From yesterday's Crikey
Racism has become Liberal Party's bread and butter
Irfan Yusuf writes:
Having labelled Liberal Candidate Adam Held a "greedy f-cking Jew" for requesting extra campaign brochures, Victorian Liberal Party campaign director Susan Chandler defended herself by saying that she had "many Jewish friends". How Seinfeldian. Read more »
Don't take my leftist word for it. Remember Morris Davis? He was the gung-ho prosecutor of David Hicks. He later resigned claiming undue political pressure was being placed on the prosecution to play unfair. He's now appearing for the defence in an upcoming trial.See the Time article here. Read more »
They know not what they did. It seems this blogger under-estimated Howard’s eagerness to speak out after getting thrown out - he clearly needs the money. He has followed his heroine Thatcher on the lucrative US speaking circuit for foreign conservative leaders. Read more »
According to the SMH ... "Be proud of what we've achieved - don't take any cheek from the other side." Read more »
In a headline that rivals “Strange Man on Public Transport!” for its sheer obviousness, Opposition is a Tough Business. With new governments come new oppositions which generally struggle to cope with the large decrease in relevance associated with the opposition benches. But after eighteen weeks, most Federal oppositions have at least developed some veneer of political strategy, some understanding of the job required in opposition which the polling starts to reflect. The day to day demand of having a 5 second grab on the great suite of topics that make up the news cycle starts getting complimented with more strategic approaches to the long term business of opposition. Read more »
He loves him, he loves him not, he loves him again...
Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of America’s National Review Online, discovers a big political talent... Maybe we could use him. Read more »
Andrew Bolt gets started on the eulogising of our ex-Prime Minister, before the Liberals realise the completely miserable position in which he's left them, before they realise how badly he's gutted the party and poisoned the well - before it's too late. Read more »
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