Comments on: Flint: The conservative coalition will be back

By: Paul18

Paul18 — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Gold Gold GOLD to Flinty: Love the way Ruddie was the devil in the red dress last week and More John Howard that John Howard this week. Streets a head of the Chaser and Newstopia.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

In a rare reflective moment on Saturday night, I wondered how David Flint was taking the news. Good to know he survived with most of his belligerence and all of his Howard adoration intact. This campaign just wouldn’t have been the same without him.

By: brian crooks

brian crooks — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

David Flint is a perfect example of the old, but very true saying,“ there are none so blind as those who will not see“!

By: Bill Cunningham

Bill Cunningham — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I voted first in 1949 and saw my dream of a “fair go” disappear. Witnessed Menzies taking us into the Vietnam war on a lie. It seemed axiomatic that as having “Ming” as his hero John Howard would do the same; he did 2003. It’s over; well done Labour!!

By: pepp

pepp — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Transfer of power have been smooth in spite of the attempts by the Liberal Govts to drive us into division of despair and deception, Flint. Dont even attempt to take any credit for it. If you or Howard had let rip we’d be on the streets with dogs after us

By: GR

GR — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Monsieur Flint, since all of your analysis leading up to the election has now proven to be absolutely wrong, perhaps you should consider a new hobby. On the evidence of this article, I would suggest comedy. Droll, deadpan, straight-faced, absurdity.

By: Grant Butler

Grant Butler — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

David,

If you agree with Howard that he leaves the country ‘prouder’ than it was in 1996, could you possibly elaborate? This has to be one of the most contestable statements that Howard has ever made. The exact reverse is my opinion.

By: peter

peter — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

David, Get a life, preferrably not in journalism.

You do not,or cannot evoke even a dim spark of originality in your article.

You evoke the kind of thinking that has placed our country in the position it is on the world stage.

By: Wayne Robinson

Wayne Robinson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

As I said to a few people on the Sunday, the world hasn’t come to an end. I still would like Australia to become a republic though, even if the only reason is that we should become citizens of Australia instead of subjects of the Crown.

By: Venise Alstergren

Venise Alstergren — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Not in it’s present form it won’t. Most especially in the form of the high camp Alexander Downer. The time for such theatrics has long gone Mr Royalty Flint.

By: Ian Smith

Ian Smith — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Could someone please take Mr Flint aside and tell him that his party was actually voted out. His comments have echos of Billy Snedden in 1974 memorably claiming that “while we didn’t win, we didn’t lose either”.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Poor old Dave, a delusional member of John Howard’s elite to the very end. And what is this about Howard’s (and Flint’s) conservatism? Far-right, misanthropic radicalism might be a better description.

By: Peter Rosier

Peter Rosier — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

There is much that could be said about David Flint’s delusional piece, but one comment leaps off the screen: the notion that Rudd should follow Howard in “giving back the states their powers, and ending their present mendicant status.” Pardon?

By: roger vincent

roger vincent — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

They will not be back as a conservatinve coalition. Their only hope is as a true liberal party. I don’t think you have any idea just how many peope really hated Howard and what he tried to do to this country. Alan Ramsay got it right.

By: Chek Ling

Chek Ling — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Hope they come back, reconstructed, David. No more, (Children-Overboard) lies; indefinite incarceration of asylum seekers; rewarding lying ministers with sinecures overseas; politicization of the public service; dog whistling and fawning in front of Bush.

By: Bruce Munday

Bruce Munday — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Dear David still has such a romantic view of the Howard legacy - I prefer Paul Keating’s observation that Costello has spent the past 11 years in a hammock

By: Victor Hart

Victor Hart — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Totally agree Wayne.
When we do become a Republic we should boot out all the Silly old anglophiles who write pompous pieces of tripe for Crikey. No need to mention any names.
PS. Thank you to Labor voters in Bennelong. God bless you all.

By: Ronnie Barzell

Ronnie Barzell — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Perhaps we could all now refer to David as “Comical Flinti” in recognition of his contribution to the delicate art of disinformation.
To paraphrase Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf:
The Australian press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!

By: Frank Birchall

Frank Birchall — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

So the people have just dismissed “the world’s most (economically) successful government”! David, my apologies for being so stupid. Agree with you about ending the states’ “mendicant status”, however.