Probably be better off going with Dorothy to the Wizard of Oz and asking for a brain, a heart, some courage and like Dorothy, the way home!
Costello Quits!!
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Probably be better off going with Dorothy to the Wizard of Oz and asking for a brain, a heart, some courage and like Dorothy, the way home!
that makes a lot of sense...
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Nooo! Wrong strategy....
Using the Strategy Of Perverse Logic (TM), while they have Labor under the gun of the Senate, they should firstly elect the muppet Tony Abbott - he will be an abject failure and will get turfed out within 6 months, never to be seen again. Having to work under Abbott as leader for that short time will generate great sympathy from electors who can only ever imagine what that dreadful experience would be like.
THEN, having garnered some sympathy, they can safely mount up with Republican Turnbull at the helm, who, after the debacle of Abbott will be confident of appearing to be a genious and saint-like in comparison!
Easy-peasy, really...
LOL
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Now there's an idea with merit. Anything to despatch Tony Abbott into oblivion for ever, even if it does take three years. Could backfire though.Nooo! Wrong strategy....
Using the Strategy Of Perverse Logic (TM), while they have Labor under the gun of the Senate, they should firstly elect the muppet Tony Abbott - he will be an abject failure and will get turfed out within 6 months, never to be seen again. Having to work under Abbott as leader for that short time will generate great sympathy from electors who can only ever imagine what that dreadful experience would be like.
THEN, having garnered some sympathy, they can safely mount up with Republican Turnbull at the helm, who, after the debacle of Abbott will be confident of appearing to be a genious and saint-like in comparison!
Easy-peasy, really...
LOL
He would have to be the worst possible choice for the Libs.
Brendan Nelson is ineffectual and prone to stuff-ups.
Joe Hockey imo could only serve the same purpose as Abbott above, but he seems rather too decent a bloke to be sacrified in this way.
Alexander? Oh, please, no. He has failed once. We just don't need a further demonstration of his petulant whining.
Paul Keating in "The World Today" on ABC Radio provided his usual amusing commentary on the various contenders. His choice was Julie Bishop.
I think Julie Bishop is more likely to take the deputy position behind Turnbull as leader. Turnbull has the higher profile, but I guess that all changes when they become leader. It''ll be interesting to see where the power base lies within the Liberal party, now that the vaccuum is growing. Howard, Costello, Vaille and Brough are all gone. I wouldn't be surprised to see Ruddock and Downer shoot through before too long. If the routing of Howard was the main ccourse, watching so many others drop like flies is dessert. How sweet it is!
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The Liberal Partys "Oil Security" and "Jet Fighter" expert Brendon Nelson has now joined the leadership battle.
Maybe they should decide the winner in a nice fair paint ball match or a telivised WWF tournament or something ?
Maybe they should decide the winner in a nice fair paint ball match or a telivised WWF tournament or something ?
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Yes its a joke isnt it SevenFX, that pathetic decision cant even be rolled back can it ?
I reckon that purchase in just part of a glorified protection racket !
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Dubbya to Howard/Nelson - You buy our crappy old planes and we will promise to protect you from the badguys.
Howard/Nelson - Sure thing Dubbya your holiness, how much can we pay you for these flying slabs of Iron, our hole in the ground economy has lots of excess cash now.
Dubbya - Just give me a blank cheque till the JSF comes out my humble servants.
Howard/Nelson - Thankyou sir.
I reckon that purchase in just part of a glorified protection racket !
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Dubbya to Howard/Nelson - You buy our crappy old planes and we will promise to protect you from the badguys.
Howard/Nelson - Sure thing Dubbya your holiness, how much can we pay you for these flying slabs of Iron, our hole in the ground economy has lots of excess cash now.
Dubbya - Just give me a blank cheque till the JSF comes out my humble servants.
Howard/Nelson - Thankyou sir.
Michael Kroger isn't even in Parliament. I met him a number of years ago. I found him to be rude and arrogrant. He is also very conservative.
I live in the Higgins electorate and don't like the idea of having to vote again soon. If Costello isn't serious about serving a full term then he shouldn't have stood in the first place. I still thnk that he'll leave politics and be offered numerous directorships in the private sector.
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"Toto, something tells me we're not in Kentucky anymore, - in fact - we've found the real OZ !"
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Earth to skint, the Libs inherited a massive deficit and debt when they came to power. They got the economy through the Asian meltdown 10 years ago and the 9/11 global slowdown.
They introduced GST when the ALP lacked the guts to do so and reduced personal tax thresholds.
The resources boom is a recent phenomenon, the last 4 years.
But victors write history so let the revisions begin......
It is very sad that little (No GST) Johnnie wouldn't hand over to PC after the last election as I personally believe that he would have done a much better job as PM than little Johnnie, whom I always regarded as a fool's fool. Johnnie only got away with it because he had good advisers, something by the way which PM Kruddy & the Labour Party will not have.
To those soothsayers that say that the Libs cannot win next time, all I can say is tha you are either too young or suffer from amnesia as the Labor Party in govt duly advised by ex-Union stooges will send us backwards as a country/economy at a zillion miles an hour.
The only positive thing little Johnnie did for me was make me laugh big time when he bowled the cricket ball right onto his own foot instead of down the other end of the pitch. Personally, that little event to me summed him up big time.
Costello like Keating would have made a great PM.
To those soothsayers that say that the Libs cannot win next time, all I can say is tha you are either too young or suffer from amnesia as the Labor Party in govt duly advised by ex-Union stooges will send us backwards as a country/economy at a zillion miles an hour.
The only positive thing little Johnnie did for me was make me laugh big time when he bowled the cricket ball right onto his own foot instead of down the other end of the pitch. Personally, that little event to me summed him up big time.
Costello like Keating would have made a great PM.
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Interesting comparison
I reckon the two of them arguing toe to toe in parliament were the greatest entertainment ever, lol !! - both brilliant on the floor of the house.
Both are very arrogant and want power at any cost. At least Keating had the guts to challenge Hawke whilst Costello lacked guts.Interesting comparison
I reckon the two of them arguing toe to toe in parliament were the greatest entertainment ever, lol !! - both brilliant on the floor of the house.
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IMO - in the end Costello was too polite mate
just MO of cors -
I mean both Costello and Keating were able to produce evidence of "agreements to abdicate in favour of the other" -
and Hawke was more inclined to honour a "gentleman's agreement" that was Howard. (IMO again)
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Today my man Pyne has said he will be Deputy Opposition Leader; just one slight impediment - he hasn't actually won his seat yet! What a dag.
What a dag.
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Just thinking aloud - as you are nc lol
But I have sometimes wondered if Costello would hav been far more reserved in his support for GWBush - could it possibly be (? speculation time) that that is why Costello was held back from top job?
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The truth lies in the fact that he never had sufficient numbers, the ambition of others held to Howard. Howards great trick was to have a number of ambitious camps, one in particular was Abbot then having Turnbull come along at the right time was a master stroke.
Howard had the knack of keeping everyone guessing and off ballance within his own Cabinet and with the public. If ever something a bit sticky came up he would create an emergency or have an excercise with black men coming out of helicopters with the Opero house and harbour bridge in the background.
The old lesson of chivilary in the dark ages, have one or two knights in shining armour ride through town now and again and all the peasants would continue to work dilegently for the King.
Suckers.
