Comments on: The kids are alright

By: Dario

Dario — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:34:05 +0000

Oh please. How many did they interview? Maybe ‘most’ of the ones they interviewed haven’t made up their minds…

By: rcandelori

rcandelori — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:39:20 +0000

No. 40

I urge you to watch Tuesday’s Insight programme. It’s on the SBS website.

Most young people in the Moreton electorate are undecided.

By: Ozymandias

Ozymandias — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:32:19 +0000

Antonio, many of them are part of it.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:05:59 +0000

Ozymandias…you said immigration was an issue for young people in Stirling. were they for it or against it?

By: scaper...

scaper... — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:37:59 +0000

From what I can gauge in my seat of Moreton is that Hardgrave is pretty well on the nose and the demographic shift in the last couple of years will hand the seat to Labor.

Many people who voted Liberal last election including myself just couldn’t stomach another term of Howard and his rapscallions.

By: Ozymandias

Ozymandias — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:50:05 +0000

Every time I see a young person in Stirling (and there are a lot of ‘em) I make a point of asking if they are enrolled to vote. More of them are than I would have thought, given the media spin that young people are ‘not engaged’. And the majority intend voting ALP or Greens. The issues they rate as most important? 1. Climate Change; 2. Workchoices; 3. Education; 4. Immigration. (These last two no doubt influenced by the fact that there are many immigrant students in the electorate). Asked about leadership, they say they like Kevin Rudd’s approach, and never want to see Howard’s face or hear his voice on their TVs again.

BTW, where was the GG’s coverage of Howard’s lamentable gaffes on average weekly wages and current official interest rates? If Rudd had stumbled as badly as Howard did yesterday, they would have splashed it front page lead.

By: rcandelori

rcandelori — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:13:32 +0000

onimond,

Why should I go through the trouble of finding evidence when the vast majority of posters here are vehement Labor supporters, so deluded by their ideology that they are incapable of accepting rational, conservative judgment.

By: onimod

onimod — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:12:08 +0000

rcandelori
Did you watch Insight last night?
One of the key points was the suitability of the message and the medium.
Overly simplistic one-liners might be your message, but you’re posting them in the wrong medium.
Is delaying the release of the ALP tax policy a vote changer for you?
Does the tax policy desperately need reform?
Why was the last tax cut by the government, which was bigger than this weeks one, ignored by the general public?
Why was the talk back reaction to the cut to vehemently against it yesterday?
You might be right, but without any evidence, there’s nothing to discuss but ideology.
Are you seriously trying to change people’s minds?

By: rcandelori

rcandelori — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:01:55 +0000

Well of course you would believe that Black. The fact is that Rudd has been harping on for 10 months on this issue and we’re still no closer to a policy, just more smoke and mirrors.

By: Jack Black

Jack Black — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:13:47 +0000

24 rcandelori – Don’t be so obtuse. Of course Labor has a tax policy. They just haven’t released it yet. There’s no law that says that have to simply because the Liberals have done so. Some homework for you – how long before election day did Howard release their tax policy in 1996?