Comments on: Rundle: The Liberal Party has nothing. Nothing

By: Jack Robertson

Jack Robertson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

“So what should your average MOR Liberal do?”

Liberals interested in what - how - JH did for your half of our stable duopoly could read ‘Not Happy, John!’ At last. Others - ie culture war ‘Howard hater’ verballers - could go f**k themselves.

At last.

By: Glenn Brandham

Glenn Brandham — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Watch the futures of Peter Hendy and his pro-business, anti-human ilk. It was people such as he who directed the Libs toward draconian measures such as Work Chances, promising Howard that the community supported them all along. Big, bad unions, my arse.

By: pepp

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

Being in Mirabella’s electorate, nothing could describe it more accurately than ‘creepy and disturbing’. And nothing gave me greater hope than to see the mighty swing against this creepiest of MP’s today. Thank God Almighty.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

If Turnbull gets up, surely the first piece of legislation to float past him is a Republic referendum. Will he ‘break the nation’s heart’ again ?

By: dermot J mcguire

dermot J mcguire — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

against freedom? how do you get that from this tony? stop bleating slogans please

By: Colin Hubert

Colin Hubert — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Might I suggest, to all Labor supporters, write to all surviving Liberal Party Parliamentarians, commiserate, and and urge them to choose Tony Abbot to lead them.

Two benefits -

A - More laughs

B- A more secure and long lasting Rudd Labor reign.

By: Tony Papafilis

Tony Papafilis — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I realise Guy is a Howard hater but to be against freedom is really showing your comfort with dictators. I know you can’t help it but remember that nearly half of voters still voted for the right. As for creepy, Labor is full of creeps & warped weirdos.

By: Rhys

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

What about good old fashioned economic liberalism? Free trade and deregulation still deliver cheap goods to suburban consumers, and with a little ‘compassionate paternalism’ thrown in they’re right for the zeitgeist. Just stay away from the labour market.

By: Tony Papafilis

Tony Papafilis — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Dermot, please read the 5th paragraph which clearly states that freedom & individual liberty are exhausted princples. Don’t you find it scarey?

By: Rocket

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

The process has started; it will gather pace over the coming days, weeks, months and years - the ranks of “Howard-Huggers” are thinning. It is part of Liberal Party tradition - they already hate McMahon, Gorton and Fraser - welcome to the club John.

By: Venise Alstergren

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

Peter Costello, Alexander Downer, Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop and Andrew Robb working together
could have stopped that senile old man and his monumental hubris dead in his tracks. But you didn’t. I hope you all wander in the wilderness forever.

By: Chris

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

I agree. If the Liberals expense Malcolm Turnbull too quickly, he’ll never be able to lead the party “out of the wilderness”. He’s likeable, but not politically experienced enough yet. Let the right destroy the party first and then mop up with Malcolm.

By: afferbeck

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

You gotta love Keating’s observation today - Howard didn’t have a leadership team, he had a bunch of lemmings who followed him over the cliff. I can only add, a fitting end for a rodent.

By: Boris Kelly

Boris Kelly — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I blame Tony Papafilis for the Coalition defeat. His ideas are precisely those that the Australian electorate have rejected and people like him need to take a cold shower followed by a long, hard look in the mirror. It’s real Tony.