Laurie Oakes, veteran journalist, said of this year's general election:
"[But] there was nothing else, there were no issues, there was no policy inspiration, there were no ideas.
"We had two parties led by two political pygmies."
That pretty much sums up the political talent in Australia today.
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Over-rates them, I reckon.
Paraphrasing Fred Allen:
You can take all the sincerity in parliament, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a journalist's heart.
Yes - but what about WikiLeaks?
LOL. Another way Australia is becoming another U.S.A. Guess I won't immigrate after all.
Sigh!
Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell once observed that an election is no time for discussing party policy.
Did I say "Former Prime Minister"? Indeed I did. Fancy that.
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