Blogospheric response
A look around the blogs after Latham’s speech, in order from most enthusiastic to least enthusiastic.
Paul Batey: “A clear ideological difference. Howard is gone. ALP by 18 seats.”
Graham Freeman: “I am going to point my arrow of doom leftwards for the first time — ALP by 6-8 seats.”
Gary Sauer-Thompson: “It now looks as if the question is: just how many seats will the Coalition lose?”
Chris Sheil: “I predict an ALP win, barring a major left field event.”
John Quiggin: “I think the odds are significantly in Labor’s favour.”
Anthony Georgeff: “Launch: Full strength local with gold for grandad. Good.”
Ms Fits: “I don’t want to get all kinds of excited yet, but there was no denying the fizz in my belly when I saw how much he rocked those fucking pensioners. It’s not over. It’s totally, totally not over.”
Dave Murray: “I’m in a really good mood and feeling optimistic about this election now. Can it continue for another eight days, or has it peaked too early?”
Matt Liddy: “But was it enough for Labor? We won’t really know until next Saturday but it was enough to provide a bounce with the bookies.”
Rowen Atkinson: “That speech should have been chilli on a stick. Instead it was pfft.”
Suki: “Ignore your advisors and minders Mark, lose the Chamomile tea, gulp down 5 Espressos, Rant, Feel, Blog and get Opinionated like you mean it!”
Antony Loewenstein: “After all, is anybody seriously suggesting that Mark Latham’s speech was anything other than wooing the blue-rinse set and proving to Australians that he has youth and ideas on his side?”
Ken Parish: “Latham has squandered billions of taxpayers’ dollars on cynical and probably futile vote-buying bribes. If that’s the best he can do, Labor deserves to lose.”
David Tiley notes that the Right Wing Dick Brains “have gone all quiet”, and Ken Parish agrees that “the RWDB echo chamber brigade aren’t saying anything much, probably because Howard hasn’t distributed their hymn sheets yet.”
One RWDB has made comment, though. Tim Blair to Mark Latham: “Please stop talking!”
I suppose that’s what Tony Abbott was thinking when he fell asleep during Howard’s keynote address. (So did the public.)
Shite, I didn’t realise I was going that far out on a limb. Eat my poll Lebovic.
What’s to talk about? It was as boring as Howard, and a sleazy attempt to pinch the geezer vote (and the simlest review will illustrate the costs involves, and subsequent blowout) because internal polling shows they’ve lost anyone who pays tax and/or has a mortgage. Anyone want a bet now?
Fug! pipped by Quiggin again, next thing you’re going to tell me he has wicked martial arts skills or something.
Good, I meant great.
Tony - just resting his eyes.
Quoting Niall now Rob?
Yobbo, I don’t think so… where?
… because internal polling shows …
Seen it, have you?
Twat.
“Right Wing Dick Brain”. One of Niall’s classics, right up there with “Prime Monster John Howard”.
Actually, I’ve been saying Right Wing Dick Brain since my partner told me that’s what she thought it meant all along. I didn’t realise Niall uses it, because I don’t pay any attention to him.
Rob, just thought I’d advise you your RSS feed isn’t working. I haven’t downloaded any new headers from your site since the 26th.