Comments on: The tortoise strategy http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/06/05/the-tortoise-strategy/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: jimmythespiv http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/06/05/the-tortoise-strategy/#comment-123807 jimmythespiv Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:14:49 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/06/05/the-tortoise-strategy/#comment-123807 Nice analogy Rex ! Nice analogy Rex !

]]> By: David Rubie http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/06/05/the-tortoise-strategy/#comment-123725 David Rubie Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:33:18 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/06/05/the-tortoise-strategy/#comment-123725 Which end of the tortoise is that? Which end of the tortoise is that?

]]> By: Rex http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/06/05/the-tortoise-strategy/#comment-123679 Rex Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:38:18 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/06/05/the-tortoise-strategy/#comment-123679 I was contemplating the same metaphor,  but the other way around.  I had Howard as the hare.  Sitting back munching on a sprig of grass, confident and complacent, with all the power of incumbancy in his hindquarters, while Rudd, as the tortoise, ambled toward the finish, steadily releasing his policies according to his own timetable.   The hare suddenly noticing that the tortiose was uncomfortably far ahead, was shocked into action, and has been madly covering the ground in the meantime.   It's all a case of how much lead the tortoise has, verses the hare's top speed, and we public want to see a nail biting finish beccause that the sporting fantasy that's bred into us. I was contemplating the same metaphor,  but the other way around.  I had Howard as the hare.  Sitting back munching on a sprig of grass, confident and complacent, with all the power of incumbancy in his hindquarters, while Rudd, as the tortoise, ambled toward the finish, steadily releasing his policies according to his own timetable.   The hare suddenly noticing that the tortiose was uncomfortably far ahead, was shocked into action, and has been madly covering the ground in the meantime.   It's all a case of how much lead the tortoise has, verses the hare's top speed, and we public want to see a nail biting finish beccause that the sporting fantasy that's bred into us.

]]> By: Mark Bahnisch http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/06/05/the-tortoise-strategy/#comment-123551 Mark Bahnisch Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:40:38 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/06/05/the-tortoise-strategy/#comment-123551 That strategy assumes credibility - hence Howard's raising of the issue of trust. If it's not there anymore (and I'd suggest it's been severely dented by WorkChoices and four interest rate rises), then the strategy won't work. And you've forgotten the negative attack noise machine day in day out. That strategy assumes credibility – hence Howard's raising of the issue of trust. If it's not there anymore (and I'd suggest it's been severely dented by WorkChoices and four interest rate rises), then the strategy won't work.

And you've forgotten the negative attack noise machine day in day out.

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