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Ode to John Howard


One ought to be at least a little conciliatory of John Howard's years in power, but I'll let someone else do that. The kindest thing that I can say about the man, is that he stayed in power long enough for us to throw him out, including it seems, out of his own seat. This hope of mine was expressed in a previous blog, 'The Rat to go down with his ship' . In this alone, Howard lived up to, and fulfilled my expectations.

An incredible song, put together by an assorted group of artists, and which I came across on youtube and imbedded into my web site, lasts for eight minutes. Most of that eight minutes tells of John Howard's lies, and for me the tone, the enthusiasm, and the driving beat encapsulates the mood which has swept him from power. The journos and pundits will study the entrails and spout their profound interpretations of why and how the day of judgement came for John Howard, but for me there is an underlying factor which the 'experts' will not put forward.

I think that the worst aspects of Howard's character were never really supported as much as a simple perusal of the numbers would indicate. It was the combination of weak or inappropriate leaders of the Labor Party, and the concern about economics which overrode the distaste people felt for Howard. The steady, conservative line taken by the Prime Minister elect, Kevin Rudd, presented a leader the people of Australia could feel confidence in, and his ability to negate the economic debate, along with a string of interest rate rises under Howard, gave the people of Australia the opportunity to punish him for a whole string of manipulative, racist, and cold hearted actions which even his own side of politics didn't sit comfortably with. Here is the song I referred to, which encapsulates why Howard was given his marching orders. Click for John Howard's swan song.

Posted: Wed - November 7, 2007 at 01:41 AM      
 
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