VooDoo wrote:I quite like Latham myself.
But can someone wake me up when they sort it all out.
A smarter electorate? Call me an optimist but I think it is possible. Certainly, we can strive for a population that is more resistant to easy election talk. Electoral promises are just mutable deliberately partial and interpretive working documents attempting to generate credibility in the fragile and volatile environment of opinion. This is the art of spin, jingle-writing and propaganda. And it has worked so well during the last few elections. *sigh*
My apologies, I still haven't gotten over it.
One can hope, VooDoo, one can hope ....
But how can this thing <a smarter, more informed electorate> be achieved?
Heaven knows, we had enough material in our daily media about the lies we were told, about everything from "children overboard" to our involvement in the Iraq invasion. What does it take, then?
Obvious answer: A viable opposition with credibility. <sigh>
BTW, I thought latham's policies on Education, health, the elderly & even most of the "green" stuff were good! Wouldn't it be great if all of this wasn't lost in transition?
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Yes, yes .... But who created the "speculation"? 
