Eden-Monaro

He put himself and his party waaaay beyond help!!

 

You're one sick puppy, contemplating the libs getting back in...

Bill

 

I am convinced that Malcolm Turnbull was phoning round before the
leadership ballot, pleading with certain people not to vote for him, so
as Nelson could get the next thrashing.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

So the Libs have a new chief who was a member of the Labor party and a Union
leader.

Theo

 

Don't be so harsh on the poor Brendan, at least he does ride a
Triumph.....(sometimes)

But, you can guarantee now, with Brendan as leader, the Labor Party of
Australia have now got the go-ahead to govern indefinitely

 

Hey, me too! I also ride a Triumph.....(sometimes).

Nelson has the makings but Turnbull already has the knives sharpened.

Maybe Costello will make a run 12 months out from the next election. Why
put in 3 years as Opposition Leader when you can spend a couple of years
on the back bench and still have a crack after that? Especially after
letting his rivals have a period in the limelight where he can see where
party loyalties really lie?

 

Yeah. While the recriminations, back stabbing etc are happening, its a
good idea to have a sacrificial lamb sitting in the hot seat whilst
the real leaders bide their time and wait for the proper opportunity
to make their run.
God, I hate politics!!

 

That would be very unlike Malcolm. If he's put his hand up he wanted
it (not that anyone was in doubt that he wanted the PM job from the
day he engineered his pre-selection).

I'm told that the reason Malcom Turnbull missed came down to two
problems; Malcolm Fraser made a number of calls urging people to vote
for Turnbull, and he promised to say sorry...

JL
A pretty sad day when the backing of a former liberal PM is a poison
chalice, but then I'd vote for Turnbull, I'll never vote for Nelson -
Triumph rider or not - he's part of the same god bothering group as
Howard and Abbott.

 

If you don't trust Labor with the GST, just remember Labor opposed it,
and the coalition introduced it with a mandate from the people who voted
them back into power... so if you didn't vote Labor in 1999, and you
don't like what they do with the GST next, you only have yourself to blame.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

A 6 pack of Coopers says Costello doesn't even attempt(1) to get the
opposition leader's job let alone succeed before the next election.

JL
(1) attempt is defined as forcing a party room ballot not whinging and
whining in the press that it's my turn now)

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:54:22 -0800 (PST)

Because Big Mal's gone all lefty in his old age. You know, all about
compassion and looking out for the disadvantaged. Was a bit soft on
reffos when he was in power too, didn't chuck those gook boat people
out now did he?

No wonder the current parliamentary Libs want no truck with him.

Zebee

 

Watch it, you!

Good bloke or not, that's a bit too close to the bone there.

I was one of the folk covered by his amnesty.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Elder statesmen should have gravitas not trouserloss!

 

Makings of what? A rhetorical punching bag?

The education minister who mused about including Intelligent Design in
shool science curricula, encouraged politicisation of research funding
and academic appointments, explained earnestly how universities are
irrelevant because most Australians don't have degrees, and waxed on
about the inevitability of rising uni fees while a member of a
government with a $20 billion surplus and the holder of a medical
degree which didn't cost him a cent.

The defence minister who saddled the Defence Force with a token force
of impractical, overpriced 25-year-old tanks and an impulse purchase
of $6 billion in ill-suited combat jets.

With a record like that, how's he supposed to be taken seriously on
education, defence or fiscal responsibility?

Because those'll be the actions of a conniving, miserable, lazy
coward... he's already quit while the going was tough twice. If he
comes back whining about it being his turn again, how's anyone
supposed to take him seriously?

 

Excess "gravitas" leads to trouser drop.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:43:02 +1100

Well yes.

And one of the best programmers I ever worked with was a boat person -
made it out of Vietnam on the 2nd try, washed up on the shores of WA
more dead than alive. THe current mob would have shipped him off to
Nauru or the middle of the desert to rot for years, or given him a
"protection visa" meaning he had to starve on what he could beg.
Mal's govt gave him refuge and in return he worked his guts out, built
two businesses each employing several people, and basically gave back
more than he ever took.

But according to the current Libs, Mal was all wrong and too damn
soft on queue jumping garbage.

Zebee

 

Huh? What'd he say?

Theo

 

No, he hasn't gone left, the libs went right...

Yeah well, they're going to need to move to the middle to get rid of
rudd imnsho

JL
(could well be wrong of course)

 

Why on earth would they increase the GST any time this decade(1) when
they're already sitting on a surplus, which, unlike the libs they didn't
promise to spend all of (just most). They have about 20bn up their
sleeve they can spend before they even need to think about increasing
their revenue take.

Were you smoking cones when you came up with that one ? Or just taking
liberal delusional scare campaign slogans as gospel ? <helpful look>
apparently labor also back freeing the bali bombers and building mosques
in blacktown too

<skeptical> yeah so you voted for them despite believing liberal scare
campaign rubbish ? Uhuh

JL
(1) what is likely to happen in 6-10 years time is a bit harder to
predict but its pretty damn unlikely to happen this term or the next

 

Yeah.. 6-10 years is like, 2 or 3 "never, ever"s.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX