The ALP will stoop to anything

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The ALP will stoop to anything

There's no mention of who did it, nor that it was anything to do with the Labour Party.

Ahh the good old Liberals show their true colours of Racism, fear mongering and deceit.Who else could you count on but the Liberals to disseminate pamphlets around with False and miss leading information.This is just a taste of the real undercurrent of bigotry that exists amongst the right-wingers.There is no denying it!

Don't you think that anything called a 'Politician' that has moving lips is a solid reason for fear?.  All camps are doing the same thing.  

I don't think this thread (Fear campaign) is worthy of a topic on its own, so I am moving it to the Liberal party thread.

Quoted from John_Connor

Ahh the good old Liberals show their true colours of Racism, fear mongering and deceit.Who else could you count on but the Liberals to disseminate pamphlets around with False and miss leading information.This is just a taste of the real undercurrent of bigotry that exists amongst the right-wingers.There is no denying it!

What's good for the goose is good for the gander. The Liberal Party have shown time and time again they are a racist, vile and reprehensible party, so it's no surprise their minions are carrying on with their dirty work. Just the fact that Liberal Party members thought this would be ok as a prank should send alarm bells amongst the Australian public.

Howard has distanced himself not because he thinks there's anything wrong with what they did, but because we are two days out from an election. Any other time he would have downplayed or laughed it off saying "people have a right to their own opinions" like he has said time and time again.

If I was the real Islamic Council, I would be suing these w*nkers, how offensive!

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Libs' fake Muslim letter roundly condemned

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Don't you think that anything called a 'Politician' that has moving lips is a solid reason for fear?.  All camps are doing the same thing.  

Amen to that

Quoted from D_b8_R

Don't you think that anything called a 'Politician' that has moving lips is a solid reason for fear?.  All camps are doing the same thing.  

I hear the common argument that all politicians are the same (better the devil you know). This might well be the case but it is not a good reason to stick with a bad Government based on the fear that the alternative could be worse (normally spruiked by the bad Government in office) - this only allows the bad Government to remain in Government and do more damage.

We seem to have a concensus that we don't trust politicians. There are things we can do:

1. Vote for our preferred Government in the House of Reps (Labor or Coalition)

2. Vote for a minor party (Greens, Democrats, Family First, Independants or whoever you fancy) in the Senate (but be careful who they are aligned with and who they will give their preferences to). The aim is so neither major party has the balance of power in the Senate, which should be shared amongst the minor parties. The benefit of this is the Government won't be able to pass major laws without scrutiny and/or rejection by those who hold the balance of power. This will mean the Government will have to bribe the minor party like they did with the GST but it severely limits their power to do damage and things like the IR changes would never have happened. It also should mean only decent laws are passed because they have been agreed to by many parties.

3. If we are not happy with the Government, we keep voting them out every 3 years until they start representing us and not their own agendas.

It is disappointing that some people adopt the ;better the devil you know option when they vote!How hard is it to find out what their policies are?I mean, would you vote for a Government that doesn't really give two hoots about the environment? A healthy environment is the real key to a long lived and prosperous economy.

Why does Johny and co refuse to acknowledge this???

The unflushable turd gets flushed!!!

Goodbye and good riddance John Howard, let the door hit you on the way out.

After 30+ years in Politics Howard's legacy is ... wall to wall State Labor Governments and a Federal Labor Government with the highest majority in Labor history - says it all doesn't it? A very fitting end to a selfish, cruel and corrupt politician who turned a once respectable party into a cruel, corrupt, elitist, divisive organisation.

Thankyou Australia - for restoring my faith in this country and democracy.

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It was well and truly time.

Former Liberal Party member
SEC and FEC Delegate
Past President, Secretary, Treasurer and Membership officer, Brighton/Glenelg Young Liberals

The Liberals became, in the end, IMHO, even more pompous believing their party to be the ONLY one capable of leading Australia. Screaming from the roof tops the past sins of Keating and Hawke and the Labor Party. The Communist connections, the Union Party connections and the Industrial strikes of the past! We no longer live in those times (thank goodness) and I believe the Labor Party of the new Millennium will be different from the Labor Party of the 70's and 80's.
The Liberals had stopped considering the People, we the voters. They had forgotten that we aren't as stupid as they would of hoped and we do have long memories. I will be happy to see the back end of both Howard and Costello and also hopefully Abbot. The shake up of the now Opposition should be interesting, to say the least. I do hope however that Mal Brough runs for leader of the Queensland Opposition and gets in as he is the only decent Liberal party member in Qld IMHO.

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I believe the Labor Party of the new Millennium will be different from the Labor Party of the 70's and 80's.

And if they're not we're really screwed

^ I hope you are right SuziH , some of us still remember the bad old days, but enough of that good for Kevin, I hope he does well ,  

Been voting since 1973-74 so I too remember the bad old days, very very well. I also remember my 2nd ex-mother-in-law being over the moon with her investment money earning 17.5% I am not saying Labor is going to be any better or worse than what we have had for the last 11 years. Rudd at least, is young and fresh and not yet jaded.