Possum isn’t going to take being dissed by Christian Kerr and the “balance and fact” crew at The Australian lying down:
Update [by Mark]: Jason Wilson at Gatewatching espies a tipping point in the Australian political blogosphere.
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Yep, Christian Kerr is talking about us. Among others. Guess what, we’re smug, ill informed, prone to conspiracy theories, full of hatred for the noble profession of journalism, divorced from the real world, an echo chamber, too academic, etc, etc. But he couldn’t possibly tell his readers which “certain blog” he’s talking about. Lord no. Even though there is a direct quote from a post at LP. People might come here and make up their own mind. So the impression is left that bloggers are bad and as far as Kerr is concerned, that’s all anyone needs to know. Yet he provides “balance and fact”. Obviously. Btw, you can’t comment on his article. And if you disagree with him here, you just go into the “ill informed” pile, I guess. The irony that he’s ostensibly writing about free speech seems to have escaped him.
Anyway, he was baiting for a link. He’s got one. I hope he’s happy now.
Update: [by Kim] More from tigtog at Hoyden.
I forget who first compared the breathless expectation that the News Limited meejah and the Liberal party are indulging in over Peter Costello’s non-decision making to Kremlinology, but in the wake of the thousands of words wasted on idle speculation and the interpretation of signs from the Great Pretender last weekend, this weekend we get… thousands of words wasted, etc.
Hint to Liberals: Your problems are much deeper than leadership. You need to do a lot more in opposition than “defend the Howard record”, particularly when doing so ties you in knots so tangled that… well, consider Joe Hockey last night. You need to realise that if Costello becomes leader, he will have to display more “economic credibility” than “hey! wasn’t it the good old days when I was Treasurer?” - the configuration of economic issues is different and the world has moved on. And in the process your messiah has been reinforcing his reputation for indecision and indulging his enormous ego and sense of entitlement. And, guess what, if you change leadership, it won’t be the end of your leadership troubles.
Oh, and John Howard is unlikely to go away either. Continue reading ‘It’s the weekend so it must be Costellology time!’
Newspoll has Labor up to 57 from 55 last time (within the moe) and Nelson flatlining at 14% PPM. Commenters at the Poll Bludger’s thread predict that it will be spun by News Limited as a cri de coueur from the public for the imminent return of Peter Costello the Great Pretender. Probably.
Update: [by Mark] You can read about the additional questions asked about liberal leadership, Peter Costello, climate change and support for an emissions trading policy at Possum’s place.
Newspaper understands poll shock! And Costello breaks silence!
Props to Peter Hartcher at the Sydney Morning Herald for actually including some vaguely sensible commentary in his column on the Nielsen preferred Liberal leader polling, and not beating it up as “Voters Want Costello!”. Perhaps the Fairfax crew are trying to establish a point of differentiation in the market:
More on the poll from The Poll Bludger and Possum Comitatus.
Meanwhile, the Great
ManPretender breaks his silence! … Continue reading ‘Newspaper understands poll shock! And Costello breaks silence!’