🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <318e918d.0@cheese.pcug.org.au>,
bpalmer@pcug.org.au (Bryan Palmer) wrote:

> On Sun, 05 May 1996 16:24:07 +1000, petemack@ozemail.com.au (Peter
> Mackay) wrote:
> 
> >> As far as i know there is no written binding contract...any implied
> >> contract would have a big clause that says "If P. Keatings party fails to
> >> hold a majority, he will retire from office". Remember people voted for
> >> him in full knowledge of what his plans were. John Howard expressed the
> >> same intent.
> 
> >What rubbish!  Neither individual admitted, neither on the great debate 2
> >when they were asked this specific question, nor in any other public forum,
> >that they were planning to retire if defeated.  There was intense media
> >speculation on the issue, but without public confiurmation from the
> >principals at the time, that was all it was.  Go shove your "full
> >knowledge" back up where you got it out of from.
> 
> While they may not have said it plainly, Most understood that they
> intended to retire if unsuccessful.  Politics is a subtle business.

I'm sorry?  Paul Keating subtle?  He says one thing but means another, in
other words.

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