The Howard Legacy like leprosy

Following the election, a friend said to me “You must be happy now that Rudd is our new PM”. My reply “No, happy not”. “But on the other hand, had Howard not been annihilated, I would be feeling most suicidal”.

Kevin not quite 007 has been captured and reported saying such things as “Howard is the best Prime Minister Australia has ever had”, “I would like to acknowledge Mr Howard for his extensive contribution to public service” and “The Howard’s deserve to be treated with respect and dignity” I find these comments deeply offensive.

When I think of the terms I would use for describing Howard as a Prime Minister, meanest, nastiest, most deceptive, most dishonest, most indifferent and out of touch, etc... etc... come to mind. “Best” is no where on the list. The best Prime Minister we have had? He's a fucking cock sucker, no offense to cock suckers. He deserves the same respect and dignity which he afforded to asylum seekers; lock him in a cage, in the middle of a desert until we can find some place to deport him to.

And what’s this business about Rudd giving Howard all the time he needs to move out of The Lodge? As we well know, Howard didn’t go near The Lodge for 11.5 years, choosing instead to squander countless millions of tax payer dollars on his Kirribilli palace. Then all of a sudden after losing the election, he’s in The Lodge throwing farewell parties and needing time to move out.

There were a few days post election where Malcolm Turnbull was trying to project the Liberal Party turning progressive, having finally rid itself of that foul little baboon ex leader. It was therefore comforting to see Brendan Nelson save the day by winning leadership and delivering us a Liberal Party that we all know and love. Nelson says he does not support saying sorry to indigenous Australians, and while the party still has power in the senate, they will try to block a reintroduction of workplace unfair dismissal laws.

Howard squirming like a little monkey pig on heat trapped in a pork barrel

Although the Australian election campaign proper is officially 2 weeks in duration, the unofficial campaign has monotonously plagued us daily for pretty much the entirety of 2007. Thank fuck it will all be over in a week from now.

I can not ever recall so much media attention given to the event. There is some genuine public interest, interest in seeing the Howard Government thrown the fuck out of office, but a good portion of the saturation coverage I think can be attributed to desperate, desperate individuals struggling to justify why they should be returned to government despite being so putrid.

Of course concurrently, the predominant opposition party is desperate to condition our minds to a reality that they are a slightly less putrid alternative. I’m stating the obvious, which is why the topic has been largely missing from this blog, however I’ll take my opportunity now for one sadistic outburst in the count down.

Barnaby Joyce said there is frustration in coalition ranks that its message is not getting through. I think it’s gotten through alright but we just don’t like the fucking message! Work Choices for example, totally suck arse.

It was most honorable of Mr Abbott to concede in recent days, he “accepts certain protections are not what they were, that whole raft of regulation expressed in awards has largely gone, that the Industrial Relations Commission doesn’t have the same power to reach into the nook and cranny of every business that it used to have”. Tony later defending his comments said he had also claimed in the same speech, that the best protection for an unfairly treated worker was the freedom to choose a better employer.

I’m convinced, if there is the smallest bit of justice left in this world, after next weekend, Tony Abbott will himself be searching for a better job.