THE DONKEY VOTE

Labor’s own Frankenstein is back for another bask in the limelight, Mark Latham.

He sunk his teeth into Labor’s industrial relations policy and campaign, calling it a fear campaign none of them believed in.

So thank you Mark for for giving Howard and Costello some extra bullets to fire in the final week, although I doubt they will do any damage at all, I still loathe the fact you did it.

This has become the golden rule of Australian politics: the best fear campaign achieves the best result,” Mr Latham said.

“During the campaign, Labor’s advertisements have added a new dimension of fear, that a re-elected Howard/Costello government would take Work Choices further.

“The scariest thing about modern campaigning is the cynicism with which it is conducted. No one on the Labor side honestly believes the coalition would take Work Choices further, just as in 2004 no one in the coalition believed they would keep interest rates down.

“For a fear campaign to work, it does not need to be plausible. It just needs to play into the avarice and gullibility of swinging voters.”

One minute he says he is done with politics and doesn’t care, content with being a stay at home dad and authoring books filled with hand grenades for former political comrades.

Although I do admire his ability to hate better than anyone else and come up with amusing nicknames and observations.

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Kevin Rudd was on Rove this evening watering the youth vote.

I missed it but hopefully it will be on Youtube which I can load after 4 hours on my dial up to watch.

On that other big political contest - the US presidential race - he revealed he was backing Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate.

I’m an Obama fan myself, Hillary isn’t any Bill, let me tell you.

Mr Rudd also revealed he was confident he could take out Mr Howard in a bar-room brawl.

Nice, all Federal Elections should be decided in this fashion, just to enhance the Australianess of the process.

When he denied hating Mr Howard - he just wanted him out of government - McManus suggested Mr Rudd would still beat him in a fight.

“If I couldn’t, wouldn’t there be a real problem?, ” Mr Rudd asked.

“The guy’s 20 years older than me.”

The generation gap also explained the difference between a nerd and a geek, he said.

Touche.

Well with all the talk of the election being close, it will probably be for the best for the Rudd/Labor cause. Aussies are a bit funny with underdogs and tall poppies. You want to be the underdog. With it being close hopefully it will mobilise every vote for him.

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Kevin Rudd’s First Five steps as PM.

1. Ratify the Kyoto Protocol. “We need to make sure we are around the negotiating table immediately … for the next round of commitments on reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.”

2. Start immediately to negotiate with the states on reform of hospital practices. “That is of crucial importance - we’ve got $2.5billion on the table but we’ll need to frame a co-operative agreement around performance measures.”

3. Begin the roll-out of the high-speed broadband network, along with connections to schools. In tandem, open up tenders for the $1 billion school computer program.

4. “Hit the ground running” with the implementation of the $2.5 billion program to upgrade trades training centres in secondary schools. “I went back to C block [the technical faculty] at [his old school] Nambour High the other day - it hadn’t changed since I was there. It was like walking into a museum.”

5. Begin negotiations with the Americans and Iraqis for the staged withdrawal by mid next year of Australian combat troops. “I have been very blunt with President Bush … I have a no-surprises policy when it comes to these things.”

OK I am out. Got assignments to do. Hope you enjoyed the quadtriple Brad action, maybe tomorrow we will go for 5 in a row if Shelly’s committment to the Coalition cause.

Even if they do lose, Sheldon will always be an out of touch, disconnected, aloof and arrogant pain in the arse. He is Liberal for life.

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No it’s not Sheldon, it’s fear from the Coalition.

Today marks a new week in the campaign, the sixth week, the last week.

Reality of defeat is hitting home on them.

Today we saw them not change tactics but escalate existing ones in a desperate bid to hang on to power. They didn’t work for five weeks and they aren’t going to work for a sixth.

I think the ALP should thank the Coalition for the free advertising they now have gracing their campaign backdrops. Now no matter if its a Coalition or ALP press conference, everyone can be reminded how fantastic the ALP is.

But get a load of Howard claiming that if Labor get in the mining boom will cease. Get that. Can you hear the flush of all his remaining credibility going down the can? Like he is sum kind of Moses parting the stormy economic seas.

The absence of one man and one government and the ascention of another (cooler) party is dead set going to stop the hunger of India and China and other nations for resources.

Maybe with Rudd’s mandarin we might be able to swing some extra deals.

What else has happened today…oh I’m too tired. I’ve been up for two days already and don’t plan on sleeping until Monday night. I’ve got six assignments due. I’m bouyed by receiving a distinction for the last one I just handed in.

Much like the ALP, I’m tired of being a loser. I want to win. Being a loser is only trendy and counter culture for so long. So it’s a fight back. A semesters work in a weekend.

Climate report shows need to act: Labor

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All these polls coming out at the moment show Labor in front but predict a tight contest. I don’t need that, I have my health to worry about. I’m shocked that polling estimates we will only pick up two extra seats in sunny Queensland. I think we will pick up at least six.

I wonder where Sheldon is. Probably preparing his concession post for Saturday night. More importantly where the hell is his Coalition same sex partner Yak…

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