This debate is reminiscent of fight night! With the fight well and truly over and the winner declared!
Yet, a couple of entirely unreasonable, irrational, and seriously outraged drunken sluggers, unable to accept the KO, and their betting losses, have made it to the middle and are now slugging it out.
And just like drunks, swinging wildly and missing everything, except the clinches, which is the only thing allowing then to stay perpendicular.
Rhrosty.

I wonder how much Labor pay this bloke to produce this crap.

What ever it is they should double it to have him stop. His continual fantasies just highlight how bad this government has been, & still is for a few more weeks.

Dear Hasbeen,

You sound confused.

It's the Libs who have big media, big business and
big money lined up against Labor. With all those
against them it's difficult for Labor to get any
message out. And you have to be careful to believe
what Mr Abbott is selling. Motherhood statements
and gaps in logic are not longer working as well
as he thinks:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/abbott-focuses-on-profit-not-people-20130517-2js2r.html

In politics a degree of rhetorical flourish, and a
pinch of hyperbole is to be expected. But when your
whole basis of your campaign doesn't add up, and is
illogical and full of gaps then the bar is not being
set very high. Still the gullible fall for it.

Dear Rhrosty, Emma Gee, Peter King, wantok and Godo,

As of today there are 70% of Australians who do not intend voting for you.

Sorry about that, better luck next time but at least it's democratic.

Lexi,

Your comments are wasted on this lot...too sensible. Walk away as I do in despair after a few attempts at debate.

Posters such as runner, hasbeen et al can not be engaged in intelligent dialogue. They always revert to name calling abuse etc.

Not one of them can address and refute any of Alan's points in the article. If they could we might just listen but an argument has to be bidirectional and based on some identifiable logic to have any value.

For example note this brilliantly argued and erudite comment from hasbeen: "...What ever it is they should double it to have him stop. His continual fantasies just highlight how bad this government has been, & still is for a few more weeks."

What are these fantasies one might ask?

Total waste of time this forum...I think Graham Young ought to consider a new career.

Dear imajulianutter,

In the mediascape polls trump policies
every time.

Dear spindoc,

Really?

Are you trying to tell us that 70 percent of Australians
would rather vote for party that has a political leader
who's admitted on national television that he has trouble
with the "gospel truth?" A man who's done nothing to
establish his or his party's economic credentials
and seems content to coast along on what he perceives
were the "good old days," (they weren't) of the past?
A man whose policies simply don't add up. A man who
makes promises but doesn't disclose how he'll pay for
his promises (except of course making massive cuts).

Then if what you're saying is true, then Australians
deserve a little more respect from the man who wants to
lead the nation. The upcoming election will be held against
a back-drop of a fast-changing world. The central challenge
for political leaders is to ensure Australia's continued
economic resilience in this time of change.

After seeing Joe Hockey questioned on the "Insiders," I
don't hold much faith in the economic credentials of
the party he represents. He was all over the place.
One minute saying what he really thought, the next
contradicting himself by remembering he had to toe the
Party line. It did not inspire confidence to say the least.
Besides - things in politics can change over night.
Predicting the future is a risky business at the best of
times. Australians may just not be as gullible as you
think. They should certainly be able to tell the difference
between chicken salad and chicken pooh.