http://larvatusprodeo.net Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:27:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/02/10/borgism/ http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/02/10/borgism/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:05:39 +0000 Mark Bahnisch http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/02/10/borgism/ A taste of what’s to come in the Queensland election campaign has been airing on the telly over the last few nights. One of the advantages for Labor of the early election speculation is that almost anything they do that’s actually campaign-ish gets reported as news. So the Labor attack ad directed at Lawrence Springborg drowned out his economic policy speech yesterday. That may not be a bad thing, as the only initiative he came up with is, well, dumb, as Sam Clifford points out, so it actually serves to reinforce the negative message from the ALP. That’s (among other things) to suggest that Lawrence just can’t cut it. The timing of the attack and its substance appear to have achieved their objectives – not firing the starting gun for an early campaign, but shaping the coverage and perception of The Borg’s economic policy announcement.

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