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My brother knew John Howard and described him as a decent man and my brother was no fool.

Compared to the squawking liar we have now...........well there's no comparison at all.
 
rumpole said:
He did sod all when he was in government , just rode the wave of the mining boom and sold off public assets to create surpluses.
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What a load of crap. This Labor Government are receiving from the mining boom now than before the 2007 election.

Howard sold of part Teltra to pay for Labor's legacy of $92 billion which Howard had to inherit. But YOU, like other Labor supporters, tend to forget.
 
I'd be happy enough for John to get the medal. Old school. Well assisted by Costello.

Compared with the current world leaders, he looks like a saint. On my list of "needs replacement" I have Obama, Jintao, Jong-un, all the PIGS nations leaders, most of the African nation leaders, most of the South American nation leaders... :

David Cameron seems ok.
 
Knobby22 said:
I'm sure we could give an alchoholic a top hat to get somewhat close!
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Knobby, can you please show some evidence that Sir Jon was an alcoholic. As far as I know, he was not. Otherwise you should show contrition for what would amount to an outrageous libel.

However, whether or not an alcoholic, the shrill socialists and their sympathizers should consider that Sir John took the only action left available because of the impasse in parliament regarding supply as the government was unable to function.

The real villains in the episode were Whitlam and Fraser.
 
I don't hate the guy and as GG his decision re:the dismissal was probably justified, but that's how I remember him, slurring his speech at the Melbourne Cup.

I was pretty young at the time, Calliope's comment is probably truer, maybe he was just a drunk.

Winston Churchill was a drunk and he did OK.

I was trying to be funny, loosen up Wayne.

(Better Loosen Up was a great horse by the way, didn't win a Melbourne Cup though, a bit far for it.)
 
+1 to that.
 
MrBurns said:
My brother knew John Howard and described him as a decent man and my brother was no fool.

Compared to the squawking liar we have now...........well there's no comparison at all.
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That's ironic considering Howard told two of the biggest political lies (one to get re-elected) of our generation.
 

Drunk vs alcoholic ... i can be a drunk at times LOL!

Not often enough for me likin though!

CanOz
 

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Ves said:
That's ironic considering Howard told two of the biggest political lies (one to get re-elected) of our generation.
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Well thats bulldust, just another Labor tragic fable

The Queen of liars would be offended that someone should even suggest she wasnt the best.
 
rumpole said:
He did sod all when he was in government , just rode the wave of the mining boom and sold off public assets to create surpluses.
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And Kristina Keneally/Anna Bligh didn't?
 
Caveman said:
And what deed has he actually done to deserve the title?
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Well maybe he and the then treasurer, had Australia in a position, to be the only western economy to survive the G.F.C.
Any idiot can throw away money, ours was the only economy in surplus. The Eurozone and the U.S wouldn't be in the crap they are in if they had run a budget surplus.
Oh I forgot, budget surpluses are like workers without debt, boring.lol
So in answer to your question, he and the then government went against world trends to increase debt.
 
Last century? It was in October 2001.
 
sptrawler said:
Any idiot can throw away money, ours was the only economy in surplus.
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Spain and Ireland were both in surplus until their property markets tanked. Like to take a guess where state governments get a fair whack of their revenue?

We have the highest household indebtedness in the world and run a current account deficit. What's really happened is that government saving has forced the household sector to borrow more in order to finance the CAD.

It's hardly a ringing endorsement for the 10 years to 2007.
 
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