Hello Rod!



[discussing PK]



 RS> I personally prefer the up front approach, no farting around and

 RS> bullshit and dissembling. Smiling pleasantly while inserting the shill

 RS> betweeen the ribs.



 AW>> As a politician though, he is a major step up from anything on the

 AW>> opposition bench, except perhaps for John Howard.



 RS> Yeah, little Johnny has a real problem with getting past his hectoring

 RS> and nagging aura. He does actually understand the issues pretty well,

 RS> but his presence lets him down badly and he often just gets ignored on

 RS> the detail.



That's right, and it could also be argued that he has never recovered

from his comments on Asian immigration.



 RS> I agree tho, the opposition look fucking pathetic. And some of the great

 RS> white hopes of the party like McLaughlin, talk about imploding in to a

 RS> black hole. Blights very similar, loud mouth from way back without much

 RS> substance behind it, even tho he isnt even in the opposition.



When McLaughlin represents some sort of hope for the Liberal party,

they've got problems.



 RS> Personally I think the libs are fucked for the foreseeable future in the

 RS> federal sphere. Its got nothing much to do with policy issues and people

 RS> either. They comprehensively rooted their prospects in the last election

 RS> and the government is going to have to blooper badly for the libs to

 RS> have any real prospects, given that by the next election the economy

 RS> should be noticeably improved. It will be fascination to see if Labor

 RS> ends up with 20 years in power like Ming had.



No cause for optimism from the Canadian result either.





Regards, Alan



--- FMail 0.94