RE: Big Doings Down Under
June 29, 2013 at 4:57 am
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2013 at 4:57 am by Aractus.)
Well as your resident Lib-Party member, let me offer a small piece of opinion! 
The ALP have now knifed 3 of their last 4 prime ministers: Hawke, Rudd, Gillard. They did it to themselves.
Whether or not the polls would be "better under Rudd" or (in 2010) "better under Gillard" it was the wrong thing to do. I have so little respect for any party that would do this. What is really telling is the fact that there were no clear policy differences that lead Rudd (and his supporters in the caucus) to do this. When Gillard did it in 2010 to Rudd (and yes the so-called "faceless men" like Bill Shorten were behind it more than she was) she announced that the government would pull the Mining-tax advertising, and re-negotiate - then went to the election promising the Australian public "no mining tax" and "no carbon tax". She then went ahead an introduced both.
So I'm not surprised that Rudd hasn't offered his policies - the ones that are vitally different to what the Australian public is currently fed up with, but I can't stress the point enough that the actual policies themselves have nothing whatsoever to do with this. And that I think is what is so corrupt and dishonourable about the whole thing. All it's about is trying to "win the game". Well that's fine if you're playing games, but it's not fine if you're trying to govern a democratic country.
The ALP have now knifed 3 of their last 4 prime ministers: Hawke, Rudd, Gillard. They did it to themselves.
Whether or not the polls would be "better under Rudd" or (in 2010) "better under Gillard" it was the wrong thing to do. I have so little respect for any party that would do this. What is really telling is the fact that there were no clear policy differences that lead Rudd (and his supporters in the caucus) to do this. When Gillard did it in 2010 to Rudd (and yes the so-called "faceless men" like Bill Shorten were behind it more than she was) she announced that the government would pull the Mining-tax advertising, and re-negotiate - then went to the election promising the Australian public "no mining tax" and "no carbon tax". She then went ahead an introduced both.
So I'm not surprised that Rudd hasn't offered his policies - the ones that are vitally different to what the Australian public is currently fed up with, but I can't stress the point enough that the actual policies themselves have nothing whatsoever to do with this. And that I think is what is so corrupt and dishonourable about the whole thing. All it's about is trying to "win the game". Well that's fine if you're playing games, but it's not fine if you're trying to govern a democratic country.
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
