Election
November 24th 2007 06:18
Early reports from the Polling Booths from party workers suggest there is a real mood for change in the electorate. It looks like a Ruddslide of historic proportions. My initial view was that the PM would be returned with a smaller majority, perhaps even as a minority government. It looks like the PM will now be unlikely even to retain his own seat.
The question is whether or not whether Prime Minister Rudd will be able to live up to the mood of change. Yesterday's Australian had two headline: one about Rudd taking a tough stand on asylum seekers and the other about Rudd fighting the unions.
Who have we elected?
The question is whether or not whether Prime Minister Rudd will be able to live up to the mood of change. Yesterday's Australian had two headline: one about Rudd taking a tough stand on asylum seekers and the other about Rudd fighting the unions.
Who have we elected?
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Comment by Anonymous
Comment by Anonymous
Someone should tell Kevin that ,Deo Gratias ,most people don't bother reading the editorials which are basically the propaganda of the media proprietors.
But in any case both Rudd and Howard meet with the American and renouncer of his Aussie citizenship in NYC, don't they Chif?
If he let's in the 'refugees' he is just another Petro Georgiou. I have never heard the Liberal Party wets cry for hard done by working men and women trade unionists. Have you?
regards
Michael Webb
Doonside parish
Comment by actionesnostras
You pose the critical question: Who have we elected? My fear is that we have elected a Blair clone, someone whose principal concern is his won PR image. I have this sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that this will be a Government enveloped in incompetence and embarrassment (a la Gough) and that spin-doctoring will be the order of the day.
I hope Rudd and Co will do these things: (1) Abolish WorkChoices to restore the human rights of Australian workers; (2) keep the economy vibrant and balanced in the interests of the same class of Australians; (3) take a stance more independent of the USA in terms of foreign policy.
Hence, I hope Rudd and Co will not do these things: (1) panic capital by being an unco-operative government (pace the reptilian Julia Gillard); (2) stuff up the economy (a la Gough, encore); (3) alienate the Americans - I would prefer to live in an Asia-Pacific region dominated by the US, awful though that is, rather than one dominated by China.
Great to see that Rudd says he will not raise the spectre of republicanism.
In those areas of personal morality which nevertheless impinge on the common good, eg., same sex "marriage", let us hope that he follows common sense = natural law.
If he sticks to all of the above, I reckon he will do OK.
Actionesnostras