From The World Today:
Keating sums up the Howard-Costello legacy and his hopes for the future.
From The Age/SMH:
The Liberals must purge the reactionaries [link]
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Coalition crumbles, leaderless and lamenting - Federal Election 2007 News
Michelle Grattan in The Age discussing the plight of the decimated Liberal Party.
Coalition crumbles, leaderless and lamenting - Federal Election 2007 News
Coalition crumbles, leaderless and lamenting - Federal Election 2007 News
How sweet it is...
The election result was a dream come true for me and millions of other Australians this weekend. It signals the end of the mean and tricky Howard government and the end of the political careers of some of its major players - including Howard himself, and his presumptive heir.
A record-breaking win for Labor was more than I would have hoped for. If only it came with a clear Senate majority, or at least a Green balance of power there.
Watching the Liberal Party self-implode as it regroups will be fun. The ideologues will split from the pragmatists and moderates and it will take years for a united party to emerge from the ashes of this monumental defeat.
Howard's concession speach on Saturday night was the only time I've ever sensed genuine human feeling in the man. Here's me giving him a compliment... It was dignified. There you go, the first and only nice thing I have to say about his political life.
The Labor party's adoption of "Friends" - seemingly replacing "comrades" was a bit of a laugh too. Nice though. I can't imagine the Liberals ever even trying to come across as warm and fuzzy.
This is the end of Howard's cynical manipulation of society and sections of it. The end of support for sectional interests that are designed to shore up Liberal Party support and the beginning of a new era of concensus, co-operative federalism and vision for the future.
Now is the time to get behind the new government and be grateful that the country has finally emerged from it's political coma.
A record-breaking win for Labor was more than I would have hoped for. If only it came with a clear Senate majority, or at least a Green balance of power there.
Watching the Liberal Party self-implode as it regroups will be fun. The ideologues will split from the pragmatists and moderates and it will take years for a united party to emerge from the ashes of this monumental defeat.
Howard's concession speach on Saturday night was the only time I've ever sensed genuine human feeling in the man. Here's me giving him a compliment... It was dignified. There you go, the first and only nice thing I have to say about his political life.
The Labor party's adoption of "Friends" - seemingly replacing "comrades" was a bit of a laugh too. Nice though. I can't imagine the Liberals ever even trying to come across as warm and fuzzy.
This is the end of Howard's cynical manipulation of society and sections of it. The end of support for sectional interests that are designed to shore up Liberal Party support and the beginning of a new era of concensus, co-operative federalism and vision for the future.
Now is the time to get behind the new government and be grateful that the country has finally emerged from it's political coma.
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Clarke, Dawe and the politics of fear
Clarke, Dawe and the politics of fear
22/11/2007 - John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and the politics of fear
Video: Real Media (hi) | Real Media (lo) | Windows Media (hi) | Windows Media (lo)
Read the transcript.
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
The PM shows himself up on The 7.30 Report
Kerry O'Brien's interview with John Howard last night was illuminating in that it was the first time that I've seen anyone in the media critically examine Howard's claims and assertions with regard to the Liberal's own supposed advantage in terms of economic management and Labor's supposed inability to manage the economy.
To mangle an old story, Howard looked like the emperor with no clothes.
Links to the video and transcript below:
The PM live with Kerry O'Brien
Transcript
To mangle an old story, Howard looked like the emperor with no clothes.
Links to the video and transcript below:
The PM live with Kerry O'Brien
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John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Kevin Rudd
John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Kevin Rudd
15/11/2007 - John Clarke, Bryan Dawe and Kevin Rudd
Video: Real Media (hi) | Real Media (lo) | Windows Media (hi) | Windows Media (lo)
Read the transcript.
Friday, 16 November 2007
Why do Liberals hate their own?
Compare the Coalition campaign launch with the ALP's. There to support Kevin Rudd and Labor in the campaign were all living past Labor Prime Ministers. At the Coalition launch, there was no sign of anyone associated with the last Liberal government other than John Howard himself and Downer.
This discussion at Spin Cycle shows how the ex-Liberal leaders are either more concerned with their own lives and ventures post politics or ashamed of what the party has become. No longer liberal, but right-wing conservative (in a bad way).
The Age Blogs: The Spin Cycle
This discussion at Spin Cycle shows how the ex-Liberal leaders are either more concerned with their own lives and ventures post politics or ashamed of what the party has become. No longer liberal, but right-wing conservative (in a bad way).
The Age Blogs: The Spin Cycle
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