[naturalman1975]

Australia hasn't had a government lose office after one term since 1932. It's incredible it's even looking possible.

[Mount Athos]

HOORAY!!!!!

[4rcane]

Excitement grows of Labor election loss, should be the headline. Rudd is a crazy big spender. In less than 3 years, we’re back in $200 billion debt, that took the previous government 7+ years to repay

[SoConPubbie]

Socialists, Progressives, Statists, Communists, Democrats, and left-wingers of all stripes are always willing to congratulate themselves on how smart they are, when usually, the exact opposite is the case.

Their political philosophy has never been shown to work, and yet, like the foolish people they are, they keep telling themselves how smart they are and keep trying the same old tired failed approach over and over again.

[Nipfan]

Please, please let it be so!

Just think Obama but with less conviction = Kevin Rudd. Its not that he WANTS to destroy Australia. Its just that it doesn’t even come close in his considerations to appeasing his own ego.

[101voodoo]

Like all on the lying left, they can only be elected by making outrageous promises they cannot possibly keep. People will vote for the candidate who promises them the most stuff for FREE. Then, when they cannot deliver the folks get angry and turn away from them. In the case they do deliver and must increase taxes, that part of the population which must pay the taxes (many do not, see first group)then get angry and also turn away.

Personally I believe much of this sort of thing could be avoided if every person who receives a penny in either wages, welfare, SS, dividends, etc was made to pay some sort of tax even if it were as low as 1%. In this way any increase in taxes would be felt by everyone and the politicians would have a much more difficult time getting away with buying votes by promising free stuff to people who don’t pay any tax.

[odds]

Labor has to go, that’s for sure.

However, personally, I don’t want a different colour or shades for the sake of it, i.e. Labor to be simply replaced by the Coalition because one is a “Labor” or “Liberal” voter.

Let’s not forget that Labor 3 yrs ago, among other reasons, won because Rudd,largely & in my assessment at the time, positioned himself as a John Howard lite. It might have appeared the right move on Rudd’s (Labor) part because Liberals (John Howard’s govt) had been in power for over a decade; and frankly many were tired of it at the time.

Right now, we need robust & practical policies (immigration is one key issue), and those who dare to fully implement them.

Unfortunately, neither Liberals nor Labor, presently, are winning my confidence in their potential future leadership.