Tim Blair

How come the Labor Party won so many seats at the election.? No one I know votes for the Labor Party.

Hey Tim (and commentors),
Haven't been able to find it around the web, but did that Midnight Oil creepshow win or not?

How can you be so insensitive Tim? This is a time for healing.

3 openings on the front bench.
Allan Ramsey,Phillip Adams and Margo would give the Labor party credibility.If only they used their talents for niceness in the party instead of nastiness in the media.
sarc
Don,Peter Garrett got in.

Don Mynack: "... did that Midnight Oil creepshow win or not?"

He won.

I wonder if Ramsey realises he's become one of Australia's National Living Figures of Ridicule.

Yup, He's now Peter Garrett, Member for Kingsford Smith.

Ramsey felt right at home in the intellectually moderate class...just like he does at his intellectually moderate newspaper.

New generation, eh? Does that mean that when Labor finally _does_ get into power, that none of the new ministers will have any ministerial experience?

The bit that really strikes me here is that the Labor party seems to think that changing who delivers the message will help, rather than looking at the message they are delivering.

I gather you recently had some kind of election. How did that work out?

Much as I detest what the modern ALP has become - especially under Latham's leadership - I think that McMullan and Faulkner stepping back are both serious losses to the party and to Australian public life.

Crean is an oxygen thief, though, and should have been put out of his misery years ago.

TFK

Thank goodness we will no longer have to put up with the spectacle of Faulkner's strutting, preening and posturing as chair of various Senate committees of inquiry. He always reminded me of some small-town JP, who'd got the role of Clarence Darrow in the local amateur drama club production of "Inherit the Wind".

Cuckoo, more like a young Elton John with those ridiculous glasses. And now he's off down the yellow brick road.

That's right Jorge. By the time Labor gets back into power none of them will have any ministerial experience.

To Harry Hutton: Australia has just had a Federal General Election. The incumbent Liberal Party (our version of the GOP) increased its majority and seems as though it will be the first government in about 25 years to have control of both Houses of Parliament. They seem to have won half the Senate seats and should be able to deal with one or more independents. The Labor (sic) Party (our version of Democrats) is indeed sick and is also very sorry.

Most of the electioneering was on domestic issues, the economy, health, education and environment, but although largely not mentioned by either party was also something of a referendum on Iraq. Specifically it was on Labor's policy of withdrawing our troops by Christmas 2004.

Australians voted not only, not to cut and run, but also voted for good solid economic government and for jobs over environmental activism.

Speaking of sore losers, check out these guys:

http://www.vibewire.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1563

"I felt worse on Saturday night than when my dear old granddad passed away 8 years ago. I cried for 2 days after his funeral. For the election, it was 3 nights. I was advised to lock myself up in a room to listen to 3 hours of Dylan. That helped a bit. It still sucks though."

The striking thing about this article is Ramsay's utter self-delusion and/ or lack of honesty. After boosting the ALP to a ridiculous length for three years, he suddenly finds it was useless and wasted its opportunities. He is beneath criticism.

You're right about the glasses, Magoo. I always thought the frames were a big girly, and that he must have pinched them from Janine Haines. At least we won't be singing 'The Bitch is back'.

Fool To Himself & Burden To Others. This has to be from a school report for sure. I have one with "Mark is a distraction to himself and others" on it. I have always kept it as it is quite accurate.

Sen Faulkner:..." dealt with yesterday's press conference as he would one of his old classes with impaired children." said Alan Ramsay.
Damm! I thought Faulkner was a dill.
Maybe Faulky not so Fawlty after all.
Strewth, how will Phatty Adams feel about this?

I say Yahoo Serious and the guy who played Paul Hogan's slow sidekick on his old comedy show for Labor front benchers. Give the bunch a little star power.

Has Ramsey predicted a Bush defeat yet?

"I was advised to lock myself up in a room to listen to 3 hours of Dylan. That helped a bit. It still sucks though."
Someone should tell this dickhead that Dylan's confided he's a mainstream, white-picket fence kind of guy. That should be worth a week's blubbing.

Someone should tell this dickhead that Dylan's confided he's a mainstream, white-picket fence kind of guy. That should be worth a week's blubbing.

He should switch to Bruce "I've found enormous sustenance from Paul Krugman and Maureen Dowd" Springsteen.

Like many of you, I've enjoyed the wailing and teeth-gnashing going among Aussie leftists over the past few days. I've noticed that from time to time, some poor soul tries to cheer him/herself up by saying "Well, there's still the American elections,...,"

But it really is a no-win situation for the moonbats Down Under. If Bush wins, well, surely wicked American Imperialists will soon crush all the nice brown peoples of the world under their bootheel. But if, God forbid, there's a Kerry victory, that will mean (from an Aussie nutwing perspective) that the stupid hayseed denizens of The Most Terrible Country In the History of the World - are more "enlightened" than Australians.

Either way, these will be the times that try an Aussie loon's soul.

However, since I live in the U.S., I pray that on Nov. 2 American voters will prove that they're just as greedy and nasty and warmongering and unenlightened as the Australians.:-)

Hey timbo you forecast for the election was a lot worse that don't call me al.

If he is a boofhead concerning the election then you must be worse surely.

Psst by the way I did tell Backpages readers on the weekend before last that paraphrasing the late grate Bill collins the ALP couldn't win given the opinion polls and history.

Incidentally there are also plenrty of boofeheads alah don't cal me al in both the LIBs and the ALP.

I was told by both sides by people who 'should know' that the election should be very close and the ALP should gainn 3 or 4 seats.

Let me hasten to say however that I am the biggest boofhead. given I had looked at debt servicing given today' huge mortgages I promptly forgot all this. Looking at the swings last Saturday night brought it all back.

housing rates of 7-7.5% will have a much bigger impact on the economy that 17% in Hawkes time. This is why the RBA is ultra-cautious about raising rates.

So just remember interest sensitivity is a two edged sword

Homer, oil prices are also at record highs. There's no need to raise rates.

You should raise rate to control over-borrowing.

Depending on who absorbs the extra oil costs, could affect whether oil price rises are inflationary or deflationary(business absorbs costs through lower profits, less investment in employment etc)

P.S. The record inflation adjusted oil price IS 80USD...