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2004-04-25 Down Under

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Posted by tipper 2004-04-25 12:08:25 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 God Bless Australia

Posted by Destro 2004-04-25 12:21:14 AM|| 2004-04-25 12:21:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Aussie LLL seething in 5, 4, 3....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-25 1:09:24 AM|| 2004-04-25 1:09:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 rofl...as if no one saw this one coming, not long to go now till the election

Posted by Igs 2004-04-25 8:17:28 AM|| 2004-04-25 8:17:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Good on you, Mr. Howard and hope you win that election!
(I love John Howard!)
And amen to that God Bless Australia!

Posted by Jen 2004-04-25 8:41:47 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-04-25 8:41:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I personally hope he gets his butt kicked out of office

Posted by Igs 2004-04-25 9:41:49 AM|| 2004-04-25 9:41:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 lgs
Why?

Posted by tipper 2004-04-25 10:09:51 AM|| 2004-04-25 10:09:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Lots of reasons, from my point of view, he leads a tired government, lacks vision, is very divisive in the way he runs the country, has consistently lied (and I'm not referring to any WMDs or Iraq here), his social attitudes reflect the 1950s, he failed to act when Paulne Hanson first came on the scene and then quietly adopted her policies...it's a long list

Posted by Igs 2004-04-25 11:42:16 AM|| 2004-04-25 11:42:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Igs, but with Howard what you see is what you get. As opposed to Latham who is busy weasling his way around all the significant issues.

So it comes down to 'do you want or choice or not' Howard has a position and hence you can choose. I don't see Latham ofering any kind of consistent position.

The essence of (good) politics is to offer a choice, you are then free to choose not to support the choice you are presented with. I dont see Labour offering a comparable choice.

Posted by Phil_B 2004-04-25 11:55:49 AM|| 2004-04-25 11:55:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 while I agree that with Howard you see is what you get (on most occasions) I have considerable problems with his ideology. He has done far too many things over the years which I finds offensive. Latham may not be the perfect alternative but at this stage I do find him preferable.

Posted by Igs 2004-04-26 7:59:27 AM|| 2004-04-26 7:59:27 AM|| Front Page Top

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