The murdoch media campaign against Howard is over, and the media is the loser. All the conspirators have handed John Howard the first big victory of the campaign. Howard is now the UBERBATTLER!! When John Howard was totally friendless he did not buckle. The whole world was against him, the glass ceiling was in place and all the chattering-classes were hounding him to recognise their judgement that he was inferior, and to quit in shame the he ever tried to lead. You gotta hand it to the guy. He believes in himself. He's got balls. He's the Shane Warne of politics and this is the 2005 Ashes Series. He's screaming at his team to focus on the real enemy. If they pull up their socks they can still win it. Australia only lost that series because of bad light and a Kiwi umpire at Edgebaston. Well the umpire in this contest, the media, has done his worst to no avail. John Howard only has to produce a couple of his trademark deliveries and kapow! Rudd's stumps will go flying out of the ground. If the Liberals go down they will go down fighting and with their reputations unsullied.
The vultures are going to have to go hungry for another few weeks at least.
