STATE OF SCANDAL: A WINDOW TO THE FUTURE?
Posted by jeffreygabriel on October 26, 2007
The headline screamed out at me in today’s Daily Telegraph. John Howard’s secret weapon is none other than Morris Iemma.
Warning that if voters think Labor will provide any real alternative, we need only look at the performance of NSW Labor to show how gloomy that alternative may prove.
These are disappointing tactics on two fronts. The Coalition has clearly run out of ideas so it is attacking the other side. At the same time, it highlights how redundant the myth is that Labor are better on “soft issues” like health and education – something I raised earlier. The state of our schools and hospitals suggest otherwise.
Both parties have become drunk on power when power has been afforded to them. It is crucial that a third party curb their excesses and keep them in line. The Democrats have the best record of doing so. We are not a single-issue party and we are not on the extreme side of politics. We are able to produce better outcomes working with whoever comes to power.
