you know, this is a tough decision for me, because I don't want johnny in cos costello is next in-line, but the other major option is for K-Rudd! inexperienced and playing to the mob is not what leaders are made of, if I see peter costello with some sort of backbone in a public arena, I'll vote liberal, on the hand, I might just vote for the "free marajuana" party and have a good old laugh!

What makes you say that?

Isn't that how Dictators start off. Tell the people exactly what they want to hear to get yourself elected then once your in, the chains come off. I'm too young to fully remember the billion dollar dept we had and 13+% interests rates but I know now that I don't want it to happen again, that's for sure.

you know, this is a tough decision for me, because I don't want johnny in cos costello is next in-line, but the other major option is for K-Rudd! inexperienced and playing to the mob is not what leaders are made of, if I see peter costello with some sort of backbone in a public arena, I'll vote liberal, on the hand, I might just vote for the "free marajuana" party and have a good old laugh!

I cant see costello coming in to be a bad thing, hes been a major player in the economy now for some time... have you ever actually watched parliament sit and listened to him speak? hes pretty clever.

you also have to remember that kevin rudd, is the ONLY candidate they have, hes their best, and hes not really much better than beazley, I mean I could get up and run his party and copy all of the liberal parties policies, any of us could.

The liberals have a team of great people, few duds in the states, but federally labour isnt in the running (well they might be if young people stuff it up for the rest of us - but I dont think theres enough young people to do that.)

Isn't that how Dictators start off. Tell the people exactly what they want to hear to get yourself elected then once your in, the chains come off. I'm too young to fully remember the billion dollar dept we had and 13+% interests rates but I know now that I don't want it to happen again, that's for sure.

your dead right, but it was 17% at one point, not 13% under labour.

I just haven't seen costello talk about anything seriously, apart from budgets. I don't generally have a tv at hand when question time is on, but from the ones I have seen, he know his stuff about the budget, but what else does he know, stupid jokes that only he and a couple of back-benchers laugh at? I honestly beleive you need more than just money smarts to run a country, you need street smarts also, something I haven't seen from costello

I just haven't seen costello talk about anything seriously, apart from budgets. I don't generally have a tv at hand when question time is on, but from the ones I have seen, he know his stuff about the budget, but what else does he know, stupid jokes that only he and a couple of back-benchers laugh at? I honestly beleive you need more than just money smarts to run a country, you need street smarts also, something I haven't seen from costello

the old saying goes "its the economy stupid" (im not calling you stupid that's the saying)

meaning that if you get the economy right, everything else will fall into place, costello knows the economy inside out. I believe he'll be an excellent leader.

Do you think the C.E.O. of a company actually runs the company? its the C.F.O's of the world that make the big decisions.

Communism here we come

That's the beauty of communism, all people are treated as equal. Problem is some are more equal than others

meaning that if you get the economy right, everything else will fall into place, costello knows the economy inside out. I believe he'll be an excellent leader.

I've always hated costello but I never looked at it that way.

yes and no, I can appreciate the economy side of, but would you let a ferret faced accountant kiss your baby? Public opinion has a lot to do with the decision, costello is a great treasurer, but if he is prime minister, he's not treasurer, what is he like with hospitals, foreign policy and the struggles in rural australia, these are the problems that will test any new leader, and unfortunately there will never be the right one...

the lesser of two evils...

yes and no, I can appreciate the economy side of, but would you let a ferret faced accountant kiss your baby? Public opinion has a lot to do with the decision, costello is a great treasurer, but if he is prime minister, he's not treasurer, what is he like with hospitals, foreign policy and the struggles in rural australia, these are the problems that will test any new leader, and unfortunately there will never be the right one...

the lesser of two evils...

Ferrit faced is your opinion, he probably doesnt like the look of you either, that has no bearing on what he'd be like as a leader

If you have been watching the news in the last I would say 2 years or so, you would know that a kangaroo would do a better job of managing our hospitals at the moment... & rural australia? did you see the council amalgamations thing beattie tried to do?

I'll give you an example of this... I lived in rural australia for most of my life, 16 years in total. We had a new road put in at the end of our street, and they just did the bitumen not the gutters and put the bitumen against the dirt - was going to look sh*t. Dad rung the council and spoke to somebody there and said it was going to look sh*t and could they do the gutters as well. a few days later they fixed it all. If we amalgamate the councils country people cant do this, they have to phone a 1300 number and wait on hold or whatever, and probably drive 4 hours just to voice their opinion. People live in the country because its personal, they dont want that kind of rubbish.

the problem with the hospitals is the hospitals themselves, not the federal politicians, even with a change of government we still end up with the same hospital management / staff - the whole system has to change, which definately wont happen with a labour federal government, it will just get slower and more painful for everybody.

Howard announced today I think he wants to appoint a C.E.O. for every hospital, making them accountable for problems, I think that's a great idea, run it like a business, loose the government lazyness, if private business had the money government departments had...

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