nice to meet you too. Was just going to send you a pm
instead of this reply, but I don't have access.

" have not met the PM privilege requirements"

Cheers, bungie.

Well thanks for trying, Bungie. It's the thought that counts.

No way around it, this is a bloody big blow!
Kelvin, Kelvin, how could you have been such a goose?
I mean, a reference for Tony Mokbel, who you didn't even know personally? You've gotta be kidding! Like, duh!

What can you say?
It's a disaster for Labor. There goes the alternative attorney general! Just like that!

And the sad thing is this: Kelvin Thomson is considered a highly principled, hard working, widely respected local member (I reside in the electorate of Wills) & probably would have made a fantastic attorney general. Down the shoot he goes for something so bloody stupid! Sigh. :

Mokbel link rocks Labor

KEVIN Rudd has forced the resignation of Labor frontbencher Kelvin Thomson over revelations that he offered a personal reference to fugitive drug baron Tony Mokbel. .... <cont>

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21356144-601,00.html

But what's this?
Ruddock talking of accountability?
Oh, please!

Kelvin Thomson appears to have committed a breath-taking blunder, which he owned up to.
Ruddock, on the other hand, knows exactly what he's doing ... & continues doing more of the same, again & again & again ...

"High moral ground"? Don't make me laugh!

And since morals & accountability appear to be the go at the moment, can we make some retrospective judgements while we're at it? ... like "children overboard", the Iraq invasion, the AWB scandal, Cornelia Rau, etc, etc, etc ...?

Ruddock targets Labor's judgment
Selina Mitchell
March 10, 2007/the AUSTRALIAN

THE surprise resignation of Labor frontbencher Kelvin Thomson highlighted a lack of judgment within the Labor Party, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said yesterday.

And Mr Ruddock sought to turn the news against Labor leader Kevin Rudd, kicking off the next round in the war for the moral high ground ahead of the federal election.

Mr Ruddock said he found it difficult to understand how Mr Thomson did not know the background of drug baron Tony Mokbel before writing him a reference.

"But I think a greater concern, of course, is a pattern of behaviour that this evidences in the Labor Party; an Opposition Leader who admitted to poor judgment in meeting Mr Brian Burke, a shadow minister who again has demonstrated very poor judgement," he said.

"Clearly, in relation to accountability, senior members of the Labor Party have a problem."..... <cont>

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21355982-601,00.html

I just have to give this one another run! Perfect!: