This metamorphosis screams for a thread of its own.

I probably can't put it any better than Michael Pascoe, so I'll quote a few lines from his article.

"A caterpillar emerging from its cocoon as a butterfly has nothing on the metamorphosis of Joe Hockey.

The Hockey of ''budget crisis'' fame, the government debt warrior, the dry who never met a deficit he didn't hate, has turned into the half-trillion dollar man, spent all the $7.1 billion in policy savings he was trumpeting just five days ago and blown out this year's deficit by $7 billion beyond Labor's best efforts. And the financial year is young."

http://www.theage.com.au/business/the-metamorphosis-of-joe-hockey-from-scrooge-to-santa-20131023-2w1nf.html

What's that?

He's blown out Labor's best efforts by $7 billion this financial year?

A further 1.8 billion this week to take the total since 9 September to $14.7 billion.

More like a conservative politician emerging from his cocoon as a "hypocrite".

Hockey gave the RBA all that money to trade on the international currency market, geez, all I can see coming now is higher personal and other taxes amid increased government speculation whilst carbon tax is abolished to satisfy the big end of town.

Hockey and in fact many front bencher's have always been the same hollow and of little substance.
I think many of us knew that.
Again the reason Labor lost was not its policy,s, and not the Liberals ones.
Labor folded under the actions of its factions and highlighting its right both the driver of its defeat, and now in control.
How strange politics is, its best hope of returning.
Leaving out our best friend in that climb back the Liberal Party would be uncharitable.

Here it is, folks.

Straight from the horse's mouth....

http://jbh.ministers.treasury.gov.au/transcript/012-2013/

"....If people lend us money most of the risk is in their hands, but we are AAA rated and we are in good shape."

".....but we are AAA rated and we are in good shape."

"....we are in good shape."

(October 23, 2013)

(he must have been lying earlier in the year)

Stop the Press!

Hold the Front Page!

>>(he must have been lying earlier in the year)<<

A politician lied to us.

Well, doesn't that just beat the band.

Who would have thought it possible.

I'm aghast that something as terrible as this should happen, here, in Australia of all places,

(etc. etc.)

Yes, well, Pericles.

It was a smart-arsed add on in brackets at the bottom of my post.

Just a parting swipe to SM and Co.

Hint: I'm not surprise that a pollie lied to us...but one has to admit, the fraud was long and loud - and successful!