Opinion piece in the smh that agrees with me that the biggest risk for the Liberal Party is that it will turn away from Howard's legacy.
The dumping at the poll is just as likely to be a vote against Costello's proposed take-over. Howard's approval ratings were still way higher than Keating's at the end of his term. The polls shifted at the when Rudd took over, but had shited back by election day.
Some people in the Libs, according to the article are lamenting that Howard stayed too long and 'this was our chance to have a hero' and he blew it. He's still my hero, all the more so for not stepping aside.
Hawke never stepped aside. He's an ALP hero.
Keating was beating out of office with baseball bats by the electorate. He's and ALP Hero.
Whitlam was sacked, beaten and dispised by the entire population. He's an ALP hero.
The fact that some Libs don't see Howard as a hero says more about them than about Howard.
I'm beginning to think there's alot of immaturity in the Liberal Party. They can't stick by someone who's had a hard time. When Howard was winning he was god. Now he's lost he's the devil.
This is too much of a beugious attitude. Howard is bad for business. If the customers dont want him well take him off the shelves like a product.
We are not a nation of shopkeepers. We are a nation of battlers. Pull your fucking socks up Libs. Show some of Howard's warrior instinct.
Howard was well-liked by the electorate, the only reason Rudd got it was because he looked and sounded and acted like Howard, minus the part that insisted you work for a living rather than sit on your union-protected arse.
The Rudd me-too approach in opposition and now in government is the proof that nobody knew the electorate better than him. We forget Howard and his achievments at our electoral peril.
Whether or not you can endure the shame of disloyalty and dishonour of betrayal is up to you. You can be a jerk if you like, but it wont help you win in this case.
