Unfortunately the longer our Prime Minister grips on to office the lower our ratings decline. How worse can it get ? If we held a democratic ballot by everyone of our members with all the front runners placing their hats in the ring this would go down well with the Electorate. John Howard should call a ballot which would include himself with Alex, Malcolm, Peter and Tony that would be healthy and worth supporting. The polls are getting worse and worse how bad can they get this is getting really serious. It is now clearly obvious that 60% of the Country do not want John Howard and his policies today are not popular. Bob Carr, Geoff Gallop, Steve Bracks and Peter Beattie made sure that they blooded a prodigy before they stepped aside. Unfortunately we did not groom a suitable person that the Australian people would like. John Howard may have been a wily politician but he also made sure that he never had a successor. Not clever John.

Hi all,

I think many people including our commentators in the News Media appear not to have read between the lines of JH's undertaking about his future as PM post the election.

As usual the 'rat cunning' JH left himself an open window in that interview - with the words 'I could come to the opinion'....

Besides, if you carefully read/listen to what he said I believe that he was making a last ditch plea to the electorate to re-elect his government on the grounds of sympathy and his supposed economic credibility.

My Politics lecturer used to emphasise an old adage which I keep in mind when reading/listening to pollies and the like 'Listen to what a man does not say for therein lies the truth' seems appropriate.

As for the annointed successsor to JH - imagine a Abbot/Costello combination on the floor of Parliament. The thought alone would be sad for this country and its people if it was not so hillarious.

Enjoy the weekend

Dear Julie,

John Howard here. My good friend Rainier has kindly allowed me to use his OLO account to respond to your letter to me.

First let me say this.

I don't think I want your vote anyway and Peter Costelly tells me he thinks people like you will be thrown on the scrap heap if 'we' win because the last thing we want is small 'L' liberals harping on about everything they think they have copyright on.

Its bad enough have the whinging Petrol Georgio in the back benches forensically combing through all our wonderful legislation looking for boogy men.

This very anti politically correct world we have created in Australia and we are proud of it. In other words every should agree with us or be accused of being politically correct. (ie, see ABC board for example)

You obviously don’t so bugger will ya and join the Labor party or Greens. (or even Family first, we are still happy to receive your ballot preferences)

We prefer rich people or gentry and blokes from Texas. (not necessarily in this order)

Yours sincerely

John Winston Howard.(PM 1996 -2008)

We are now all confused with who now is leading our Country. John Winstone Howard wants to remain holding office but only as long as his party want him. Enough is enough he is now insulting our intelligence. He was going along fine telling a fib here a porky there and now a Howard everywhere UNTIL he chose to take on the vulnerable in the workplace and then that was it. He now must be the most infamously hated person in Australia. JWH is now putting on an ACT so that you may feel sorry for him poor old sod. HE HAS TO GO his disciples are still toadying up to him and oblivious to what all Australians are telling them. The man has to go we cannot tolerate him for another month and that is being generous. We see these TV adverts Government paid telling us that if we ever get stitched up by our employer we will be protected. That is just not true there are tens of thousands of employees who are still waiting for justice where unscrouplous employers have taken advantage of work choice and have given employees unreasonable working conditions. Once an elected Government attacks workers pay and conditions that spells the END of that Government. John Howard must now go to Ballot to find out now if he is popular with his own Liberal Party as the opinion polls now show he is in the mire it is now time to go John Howard. I cannot believe these people who now admit that they always voted Liberal but now admit they will never vote Liberal again. Why did they vote Liberal in the first place ? People have to suffer before they finally realise but unfortunately they always vote selfishly and not for the benefit of all with investments into the infrastructure Education and Health.

As for the annointed successsor to JH - imagine a Abbot/Costello combination on the floor of Parliament. The thought alone would be sad for this country and its people if it was not so hillarious.
I listen and watch debate in Parliament and the Senate. They all seem to be childish and unprofessional such low standards compared to the Houses of Parliament st Westminster. Senator Ellison, Bob Brown, Andrew Bartlett, Carmen Laurence Anthony Albanese, Lindsay Tanner, John Faulkner, Peter Garret are always respectful why don't the rest grow up. Costello Abbot Howard Downer are extremely bad orators. We do deserve better

Dear John
I have suggested once and I will forcefully say it again.
Please please stand aside this week.
We must go to ballot which would look healthy and appreciated by all.
Let the best worthy politician win then call an election and we will then pull it of.
If we don't do that then Labor will win with a landslide. We can purchase General Public Hospitals for one dollar and then we can sell them to the highest bidder. We may not be able to Privatise the Health Service but the door is open for us to purchase Government Hospitals with popular consent. We must win the next term to establish Individual workplace agreements and privatise Medicare Private. Subsidise Optus, Opel to become the prime Telco provider.