'It sounds like that's what you believe'

How did you get that? I'm intrigued.

Dear Houellie,

From your previous post.
I simply took a page out of your
book. If you can't dazzle them
with brilliance, baffle them with BS!

So do we now have the 'fake' Kevin Rudd, or the 'real one'.

Remember, the real one got the chop!

Or was that the 'fake' one? I'm confussed!

I really think JG and the labor party have lost the plot and they should be counting thier lucky stars that the libs don't have a leader in the likes of John Howard or Peter Costello, as it would simply be 'game over'!

As I say, labor are odds on to loose the un-loosable.

Dear rehctub,

What's so winnable about the Libs?
They're trying to win on "More slogans,
less ideas!" And who but the numb nuts
are going to buy into that.

Do you really know what Tony Abbott stands for?
He's said so many things in the past and now
he's done an about face on all of them.
Who's the real Tony Abbott? And as for John
Howard's legacy? Please... Racist with dignity!

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10661

Foxy,

Well said in context of current thread.

Personally, I wonder at the 'numb nuts' mentality to not being able to recognise that the "real JG" was in a both a metaphorical sense and a declaration to be straight forward (i.e. more simplistic).

I think it is a indictment of Australian society that a significant number numb nut either use this prefabricated banal argument to avoid real discussion on substance.

These same numb nuts are lead by the media who thrive on sensation and extremes are saying this is a dull election , devoid of differences. The notion is preposterous, an excuse to avoid actual effort. And they call themselves patriots... what a joke.
Self-centred, lazy probably, but true blue Aussies good grief

Dear Examinator,

It is rather disheartening, especially
when I read the local newspapers.
I can't believe that the issue of the
"boat people," has become an election issue.

In 2000-01, several conservative politicians
used the issue of the "boat people" (many of whom
are Muslim) to advance their political fortune.
This issue was widely debated and discussed, and the
Federal Government, sensing the unease within the
Australian community about "boat people" and "asylum
seekers," followed a hardline policy.

This, despite the fact that the refugee problem
Australia faces is very small compared with that of
other developed countries. According to statistics
issued by the Department of Immigration and
Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) the total number of
people arriving in Australia was negligible. Yet
in the rhetoric over the "boat people", they were
demonised as "queue jumpers" (there is no queue) or
as potential terrorists, and in the most bizarre
case were even accused of throwing their children
into the sea (children overboard - scandal - which
turned out to be a lie). The fuelling of hatred against
these boat people continues even today and is believed
in certain sections of the Australian community.

And, that's only one issue that troubles me.
The others are - the Liberals are using this campaign
to prey on people's fears and to redeem the name of
John Howard's legacy and the "injustice" perpetrated
upon him at the last election. Nothing will help us all
if these people get elected. Even the prominent
former Liberal Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, has made
it quite clear that the current Liberal Party, if elected
would be a major disaster for the nation.

Do we want a George W. Bush clone, who follows
the dictates of the Vatican, to be PM of this country?