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Tomorrow’s shorter-Hendo today, really

Posted by Christopher Sheil on Monday, November 26, 2007

Hard to choose, really. Perhaps:

1. Kevin Rudd, like John Howard, wears glasses and describes himself as a fiscal conservative, so this is really a victory for John Howard, and the luvvies have lost again, if only they’d realise that we are all creepy conservatives now, really.

2. Stanley Melbourne Bruce’s first name started with “S” and he wore spats whereas John Winston Howard’s starts with “J” and he wears tracksuits, so 2007 is completely different to 1929, as proved by the scientific fact that these are two completely different years, really.

3. Someone, probably John Pilger or Julia Gillard, called the former Howard government “fascist” recently, forgetting that fascism occurred in Italy a long time ago and this is Australia today, so s/he is clearly wrong, really.

Go Gerry, make my day, really.

Update: Gerry goes for the crocodile tears (consolation prize for 2. above, although we failed to mention that Stanley lived on the outskirts of Melbourne, not in Bennelong, and the more recent of the two old PMs faced a celebrity candidate, so that’s why it’s completely different, this week, really).



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14 Responses to “Tomorrow’s shorter-Hendo today, really”

  1. Liam said:

    I think you’re looking for this, cs.

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 1:15 pm | Permalink
  2. cs said:

    Sorry Liam, I cannot read Paul Sheehan. Just tried again, but cannot make it past two paragraphs. I don’t know what it is, but for me he is literally unreadable. I dunno where he is coming from or going to; I just think of him as the SMH’s resident whacko.

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 1:21 pm | Permalink
  3. Rex said:

    What about: “The sensible position is not not make predictions. Predicting an ALP victory was never sensible, and I so didn’t do it. It was also unpalatable so I didn’t think it”

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 1:56 pm | Permalink
  4. Niall said:

    Ahhh, Gerard. I can’t wait for Friday’s ABC RN Breakfast piece. Will Fran ask him about the electoral bashing? You can bet your bippy!

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 2:10 pm | Permalink
  5. Ken Lovell said:

    I just think of him as the SMHs resident whacko.

    You’ll be laughing on the other side of your face when he lives to be 140 thanks to his regular intake of Magic Water.

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 2:39 pm | Permalink
  6. Taztigger said:

    Haa Haa! Well done.

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 2:53 pm | Permalink
  7. Ms Prism said:

    Paul Sheehan is the Brian Wilshire of the msm. Check out his website. He is a llate night ranter of the ‘One world government, marxist/corporate conspiracy’ type. Very entertaining after a couple of sweet sherries, when one is loath to settle into sleep right away.

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 4:12 pm | Permalink
  8. Caroline said:

    A view with which I could wholeheartedly concur:

    I was just so relieved that the toxicity of this government had gone, you know? That this dreadful, vicious show, which had been around for all these years, you know, the active disparagement of particular classes and groups.

    You know, John Howard said to Miranda Devine in the Sun Herald a week ago that his great achievement he said was to, you know, turn over political correctness. In other words what he thought was really good was to be politically incorrect, you know, to be able to sling off at someone’s colour or their religion, you know. And in a country of immigrants, this is poison for this society, poison for us.

    (My emphasis)

    Paul Keating talking to Eleanor Hall today.

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 5:06 pm | Permalink
  9. Spiros said:

    None of the above.

    We’ll get:

    Rudd’s victory is a defeat for the Left.

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 8:32 pm | Permalink
  10. John Crockett said:

    There is more than one whacko at the smh

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 8:36 pm | Permalink
  11. Sir Henry Casingbroke said:

    Spiros is on the money but i tend to thing that Gerry will shill on behalf of his soul bro, the Monk.

    Posted on 26-Nov-07 at 10:45 pm | Permalink
  12. James Farrell said:

    In the event, Hendo cuts his losses and awards the blame for the entire Tory implosion to Jeanette and the kids. Also, Hawke stuffed up just as badly.

    Posted on 27-Nov-07 at 3:32 pm | Permalink
  13. James Farrell said:

    Sorry, I didn’t notice you’d updated the post.

    Posted on 27-Nov-07 at 3:34 pm | Permalink
  14. Robert said:

    Here’s point 1, on Lateline yesterday:

    TONY JONES: But the point that I was making there and Peter a moment ago the battle of ideas, I mean how will those two leaders, potential leaders, Turnbull and Bishop distinguish themselves from the Labor Party when they essentially believe most of the same things?

    GERARD HENDERSON: But who joined who? Who won this battle of ideas? It was Kevin Rudd who stepped for…

    TONY JONES: The government is owner of the ideas now.

    GERARD HENDERSON: Well, Kevin Rudd stepped forward and said he was an economic conservative and by and large he was but he brought a lot of the party with him. … by and large I mean I don’t see why they [the Liberals] should surrender the battle of ideas having essentially won it.

    Posted on 28-Nov-07 at 1:19 pm | Permalink

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