SA Election:
Martin Gordon writes: Re. “SA: Rann returns, but Labor breaches trust on day one” (yesterday, item 11). As a civil libertarian I despaired when I read the several articles on Labor’s SA campaign tactics.
Impersonating other parties, stealing their material, deceiving voters and ALP MP’s supported it. Have they no scruples, winning at all costs, whatever it takes, do they believe in anything?
George Orwell observed “only a socialist could have such contempt for ordinary people”, like Robert Mugabe, and one time potential ALP donor Saddam Hussein there are many sources to obtain ideas on how to win, and hold onto power.
What new depths will the ALP plumb next?
Raivo Sark writes: I don’t know why you bother doing stories on South Australia; the crap that you’re churning out is even worse than that shite from The Advertiser. I thought you disliked the bias of the Murdoch press?
I wouldn’t be surprised to see articles by Bill O’Reilly next in Crikey.
Adelaide deserves better than the sub standard media that it currently receives.
US Health reform:
Liam Hedge writes: Re. “Rundle: health reform votes clock over as US braces for momentous change” (yesterday, item 4). The Australian made a mistake today that any paper should be truly embarrassed by. Greg Sheridan made a concrete claim that it is “universally acknowledged” that Obama’s healthcare reform will add to the deficit. Universally acknowledged Greg? I think the Congressional Budget Office may have something to say about that.
They costed the bill at reducing the deficit by approximately $US143 billion in the first ten years and up to $US1.2 trillion in the second ten year. Funny, for a truth “universally acknowledged” one wouldn’t expect the most expert, non-partisan government organisation in the United States to disagree.
Is that the same Martin Gordon of Flynn who thinks refugees should be sent home or shot? Civil libertarian my foot, more like Liberal stooge.
If we want to talk about dirty tricks how about Howard in bed with the Exclusive Brethren to gang up on the Greens here and in New Zealand.
How about Lindsay 2007 or the Tampa in 2001.
Get a grip Martin, you aren’t fooling a single person with a memory longer than a gnats.
Ah but Liam, Sheridan is a paid up shill for Israel, Jakarta and the repugnicons. He has to say that doesn’t he?
Hey Martin Gordan…..”one time potential ALP donor Saddam Hussein” Is that that the same Hussein that accepted some hundreds of millions of dollars from an Australian organisation with close links to the National and Liberal Parties?
Peter Anson.
“Only a socialist could have such contempt for ordinary people”. I agree with Orwell about pretty well everything and this quote is no exception. Labor’s tactics involving the Family First how to votes should not be repeated, as much for Labor’s reputation as anything else. But what about the very name of the Family First party? This party opposes many, many families but is gladly very vague about this in its own electoral material. Sole parent families, families with two mums or two dads, step-families and many other variations have no place in their very selective universe. A poorly educated but lovely friend of mine gave them a vote and regretted it immediately once it was mentioned to her that this party is an off-shoot of the Assemblies of God Church. Another friend can’t believe her strictly Catholic father-in-law gives them his vote when one considers that the Assemblies of God will tell you that Catholics are going to hell for worshipping idols. The very notion that this mob are actually truly ‘Family First’ is more misleading than the material the ALP was handing out in a handful of polling booths on Saturday.