Comments on: Firewall strategy?

By: David

David — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:01:03 +0000

It’s quite remarkable that website for the liberal party http://www.liberal.org.au/ is almost entirely about the Labor Party.

By: Ambigulous

Ambigulous — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:57:01 +0000

Graham Bell

Lin Biao – now whatever happened to that nice young man, wasn’t he Treasurer or something for a while? I hope he didn’t turn into a teensy bit of a scaredy-cat !!

Most recent orders of day for HMV Menzies appear nearby.

By: clarencegirl

clarencegirl — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:34:48 +0000

One or two positive ads airing in regional NSW of the simple ‘vote-for-me-I’m-wonderful’ kind.
What is amusing is to hunt out those letters to the editor which have been force fed their statistics directly from Brian Loughnane of Liberal Party fame.
Honestly, that man must think we are all stupid. Cut and paste letters ending with vote one for [insert name of Lib or Nat candidiate].
Can’t wait until next Saturday ends all this nonsense.

By: Graham Bell

Graham Bell — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:27:29 +0000

Ambigulous [on 4]:
That’s a Classified document. How did you get hold of it? Don’t lie or we’ll waterboard you again.

[and on 8]:
” “Not positive if $weetie is the anointed successor”. ” Why do I keep thinking of Mao’s anointed sucessor, Lin Biao? L-O-L.

By: adam

adam — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:28:05 +0000

must agree ambigulous, that’s one of the great classics of political advertising already. what a massive effect. textbook mind-messing.

By: Anna Winter

Anna Winter — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:21:00 +0000

There’s never, ever, been an “I praise” thread.

Revealing, huh?

This from our most positive commenter, always with something nice to say.

By: Ambigulous

Ambigulous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:20:19 +0000

jawohl Rockstar, aber ich bin dumm, und kann nicht die umlauten schreiben

The ALP ad with the
‘ping’
‘buzzzzz’
contrast isn’t overacted,

bloody good

By: joe2

joe2 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:59:38 +0000

“Maybe its just here in the ACT, but a surprise to me is the terrific amount of funds the conservatives apparently have – they must be putting several times more TV ads up than Labor.”

I would imagine, dd, that having paid out so much in taxpayer funded advertisements over the last year, to the right ad companies, they are just doing the fair thing.

You know ,sought of making donations back.

By: jinmaro

jinmaro — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:42:10 +0000

“Have the coalition had anything positive to say in the last 11 years? If so, I haven’t seen it. To me it seems like a constant procession of fear, denial and the destruction of the things that make this country great.”

Thanks so much for pointing out this simple truth TRP. And this has had a trickle-down effect too. E.g., LP regularly runs “I condemn” threads encouraging comments that allow people to vent their spleen at whatever they choose, (in practice usually quite disappointingly completely trivial and inconsequential things) that gets their goat.

There’s never, ever, been an “I praise” thread.

Revealing, huh?

By: The Rockstar Philosopher

The Rockstar Philosopher — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:28:11 +0000

Have the coalition had anything positive to say in the last 11 years? If so, I haven’t seen it. To me it seems like a constant procession of fear, denial and the destruction of the things that make this country great.

Ambiguous, German just looks wrong without umlauts

By: patrickg

patrickg — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:34:23 +0000

I haven’t seen any either, though I would like to take this opportunity to pose the question: why are the actors in political ads always so _so_ bad?

If I see that snippy bint with the red hair “Sorry Mis-ter Howard, blah blah” one more time I’m gonna start puking blood. Who could possibly think that shrill harpy would appeal to anyone? What are the directors saying? “Over-emote EVERYTHING! It’s the only way to get through to the masses, and sound as smarmy and know-it-all as you possibly can, that’ll sway undecideds!”

Gah. At least the “unions will eat your babies, and here’s a photo of Julia Gillard in her Annie Lennox homage photo!!!” are funny.

By: silkworm

silkworm — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:21:29 +0000

Laurie Oakes has facetiously suggested the Coalition may have to resort to the line – “Don’t vote for Labor because they will abolish WorkChoices.”

By: Ambigulous

Ambigulous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:19:32 +0000

Danke schoen Fraulein Katz,

this too is off topic, aber es ist ein klein Geschenk fuer Sie ~

“There are three things which are real: God, human folly and laughter.
The first two are beyond our compregension
So we must do what we can with the third”

inscription on silver beer mug given to Dave Powers (assistant to President John F Kennedy) by JFK; attributed to JFK by Tom Wicker, 1964.

auf wiedersehen

By: Ambigulous

Ambigulous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:08:47 +0000

Off topic, but….

A treasured political comment… early 80’s, we’re chewing the fat over a forthcoming State election. I ask, “What do the polls say?”

Lord Leonard swiftly responds: “Solidarnosc! Solidarnosc!! Solidarnosc!!!”

cheerio

By: Ambigulous

Ambigulous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:06:17 +0000

Ah, Katzie

Now you’re clutching at straws. Not positive if $weetie is the anointed successor.