HotShot said:
Bring in Julia Gilliard!.
Now, I love big red as much as any other cynical, legal studies taking, gay, environmentalist, left wing member of young labor.
Which is alot.
But Big Red, will never get in.
She's a woman.
The only other women democratically elected to lead westernized countries are Margaret Thatcher, and Helen Clarke... and people refer to them as Sir.
She's from the left.
Flaw in a center political system.
She's from the ALP.
And finally:
Howard. Wants. Her. Dead.
Now, just one other thing as I strain from refraining on commenting on every post made.
Optophobia said:
Rudd seems to have any opinion on everything. Even on Australia's involvement in cricket in zimbabwe. He's fallen into the same trap that Beazely did. Doing things and saying thing simply because he thinks its what an opposition leader would do, and people are quick to pick up on this. Much like when they view ads on TV... They always view them as being Ads, with the ultimate goal of getting money. The moment people start viewing him as saying things simply to get votes, he loses support.
Wrong.
I can think of ten lies off the top of my head, that John Howard has made. Here's a hypothetical.
John Howard makes 'Statement A'.
John Howard gets votes.
'Statement A' proves to be false, and something contradictory occurs.
How long has this been happening now?
Since
1996.
So much for your "the electorate being quick to pick up on things" theory.