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blamebramptonA tiny miracle has occurred ... the ALP won. They won a lot. After spending the last 11 years wondering what the hell happened to the Australia who was excited about reconciliation and the 21st century, it's back. And it just took a man who looks like the world's most boring Harry Potter impersonator to make it happen. Go Kevin!
It was a very strange election, with the highpoint being an assault by an award-winning (but nevertheless barking mad) journalist allegedly assaulting one of the candidates. Caroline Overington is reported as shouting abuse at George Newhouse (ALP candidate for Wentworth, after a lacklustre performance he failed to unseat Malcolm Turnbull), before slapping him across the face.
Still, there has been some good comedy out of it all. And a new PM who looks for all the world like one of the Nigels you refused to go out with when you were at school is a boon to cartoonists everywhere. The quote of the campaign: on a blog, in response to a claim that Therese Rein (Kevin Rudd's wife) is a fat bogan (i.e. chav) "I for one welcome our fat bogan overlords." Indeed. Goodbye, old empire, goodbye. And if you've been looking for a particularly obvious but nevertheless funny Joe Hockey joke, do click the link below:
It was a very strange election, with the highpoint being an assault by an award-winning (but nevertheless barking mad) journalist allegedly assaulting one of the candidates. Caroline Overington is reported as shouting abuse at George Newhouse (ALP candidate for Wentworth, after a lacklustre performance he failed to unseat Malcolm Turnbull), before slapping him across the face.
Still, there has been some good comedy out of it all. And a new PM who looks for all the world like one of the Nigels you refused to go out with when you were at school is a boon to cartoonists everywhere. The quote of the campaign: on a blog, in response to a claim that Therese Rein (Kevin Rudd's wife) is a fat bogan (i.e. chav) "I for one welcome our fat bogan overlords." Indeed. Goodbye, old empire, goodbye. And if you've been looking for a particularly obvious but nevertheless funny Joe Hockey joke, do click the link below:
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Date: 2007-11-29 05:02 pm (UTC)Really? No one seems to mention that one, and I really can't remember (Malcolm?) Fraser... Wikipedia has just informed me I wasn't even born then, so I don't feel so vague now. :)
But yes, I agree with you that interest rates are heavily affected by the global economic situation, so that being Howard's main argument for their party being "strong economic managers" always seemed quite weak to me. :/
Heheh, Good Plans (complete with capitals) sounds quite promising (and tasty :D). But personally, I've always been quite taken with Kevin's charisma. Brendan Nelson seem, well... dull, in my (apparently apathetic Y-generation-style) opinion.
My mum (whose english isn't so awesome) commented during Kevin's victory speech that his time as a foreign diplomat really helped, in that he speaks clearly and enunciates each word, so migrants would find it more easier to understand him. :) As for animated... well, he smiles enough I guess. *g*
(Awww... don't feel old! *cuddles you tight* Rejoice in your maturity, I say! :D)