Lexi - . We do have a current financial problem globally (worsened considerably when the ALP clowns squandered millions on inane schemes)

The Labor government gave Bluescope $110 million

Of course the government cannot be held responsible if the
CEO's of Bluescope decided to give themselves bonuses
in the millions while their company is struggling. (Hmmmmm)

Seems to me those three alone would constitute more than adequate proof of the utter ineptitude of the red-headed witch, the dying duck and the wong wun, but then we find they have highjacked another half billion of OUR money to buy votes .... and you still claim the parasites have an acquaintance with honor ??

Dear Prax.,

I can see that we're not going to agree on so many
things. On the PM for one thing. Eva Cox sums things
up very well when she states that the PM:

" I think she's done a
good job in holding together a diverse and quite
different group of votes in the Senate and the House of
Reps and she has pursued the business of government
with some efficiency, with many bills going through unopposed
and many others passed with narrow margins. In that sense, her
role, as head of the executive process of government has been
impeccable."

I'm not saying she's perfect. Nobody is. But you can't blame her
for the control by party machine men and relying on bad
research to justify egregious policies that prove the
government is tougher than the Opposition. These problems
would still exist with or without her.

As Eva Cox tells us: "The PM has many characteristics to be
admired. She has a strong sense of who she is, what she stands
for, many negotiator skills, the ability to stay cool and
collected under considerable pressure, she's a good parliamentary
performer, and a warm personality up close."

You may disagree with all of that and that's fair enough.
However what is not fair is the way in which you abuse
the PM and her team. People you don't really
know in the most disgusting and
personal terms. That lowers the bar of the discussion.
And is very off-putting.

Dear Lexi - someone who knowingly & intentionally fleeces taxpayers to the tune of half a billion dollars purely to fuel their personal fantasy has obviously no right to any level of respect. I don't expect much from scumbag politicians but this witch has stooped to an all-time low. Despicable doesn't even begin to describe the mood.

Prax is of value to every non Labor/greens voter.
His views highlight a truth, while he will not confront truth it lives in his posts.
He constantly reminds me much of Liberals words are untrue.
See we are electing a second grade Liberal team.
Yes brilliance lives there too, but sitting on that faction are a third grade front bench team, not all but most.
It is so, cry if you want to, under Gillards mountain of discontented voters, hidden from us all, Abbott is preparing to unload the biggest truck load of non core promises.
He need not promise anything.
He rarely dos.
Much of the fantasy stuff, carbon emission/mining tax is evil, we are broke, will haunt him after he wins.
But win he ill, unless Turnbull, yes the man could still be the best leader/treasurer we ever had, he has only two paper men , men without that some thing, to replace.

Dear Belly

Turnbull, or any present sitting conservative for that matter, is not the answer to either the blue, the red, or the green teams. Even the great white hope 'Big Clive' is unlikely to be the long awaited political Messiah, although I figure he's the best we can reasonably hope for in the immediate future. Fact is the major parties and even the smaller ones have lost their way. They have invariably got too full of their own importance and have effectively ignored their constituents.

What political party to date didn't consider its own survival took precedence over all else & compromize principles accordingly ?? What political party didn't willingly sell Australians out to offshore interests for a few coins ?? What political party didn't do everything in its power to sidestep accountability ?? Whilst the ALP faithful clearly can't bear to hear the truth, their own caucus is the architect of the partys doom. As the old saying goes 'too many cooks'. Has any Australian really asked themself 'why are yankees so patriotic whilst Australians really don't give a rats ?? Despite the myriad of bad features about the USA, citizens have somehow managed to dredge up a fanatacism about their homeland that others merely dream about. Obviously there are precious few halfway desirable yankee habits & customs, but if only we could put off the class-conscious subservience male bovine dropping we apparently inherited from the bleeding poms, we just might be able to consider the meaning of patriotism & thence demand far more from our elected officials.

Dear Prax.,

Thank You for your civility and explaining your
views to me. The point that I was simply trying to make
was that we should try to give thoughtful, intelligent
responses, and frankly avoid personal abuse and insults
no matter how strongly we feel justified in doing so.
We all need to be heard. Reasonably.

Dear Belly,

For me this discussion has now run its course.
What will be will be come September.
Hopefully, the voters will get it right.