tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post3888154158021009612..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-87431227732650454562010-02-11T20:08:50.415+11:002010-02-11T20:08:50.415+11:00What he's done is please nobody, and he hasn&#...What he's done is please nobody, and he hasn't got the skill that Howard has in keeping it all together. The small-l's have been so compromised they can't be said to exist - moderate is as moderate does, and maybe Ruddock has to go for that spell to be lifted.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-17782421548331237672010-02-08T16:50:36.467+11:002010-02-08T16:50:36.467+11:00And yet, Abbott was boxed in. Yes, the policy he&...And yet, Abbott was boxed in. Yes, the policy he's produced is a piece of crap, and patently so. But running with a piece of crap that at least doesn't tear his party in two was his least-worst option; it's better to look simply wrong than look ineffectual and divided. All the other options led not merely to to defeat in the 2010 election but utter obliteration.<br /><br />As for Greg Hunt, Abbott's done to him what Howard did so to so many of the prominent liberal wets - force him into the position of defending policy that goes against all his principles. It's a beautiful tactic - if they resign then they're no longer a problem but if they don't they're hopelessly compromised. Ruddock is the canonical case.derrida deridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-87303921476653463632010-02-07T08:20:33.311+11:002010-02-07T08:20:33.311+11:00Being inherently gutless and stupid people, the ri...Being inherently gutless and stupid people, the right whinge regularly find themselves in breach of the <i>What's Sauce For The Goose Is Sauce For The Gander Act</i>, and unable to bear the penalties that such breaches incur. <br /><br />As for Turnbull, it's like Menzies in the 1940s: yes, he's the smartest guy in the room but he has to make other people feel OK with that.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-13861503130597208442010-02-07T07:52:27.873+11:002010-02-07T07:52:27.873+11:00Well it looks like turnbull is in for the long hau...Well it looks like turnbull is in for the long haul.<br /><br />http://www.vexnews.com/news/7816/the-wilderness-years-malcolm-turnbull-sets-up-leaders-office-in-exile/<br /><br />He is going to do to the conservatives what they did to him. I'm sure they will enjoy it just as much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-46535558963296417842010-02-06T13:24:15.424+11:002010-02-06T13:24:15.424+11:00People who define themselves by their resistance t...People who define themselves by their resistance to 'emancipation', who specifically describe themselves as "The Right", don't deserve the pomo treatment, ewe2. The phase you describe is precisely that in which nuggets are to be found in plain sight, if only there were correspondents to find and describe them.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-34655181739174476062010-02-06T10:45:48.480+11:002010-02-06T10:45:48.480+11:00'Right whinge' - excellent emancipation fr...'Right whinge' - excellent emancipation from defunct labels, Andrew. I think Marr's problem is symptomatic of current political reporting, a merry-go-round of Frontline proportions, it's as much an editorial failure of imagination. It seems everyone's already bored of the coming election and are trying to wring some fun out of it somewhere.ewe2https://www.blogger.com/profile/06176137381361256982noreply@blogger.com