Comments on: Malcolm Turnbull's faith based economics

By: joe2

joe2 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:31:31 +0000

Another day and Malcolm makes more of a mess of things. Beating up on public servants is never a good look. Sometimes I think that the opposition needs to understand that the public really does not appreciate a kind of continuous election mode.

This sought of stuff is far beyond keeping the government accountable and is just plain ugly and unnecessary.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=650790

By: Ambigulous

Ambigulous — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:23:28 +0000

God Almighty:

Look, old bean, I’m not one to waste time reminiscing, but those tablets you gave to Moses really stirred things up there for a while. Would you mind slipping a Ms Bishop a couple of tablets? Something to lower the glare of the stare…. Goodonya!

By: adrian

adrian — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:54:22 +0000

God Almighty, Kevin Rudd engineers global financial crisis to get a boost in the polls. He’s far more cunning than I thought.

By: Howard C

Howard C — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:24:29 +0000

I just wish the opposition would realise one simple truth – 2010 is not for winning. But just like the 2nd round of a golf tournament, they could lose elections post-2010 by running around doing stupid things right now.

I think the opposition’s strategy in question time is a good one, but then they ramp up the outrage once they get outside the parliament. They need to speak calmly, speak selectively, and let the government hog the limelight for a while. During a “crisis” like this, most of what the government says will not be good.

Possum was saying that Turnbull was worse than Latham in his effect on the polls. Well, of course he is, as Rudd is still like Hawke Early ’84. I can’t think of any opposition leader who could make much of a dent into Rudd’s popularity at the moment. The opposition just needs to avoid mistakes and let the electoral cycle take it’s course.

By: joe2

joe2 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:03:23 +0000

“This situation directly arises from the Government pontificating about the problems in the Australian economy for political gain.”

God Almighty, spare us the opposition spin.

By: God Almighty

God Almighty — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:46:55 +0000

The problems with the economy of late have been a loss of confidence and a loss of liquidity arising from investors becoming more risk adverse. This situation directly arises from the Government pontificating about the problems in the Australian economy for political gain.

By: Adrien

Adrien — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:46:59 +0000

It’s politics. Turnbull would know full well that inflation happens in a boom and that Howard exacerbated it by his social engineering programmes the Popakid Grant and the Buyahouse Project. What a commie.
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It coulda been worse the RBA might’ve been run by Greenspan. .
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But the Liberal Party’s Brand is on the line. Turnbull needs to stay on message viz the ALP being bad managers. That is: He will lie. I’ll have to give Kevvie one thing he’s trying very hard not to lie and thus far been successful. He’s also a great strategist. An opportunity for the ALP to wrestle the Lib’s brand from it?
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I’d feel sorry for the slander on the ALP but they have it coming. Keating y’know. There’s a reason he had a piggery. He wanted to observe ‘em lying in the mud. And he learnt well. Sins of the fathers etc.

By: professor rat

professor rat — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:33:44 +0000

With a desperate Mad-Mal trying to get into the economic debate ably assisted by a stooge called Fielding in the Senate, isn’t it way past time we had a republic?

Crash through or crash ALP, because the whole world hates a weakling.

By: steve at the pub

steve at the pub — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:15:33 +0000

Mal talking is helping Kevin Rudd no end, somebody has to provide the ideas. Once Kev became PM he had nobody to copy (“me-too” style).

By: joe2

joe2 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:35:18 +0000

I get the feeling that Mal is projecting onto Kev every slimey trick that his old boss engaged in. He and his parties stocks would undoubtedly rise significantly if they followed adrian’s advice and shut the f*** up.