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Such an ungrateful electorate ... : Comments

By David Ritter, published 14/12/2007

According to the Liberal view, a splendid government has just been tossed away by an ungrateful electorate that was idly bored.

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Now that our correspondent has got that off his chest perhaps he might grace us with his reason why the polls consistently predicted the results some 12 months out from the election.

In other words, Kevin Rudd was the only excuse needed to exercise the 'cricket bat' option.
Posted by rivergum, Friday, 14 December 2007 3:39:34 PM
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Uh... rivergum... that's exactly what the article was explaining.
Posted by TurnRightThenLeft, Friday, 14 December 2007 3:42:14 PM
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As far as i'm concerned the lying Liberal party shot themselves in the foot with the GST and then exacerbated matters with all the stuff that followed.Unfortunately,a lot of the damage they did and the lies they told cannot be fixed.Good riddance.
Posted by haygirl, Friday, 14 December 2007 3:47:13 PM
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Nice blast, David. It describes several dear departeds very well (especially Downer and Costello, as you point out).

That said, Robb's contributions this week do not exactly match your description. Nor, I think, does Minchin's column yesterday.
Posted by Tom Clark, Friday, 14 December 2007 4:15:22 PM
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I feel the Howard Govt suffered from the the Right to Rule syndrome that afflicts many management groups that have had a long tenure. They know what is best for the masses and start to pontificate from their position on high to all and sundry.
They do forget that there are many who are as well qualified to occupy their positions and often more so.
Sadly Mr Howard and his troops forgot this simple fact as have many others and as will many more in the future.
I think it is human nature and a basic cycle in the scheme of things.
Wait a while and you will see it all over again, if you arent already observing it somewhere else apart from those in govt.
Shaggy Dog
Posted by Shaggy Dog, Friday, 14 December 2007 5:57:08 PM
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Howard, yesterday’s man

1. Neo-colonialism very much written into Howard’s foreign policies.

2. His backing of George W Bush simply replacing our American cousins following on from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana simply carrying on the superiority of the English-speaking clans.

3.The role of the American deputy sheriff in the Western Pacific and somewhat in the Sou-West Indian Ocean zone also gives reminders of colonial times.

4.It is obvious our Australian public though somewhat against an attack on Iraq, also obviously feel that being backed by the one nation that is allowed to pursue the latest in weaponry, including nuclear, is a very safe bet to be aligned with.

5.Also it is obvious that Howard’s belief in an Almighty is one that unlike the Sermon on the Mount of the Nazarene Jesus, Howard believes that war is still as necessary as it was in colonial times to preserve the Anglipholic as the ruling clans on earth to keep the world in order.

Unfortunately much of the above is about faith more in the faith of preservation of a caste than faith in what us Aussies might term a fair go.

The Israelis, of course, were and are still eager to stay aligned with us, and particularly with America, because though ruthlessly ground down in spirit by Hitler, know that only through America can they prove themselves in this world, which they certainly have so far in all kinds of mentalities.

It is in the Schools of Humanities in universities, however, were it it is felt Howard in his training as a lawyer, failed to get the message that human progress does not mean simply having faith in one ever-growing Great Power to rule and manage, but possibly more like is happening today in the sporting arena, learning from each other, and in the process all eventually working together and making for a far far kinder world, letting the hate burn out under field compeition, all colours mixing
Posted by bushbred, Friday, 14 December 2007 7:20:48 PM
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