The great deceiver is in a class of his own - Opinion - theage.com.au

We've always known that John Howard and the Liberals were dishonest and hypocritical, but this piece from The Age highlights the many examples of this since his 1996 election campaign while in opposition.

My great hope is that the Australian voters don't let them get away with it one more time.

The great deceiver is in a class of his own - Opinion - theage.com.au

John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Peter Garrett

John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Peter Garrett

08/11/2007 - John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Peter Garrett

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Joe Bageant - Deer Hunting with Jesus

I saw an interview with Joe Bageant on 9am with David Reyne and Kim Watkins this morning and have decided to order his book, Deer Hunting With Jesus from Amazon.com.

Bageant explains to the world why huge numbers of America's poor continue to support the Republicans who's policies are clearly against their interests. It seems to boil down to under-education combined with tribal allegiances.

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Joe Bageant in conversation with Richard Fidler on ABC Sydney
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Income drops under WorkChoices

Interesting to read evidence today of real incomes dropping due to the Liberal government's WorkChoices laws.

Howard, Hockey and Costello have constantly told us - even lied to us in the pre election campaign taxpayer funded propaganda ads for WorkChoices - that incomes have and will go up under WorkChoices. It seems the opposite is true... What a surprise!

Joe Hockey doesn't seem to get that this is a problem. He seems to actually try to say it's a good thing towards the end of the article.

The Age: Real Wages Fall Under Howard

John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Tony Abbott

John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Tony Abbott

01/11/2007 - John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Tony Abbott

Hilarious take on Tony Abbott's bad week. GOLD!

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Pillow talk

Coonan plays Doris Day to Howard's Rock Hudson.

He doesn't look sorry to me

So Tony Abbott apologised for his outrageous comment about Bernie Banton, the asbestosis campaigner and sufferer. Good. It's just that when I saw the footage of him claiming to have apologised, he couldn't get that stupid wingnut grin off his face. Not only that, he still had to refer to Mr Banton's "outburst" when he should have been more contrite.

Then to top it all off, this arrogant Liberal was 35 minutes late to his debate with Nicola Roxon and had the hide to swear at her when she politely chided him for having his priorities out of whack.

All in all, I'm sure yesterday is a day he'd rather forget - fortunately most of it was captured on camera for all to see.

Enough of this guy please. Hopefully we'll have a new government after November 24 and this clown can fade back into irrelevance.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/01/2078059.htm