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The endemic problems of the Gillard Government : Comments
By Don Aitkin, published 19/12/2011It is not entirely clear to me what 'Labor' and 'Liberal' mean any more, and it seems that a great deal of contemporary politics is simply about staying in power.
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The only way anyone could see this piece as anything but some Labor propaganda, dressed up as a dissertation on spin, is because they want to. It is nothing but spin itself. Only a fool believes their own propaganda, fooling yourself leads only to failure.
A couple of times he started getting close to admitting Gillard is a fool, but lost his nerve, & backed away from it. After all admitting such a thing would excommunicate from the academic fraternity.