tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post295508934064781078..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Rudd's Three MucketeersBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-81792249898341590632013-08-01T09:51:02.388+10:002013-08-01T09:51:02.388+10:00What a farce our system of government has become. ...What a farce our system of government has become. The only genuine democracy in the world is Switzerland because power is de-centralized to the cantons. The federal government is kept sensible, conservative and consultative because the people have the power to veto legislation if enough of them object, as well as citizen's intiated referenda. Swiss pollies would never get away with substituting brain farts for considered policies.Channel-billed cuckoonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-7912467911998831152013-08-01T09:39:56.318+10:002013-08-01T09:39:56.318+10:00Bunyip
KRudd (aka HasBeen13) has employed his sons...Bunyip<br />KRudd (aka HasBeen13) has employed his sons as well.<br /><br />http://www.news.com.au/national-news/federal-election/prime-minister-kevin-rudd8217s-youngest-son-marcus-joins-labor8217s-digital-campaign-team/story-fnho52ip-1226689100368#ixzz2afXkTf9x<br /><br />This from the PM who has said that the ALP must be reformed.....has he forgotten about the nepotism of Michael Williamson so soon???<br />You couldn't dream this crap upMawsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-25060630329410800522013-07-31T21:12:51.268+10:002013-07-31T21:12:51.268+10:00While there's no getting away from the fact th...While there's no getting away from the fact that Obama won against Romney last year, he was the first US president in history to win a second term with a lower percentage of the vote than for his first.<br />So: what did the marketing campaign do for him, exactly?<br />If Kruddfuhrer's hired geniuses think they can slag Abbott the way they slagged Romney... well, boys, just ask Jooolya how that worked for her!Gregoryno6http://gregoryno6.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-63211414461706383062013-07-31T15:57:29.581+10:002013-07-31T15:57:29.581+10:00I have always voted for the LNP & I would neve...I have always voted for the LNP & I would never vote for Turnbull, I have a feeling that he is of the same mold as KRudd - arrogant, smug, pompous<br /><br />I may be wrong, but I would rather donkey vote.Mawsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-84741724194538160222013-07-31T14:54:41.006+10:002013-07-31T14:54:41.006+10:00"Each... is a knob at the New Partners consul..."Each... is a knob at the New Partners consultancy firm"<br /><br />Nob.<br /><br />Just saying...<br /><br />Unless you mean "dick"... arnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-1507504049937083202013-07-31T12:57:37.998+10:002013-07-31T12:57:37.998+10:00Prof, I see that you refer to "the hoary old ...Prof, I see that you refer to "the hoary old Labor line that anxious Liberals ... would just love to oust Abbott and install Malcolm Turnbull in his place". I don't know whether there is any such anxiety, but I hope that the Liberals are thinking about a switch, and soon. <br /><br />One - there is the ineluctable fact that polling shows that only a Turnbull-led Coalition might produce a landslide that would give them enough Senate votes (perhaps with Nick Xenophon's support at the price of hammering the gambling industry) to do what is necessary to fix up the diabolical mess created by Rudd/Gillard/Rudd. Indeed, perhaps only a Turnbull-led Coalition could win government.<br /><br />Second, whether we oldies like it or not, it is Turnbull rather than Abbott (or Hockey, or Bishop et al) who could attract the "younger demographic" to both vote for and join the Liberals. Turnbull may be the only hope for the future for the Liberals. If Abbott loses, watch out for a split.<br /><br />I have raised this issue on the Catallaxy blog (Open Forum, July 30), and rather than have your blog clogged up with the nonsense, abuse and occasional reasoned response I got, I refer your many readers to that blog.rafikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-5717009817324151422013-07-31T11:00:18.997+10:002013-07-31T11:00:18.997+10:00The Liberal Party of Canada began importing 't...The Liberal Party of Canada began importing 'talent' from the US Democrats c.2005, while they were still the Government. Borrowing freely from that font of electoral success, the LPC is now the Parliamentary third party, trying to stay ahead of the Greens.<br /><br />CheersMinicapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421626155178200181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-57202600210159400982013-07-31T10:48:49.110+10:002013-07-31T10:48:49.110+10:00I guess the PM's office must have advertised e...I guess the PM's office must have advertised extensively to try and find suitably qualified locals, so to justify the 457s?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-69688000447320511892013-07-31T09:10:50.196+10:002013-07-31T09:10:50.196+10:00Cripes Professor. Is there fracking going on in t...Cripes Professor. Is there fracking going on in the vicinity of The Billabong? Something has obviously leached into the water, as you have been o'er brimming with scintillating wit in recent days. Please carry on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-48926177269545804832013-07-31T09:06:02.571+10:002013-07-31T09:06:02.571+10:00Australians have proved adept at adapting to Briti...Australians have proved adept at adapting to British and American politics but the reverse isn't true. The difference is television. We grow up looking in the windows of Britain and the US thanks to an endless diet of TV shows from those countries. Brits peek through the window of Australian TV at Neighbours and Prisoner only, which is why Gillard's Scot came unstuck. It is worse for Americans whose view of Australia is limited to Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin. Rudd's team of foreigners might turn out a gift that keeps on giving, like McTernan did.David of the Riverinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-16635411624953154482013-07-31T06:29:29.411+10:002013-07-31T06:29:29.411+10:00Did you really mean, "enervating", Prof?...Did you really mean, "enervating", Prof?<br />Of course, if McGregor's expertise really does lie in enervating Labor voters, then more strength to his arm. Boss Hognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-7333227977216063152013-07-31T05:38:46.911+10:002013-07-31T05:38:46.911+10:00It matters not - I hear Abbott is bringing in Meat...It matters not - I hear Abbott is bringing in Meatloaf!Greigoznoreply@blogger.com