Re: Congrats to Mark Latham!

"Brissie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >
> >Voted leader of opposition today (42 yrs of age!).  He'll win the next
> >election in a landslide.....
> >
> >He's the Whisper of Australian politics..... ; )
>
> Should have been Beazley.
>
> Proven to be more popular than Howard.
>
> Had more votes than Howard at the 98 election, but not in the right
> areas. On the fourth time in history the party with more votes, did
> not gain power.
>
> In 2001 the ALP had a massive lead over the falsey named Liberal party
> until early September. Then S11, then blatant lies frothing forth from
> Howards mouth, then the Tampa incident, then more blatant lies
> frothing forth from Howards mouth when he said the boat wasn't
> sinking, even though a video proved it was (shame it was released only
> the day before the election, not too many people would have seen it)
>
> Beazley would have kicked Little John out of the PM'ship.


Sure, but Latham woulda romped it in.  Beazley huffs & puffs & you don't
really know what he stands for - lots of false indignation/overacting.

Unless something extraordinary happens, Latham is the new PM.....