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pickle@blitzen.canberra.edu.au (Michael Paxton) wrote:

>In a loose interpretation of the original Sanskrit Peter Mackay wrote: 
>:>Glad he's not running the country then.  He'd promise us L.A.W. tax cuts,
>:>but if you read between the lines, you'd see he really didn't mean it.

>Suppose it depends on what you mean by "really didnt mean it". I havent
>seen an election when a party's eyes werent bigger than our wallet. I
>suppose you werent so naive during the last election to think that the
>liberal's promises, based on Labour numbers that everyone including the
>liberals knews were a bit dodgey, were never going to be kept. Now every
>time they have to cut a social program, axe a department, sack a few
>thousand people with families, they will just say "Its labours fault...we
>havwe a mandate for asll these reforms but they didnt leave enough cash so
>we are *forced* to do all this"

>:>
>:>At least Lord Kim seems honest.  With him, what he says is what you get.
>:>
>He may not be the next labour PM though. He is a practical , friendly
>generally nice guy. I think labour will be a constructive and co-operative
>opposition for a while yet. Which will be a nice change from a devious
>negativist, bitter, obstructive opposition :)

Are you telling us that Labor may elect another lying, self rightous
bastard like the former PM then?

Cheers
Alan
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