tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post6973220792750926986..comments2023-11-05T23:07:01.842+11:00Comments on Grog's Gamut: A Lack of ConfessionsGreg Jerichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-89908069252790793192010-11-22T15:00:05.979+11:002010-11-22T15:00:05.979+11:00Howes is a little man of no significance. The soon...Howes is a little man of no significance. The sooner the party purges itself of these no-bodies, the better it will be. Will I buy this book? Not even second hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-14349972613259767152010-11-21T10:08:02.515+11:002010-11-21T10:08:02.515+11:00As an ALP member, I am appalled that Paul Howes is...As an ALP member, I am appalled that Paul Howes is out there purporting to be repesenting ALP and Labor Movement members. He is is only representing his own interests! The very idea of getting someone like Michael Kroger to launch his book is abhorrent! The sooner Howes disappears into the sunset, the better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-68307406366245233072010-11-20T19:15:48.167+11:002010-11-20T19:15:48.167+11:00Howes the hack, the wiggle, the false Messiah. Kev...Howes the hack, the wiggle, the false Messiah. Kevin Rudd's spectre will hang over the alleys around Sussex Street for many years.<br />Power has slipped from their grasping claws and the right is now a very bad look.<br />Understandably also anonymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-3850425960852902342010-11-20T10:24:13.576+11:002010-11-20T10:24:13.576+11:00It would be fun to have unvarnished, full, account...It would be fun to have unvarnished, full, accounts, but then Everyone would have them, rather than just one side (I suppose we could make the entire political everyone write these, but...). And it's never as much fun decades later.<br /><br />Kroger is horrible & acts like it. I was shocked when we accidently turned over to channel whatever during the count & saw him (& that gallant gentleman Barnaby) screaming at Swan. I wrote to the Libs & Barnaby's office about that, but suprisingly (!) never heard back.<br /><br />Ellis is nastier in some ways - really seems unable to cope with women in any sort of politically interesting position. His article on the ABC ages ago on Clinton was gross.<br /><br />That's my morning's snark...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408439007099104739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-55314796278987982872010-11-19T21:48:33.044+11:002010-11-19T21:48:33.044+11:00Anon here again.
I shouldn't make claims I c...Anon here again. <br /><br />I shouldn't make claims I can't substantiate, especially since I'm writing as anon.<br /><br />However, I've known this about Paul Howes for a few years (before Beaconsfield)...and i've held it against him ever since.<br /><br />This new generation of labour hacks are mostly interested about self. <br /><br /><br /><br />HoweverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-84040577872886119552010-11-19T19:17:03.528+11:002010-11-19T19:17:03.528+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.J.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13816169849757579900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-52356926633797961292010-11-19T19:14:49.292+11:002010-11-19T19:14:49.292+11:00I was thinking about buying this book. Thanks for ...I was thinking about buying this book. Thanks for giving me all the reasons not to.J.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13816169849757579900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-35202412535801263192010-11-19T15:57:25.388+11:002010-11-19T15:57:25.388+11:00I think Ellis would disagree with Howe's take ...I think Ellis would disagree with Howe's take on Ellis re Gillard if last Tuesday's LNL http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2010/3067648.htm is any guide. Ellis left no doubt he's not a fan.<br /><br />Thanks for the review - I don't think I would've read it anyway but happy to know I'm not missing anything.DaveMcRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236295657025758519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-10638366272456632402010-11-19T15:09:43.520+11:002010-11-19T15:09:43.520+11:00Getting Kroger to launch was designed only to show...Getting Kroger to launch was designed only to show unity for the state election and to keep out the dreaded Greens.<br /><br />Seems like both majors are so terrified of dissent they will bag anyone.<br /><br />Howes is Mr No-one, once interesting, now irrelevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-45239689198631827942010-11-19T09:20:55.723+11:002010-11-19T09:20:55.723+11:00One day, perhaps many years from now - probably ne...<i>One day, perhaps many years from now</i> - probably never. My sense of Howes is that he has written what he thinks is the unvarnished truth, or has rationalised himself into thinking is the truth. He comes across to me as a glib, shallow, self justifying man who judges others only by their immediate response to himself. The idea of Michael Kroger being an essentially decent type because he was socially courteous with Howes behind he scenes of the media stoushes is laughable. I wonder if we will get the unvarnished truth from Howes about his feelings when Kroger let rip on Gillard at the book launch and suggested she was an early player in Rudd's demise. Just shaking his head in bemusement instead of jumping in then or even later with a forthright rebuttal would have helped redeem the terrible sin of agreeing to having Kroger there at all.Patricia WAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-26163033648788494482010-11-19T07:55:14.286+11:002010-11-19T07:55:14.286+11:00Anon - I don't know think that is true - Howes...Anon - I don't know think that is true - Howes's argument about a carbon price is that the ALP shouldn't be wishy washy, but actually explain what it will do (unlike the way Rudd went about it). I completely agree with him on that and like the way Gillard is going about it - a carbon tax is an economic issue, so she has to win the economic argument.Greg Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-70580764021451947052010-11-18T23:58:50.668+11:002010-11-18T23:58:50.668+11:00Howes is just another puppet of the Sussex st brig...Howes is just another puppet of the Sussex st brigade,those worn out tired old BS artists and liars who have managed to devalue the ALP.<br />He defends as a mate that walking disaster,of the faction bosses in NSW,if ever the term Hollow man applied it applys to Sussex St, Howes and the AWU boss in QLD,why don't they all just LEAVE the Party I,m sure we wont miss any of themJohn Ryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-23190726296951002462010-11-18T23:03:24.495+11:002010-11-18T23:03:24.495+11:00A climate change denier.
In denial about a lot o...A climate change denier. <br /><br />In denial about a lot of things really.<br /><br />Let's hope he's no future leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-4681811845454886332010-11-18T22:27:52.494+11:002010-11-18T22:27:52.494+11:00Hey Greg, I almost typed Grog, I hope that would&...Hey Greg, I almost typed Grog, I hope that would've been OK too.<br /><br />I know you changed your mind about the whole load of stuff with Rudd to it was a qualified OK.<br /><br />I'm still not OK with it. Rudd did nothing publicly wrong. And because of Paul Howes and the AWU's involvement, I am now dismissive of him and the AWU.<br /><br />I follow Howes' tweets now and that's all. I am amused by the current journos lust for his 'insights'<br /><br />The Rudd thing is the reason we have the parliament we have. I'm not supportive of the reasoning. I'm not particularly supportive of JG other than she's better than TA. I support the new parliament make up though.<br /><br />The AWU's action has essentially ensured that I'll oppose whatever they intend. Sure I'll agree from time to time I wont be that silly but the AWU is nothing more than an ACCI or BCA to me now. Full of unsupported piss and wind that doesn't help anyone in anyway.<br /><br />Signed a pseudonymous not an anonymous blogger troll but this aint his blog so I can't be a troll.Senexxhttp://senexx.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-55054296437366258402010-11-18T22:11:53.206+11:002010-11-18T22:11:53.206+11:00Howes is little more than a right winger employing...Howes is little more than a right winger employing the race card. <br /><br />In his case he deals it to soften the Right's edges and position himself as a future leader that can straddle the great divide. <br /><br />He loves refugees. OK, got that.<br /><br />Apart from that he is straight out of the factory with none of the responsibility.<br /><br />Make of that what you have already made of that.<br /><br />Nothing to see here. Move onlapuntadelfinnoreply@blogger.com