Back from the Blogging Wilderness
Hello my loyal blog followers...myself and Dad, that is. I have returned after a a rather long hiatus and find myself in a very different political landscape as the one I left. Mckew, did indeed take Bennelong. The Liberals did in fact lose because they were out of touch. and, at long last, the government has apologised to the Stolen Generation for the suffering caused by ill advised social policy.So all plain sailing now right??? Wrong.
Inflation, the faltering domesteic market, out of control cost of housing, and the threat of recession are all challenges that the Rudd government are already facing. Luckily they have the get out of jail free card of all first term governments..."We inherited this mess from the previous government".
The opposition are in dissaray and doing themselves no favours so far. But that is almost to be expected as they seek to define themselves. With Nelson's approval rating at 9%, the lowest ever recorded, he has plenty to do to define himself. So far he has thoroughly confused himself, caught between trying to extricate himself from the fatally unpopular howard doctrines, while at the same time attempting to stay true to those very same doctrines. You heard it first, here at the dentist, that Nelson will not have to worry as he will never face an election as leader. The question is, who will? Or more specifically, who would want to? A poisoned chalice it is.
Labels: Australian Politics, Brendan Nelson, Kevin Rudd, Stolen Generation
posted by The Dentist @ 12:41 am
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