Death by focus group under Prime Minister Gillard

Sherlock says:

09:42am | 29/07/10

Although a conservative I’m secretly hoping that Labor win the election with the Greens holding the balance of power in the senate.

Gillard is a total trainwreck. She is without doubt one of the most incompetent parliamentarians in history. We gave the Labor party an extra term in NSW and they are about to be thrown out of Power so comprehensively that I doubt if I will see another Labor Premier in NSW during my lifetime.

Three years with Gillard as PM and the Greens in the Senate will show Australians just how totally inept both parties are and the electorate will vote them into oblivion that will take them decades to recover from.

Three years isn’t really that long. Personally I think it’s worth it to gain decades of competent government from the coalition.

Steve says:

03:12am | 30/07/10

Yet another sad contribution from the negative nosie machine.
“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

TimB says:

08:56am | 29/07/10

A worthy try SkepDad, but I’m afraid probably pointless. They’ll still be here bleating soon enough.

Remember if a biased Lib posts here, they can’t possibly be right no matter what they say or how much proof they have, simply because they’re biased.
Whereas the biased Labor supporters who write Punch pieces clearly have the ability to shape reality merely with the power of their words and produce rainbows out of their butts at will.

MarK says:

10:38am | 29/07/10

Interesting.

The only politician in Australia prepared to take a stand against “global warming” when it was pretty toxic to be anything but green.

I would think that the nation owes a huge debt to Kevin Andrews and Abbott for stopping the ETS dead in its track alone.

Without them we would have a system everywhere else is trying to run away from one like in the US with the democrats abandoning cap and trade.

That stand was supposed to be the start of the annihilation of the Libs. Funny how if you have a conviction and follow through people respect you. Ask Rudd what happens if you don’t.

TimB says:

11:49am | 29/07/10

Andrew, we said it’s *coming*. Not that it’s *already* here. When you look at the track record of Nosthow, Christian Real, Rob R, etc etc, we know what’s likely to be posted. We’re just pre-empting them.

And whilst he doesn’t actuall yell “bias!”, Knut’s post just 2 above your own is pretty close to the kind of mindless, poisonous posts we’re expecting.

Just for the record: Nothing wrong with bias. Everyone has a point of view and thus a bias. The trick is to back it up with facts and proper reasoning. It’s when that doesn’t happen that you can rightly complain (assuming you have a valid counterpoint).
If there is any Lib supporters in that other thread that are simply insulting the poster and not actually providing a counter-argument then yes, you’re right, they’re just as bad.

MarK says:

10:41am | 29/07/10

He was talking about the delays in it. When first announced it was to be done withing the first term of the government. I cannot recall the exact wording or timing but suffice to say it is a tad behind its initial promise.

The time frame for delivery on the full scheme has been pushed out until the never never.

His comment is correct.

Another very confused swing voter (PatC) says:

01:14pm | 29/07/10

I don’t have an answer. Minor Parties in the senate I guess. The local member is Labor and he’s not too bad. He did stick up for Rudd when Rudd was being knifed, but still I can’t bring myself to vote for more BERS, more debt, more pink battesque schemes, and a crap ETS scam. The other blokes a religious nutter and I can’t vote for him either. Maybe I’ll just abstain on this one.