Comments on: Kruddiversary: how Latham could have been our Obama http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/26/kruddiversary-how-latham-could-have-been-our-obama/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/26/kruddiversary-how-latham-could-have-been-our-obama/#comment-9041 Mark Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9041 Oppositions don't win elections, governments lose them. The real question for the 2010 election is whether Labour can present itself as having successfully handled the economic downturn. The jury is of course still out. Oppositions don’t win elections, governments lose them. The real question for the 2010 election is whether Labour can present itself as having successfully handled the economic downturn. The jury is of course still out.

]]> By: Damo http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/26/kruddiversary-how-latham-could-have-been-our-obama/#comment-9042 Damo Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9042 All this is based on an assumption that Obama is some great left-leaning saviour... It's not true. Not a lot will change for Americans... they (Obama's government) will still be involved in numerous messy conflicts overseas and will continue to support big business over people.<br />I'm no fan of Rudd but God help us if we'd ended up with Latham as a Prime Minister, which never would have happened.)<br />Latham is probably best compared to McCain for numerous reasons that are hopefully obvious, not least of which being an uncontrollable temper. All this is based on an assumption that Obama is some great left-leaning saviour… It’s not true. Not a lot will change for Americans… they (Obama’s government) will still be involved in numerous messy conflicts overseas and will continue to support big business over people.
I’m no fan of Rudd but God help us if we’d ended up with Latham as a Prime Minister, which never would have happened.)
Latham is probably best compared to McCain for numerous reasons that are hopefully obvious, not least of which being an uncontrollable temper.

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/26/kruddiversary-how-latham-could-have-been-our-obama/#comment-9043 Tom McLoughlin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9043 Naomi Klein has a take on this, as per Democracy Now! show with Amy Goodman interview: Obama really took McCain when the GFC took hold about 2 weeks out. The economic threat finished McCain's chances. If that's true then timing really did completely neutralise 'skin deep' concerns. A very smart guy who is not the incumbent mob will do every time. <br /><br />Klein then extrapolates with some resonance that for this reason of the GFC Obama should not buy any of the business as usual bailout bullsh*t for big banks, for Bush's friends via the lame Bush regime in the last 2 months. That is no bailout for shareholders, no bailout for senior exec contracts. <br /><br />Klein says Obama should direct bailout money to mortgagees, and mainstreet and like Gordon Brown take 12% equity stakes in various financiers with their begging bowls along with any damn ruthless regulation on these frauds that he wants. That's the change voters agreed to, so she argues, and it rings pretty true. <br /><br />She refers in particular to a banker's law firm on Wall St that brokered alot of the bailout for the Bush White House. Conflict of interest writ large. Naomi Klein has a take on this, as per Democracy Now! show with Amy Goodman interview: Obama really took McCain when the GFC took hold about 2 weeks out. The economic threat finished McCain’s chances. If that’s true then timing really did completely neutralise ‘skin deep’ concerns. A very smart guy who is not the incumbent mob will do every time.

Klein then extrapolates with some resonance that for this reason of the GFC Obama should not buy any of the business as usual bailout bullsh*t for big banks, for Bush’s friends via the lame Bush regime in the last 2 months. That is no bailout for shareholders, no bailout for senior exec contracts.

Klein says Obama should direct bailout money to mortgagees, and mainstreet and like Gordon Brown take 12% equity stakes in various financiers with their begging bowls along with any damn ruthless regulation on these frauds that he wants. That’s the change voters agreed to, so she argues, and it rings pretty true.

She refers in particular to a banker’s law firm on Wall St that brokered alot of the bailout for the Bush White House. Conflict of interest writ large.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/26/kruddiversary-how-latham-could-have-been-our-obama/#comment-9044 Dennis Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9044 This article is so full of contradictions, it is meaningless This article is so full of contradictions, it is meaningless

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