tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post8694611222280051532..comments2023-11-05T23:07:01.842+11:00Comments on Grog's Gamut: Election 2010: Day 13 (or why is Abbott running for Premier?)Greg Jerichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-35480353049974564162010-07-30T19:43:48.462+10:002010-07-30T19:43:48.462+10:00Good posts Grog. It's wonderful to see that so...Good posts Grog. It's wonderful to see that sort of initiative from youngsters.<br />Your second post highlights the shallowness and dishonesty of this election campaign. At this point as a long time Labor voter I am hesitating about my vote for the first time. If people are so stupid as to believe that Abbott and the rest of the Big Swinging Dicks are fit to run the country, then they deserve what they'll get if he wins.<br />I don't have to worry about how the children or grandchildren of the current population will cope with climate change or the fact that Governments are totally run by big business.<br />I read somewhere that a voter had said (tongue in cheek) that they didn't know whether to vote for Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton or Exstrata. I understand exactly how they feel. <br />It's not the Labor Party who have blood on their hands, it's the journalists who pump out the garbage to the tune of their bosses who are selling this country down the drain.bookhead12noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-52397151064091905072010-07-30T09:37:20.559+10:002010-07-30T09:37:20.559+10:00Yes a good point Aussiesmurf. I guess he's hop...Yes a good point Aussiesmurf. I guess he's hoping the base is windening. <br /><br />He certainly hasn't done a lot of reaching out to the centreGreg Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-59102817933915422392010-07-30T09:30:32.398+10:002010-07-30T09:30:32.398+10:00I still think that Labour will win this election, ...I still think that Labour will win this election, and by a considerable margin (I'm estimating 53-47). The fact that Abbott keep pitching at the talk-back law and order crowd says to me that he's more worried about 'shoring up the base' than reaching out to the middle.Aussiesmurfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072680060029299422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-30289671517451469222010-07-30T08:42:42.757+10:002010-07-30T08:42:42.757+10:00Hillbilly - I did wonder about that when they list...Hillbilly - I did wonder about that when they listed off the disabilities. I thought there would have to be a few who miss out. Not sure why they did it that way given they would be pretty few in number.<br /><br />I guess Treasury and Finance like making a finite lists...Greg Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-58659675287844387272010-07-29T23:00:45.529+10:002010-07-29T23:00:45.529+10:00And which announcement headed the 7pm ABC News bul...And which announcement headed the 7pm ABC News bulletin? Yup, you guessed it, TAbbott's Watching Brief over the Gangs of Ozzieland. The Disability Scheme announcement was added almost as an afterthought.<br /> You sure can tell who the news editors and producers at the ABC want to win the election.<br /> Btw, there was one downside to the announcement today wrrt disabled children by the PM. She limited it to only the most familiar syndromes. I'm a Carer of a congenitally-disabled child too, but just because my son's syndrome only occurs in 1/15,000 live births, I didn't get a guernsey in today's announcement, yet he has serious,ongoing problems which require lots of the same sorts of interventions as those that have been given the nod. Not that I am bitter and twisted about the fact, I'm happy that these kids have finally been singled out for special treatment from the government. I just wish that I had been thought of too.Hillbilly Skeletonnoreply@blogger.com