http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2006/02/21/puttin-on-the-writs/ Reflections on the Miracle of Democracy at Work in the Greatest Nation on Earth Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:04 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2006/02/21/puttin-on-the-writs/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Gus Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:00:51 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/315#comment-307 Dave I reckon we are reading different versions of the ‘Tiser. Its been whacking Labor consistently for the past year particularly over health. It certainly stepped up a notch or since November with ex Lib politician and staffer turned journo Craig Bildstien leading the charge. His articles read like Lib media releases only longer. The headline on todays offering was a cracker “Spin doctors running Government's campaign at taxpayers' expense”. Anyway musn’t grumble. I don’t think the Tiser will cost Labor the election and I don’t think it’s to blame for the perilous state of the Libs. Truth is they’ve spent four lazy fractious years in Opposition and show few signs of being a credible alternative government. Dave I reckon we are reading different versions of the ‘Tiser. Its been whacking Labor consistently for the past year particularly over health. It certainly stepped up a notch or since November with ex Lib politician and staffer turned journo Craig Bildstien leading the charge. His articles read like Lib media releases only longer. The headline on todays offering was a cracker “Spin doctors running Government’s campaign at taxpayers’ expense”.
Anyway musn’t grumble. I don’t think the Tiser will cost Labor the election and I don’t think it’s to blame for the perilous state of the Libs. Truth is they’ve spent four lazy fractious years in Opposition and show few signs of being a credible alternative government.

]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2006/02/21/puttin-on-the-writs/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Dave S Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:12:30 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/315#comment-305 Today the Advertiser has another acerbic attack on the government: 'C'mon Premier, show us your ideas'. It is odd that after nearly four years of handling Rann with kid gloves the paper has decided that Rann and his government are a policy-free-zone and are suddenly holding them to account. Had this been the case since the last election we may have had a much closer competition this time around! Today the Advertiser has another acerbic attack on the government: ‘C’mon Premier, show us your ideas’. It is odd that after nearly four years of handling Rann with kid gloves the paper has decided that Rann and his government are a policy-free-zone and are suddenly holding them to account. Had this been the case since the last election we may have had a much closer competition this time around!

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