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		<title>By: marky marky</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-98211</link>
		<dc:creator>marky marky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally i don&#039;t think it is the job of newspapers to tell people who to vote for. They are their to report news and provide opinions on news but not for editors to tell us who should be the prime minister. The media should keep quiet on elections and let the people decide.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally i don&#8217;t think it is the job of newspapers to tell people who to vote for. They are their to report news and provide opinions on news but not for editors to tell us who should be the prime minister. The media should keep quiet on elections and let the people decide.</p>
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		<title>By: Kman</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-98123</link>
		<dc:creator>Kman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;A survey this year showed voters thought Labor leader Kevin Rudd was twice as likely to tell the truth as Mr Howard.”

What an absolute blight on the history of Aussie politicians from all quarters JWH has been. Oh yes, he will be remembered, for all the wrong reasons.

Really? 
Kevin Rudd boasted to ABC&#039;s Kerry O&#039;Brien about his economic credentials while Queensland Finance Minister -but lets look at the real KRudd...

&quot;Kevin Rudd was a sheep in wolf’s clothing parading as a ‘economic conservative’ when his record in government proves he was a dangerous control freak who slashed frontline services while wastefully bloating the ranks of head office bureaucrats.

Coalition Leader Jeff Seeney said as Wayne Goss’s chief-of-staff and departmental head, Kevin Rudd earned the nickname ‘Dr Death’ for the careers he destroyed and his cuts to frontline government services. &quot;You don’t get called Dr Death for being reasoned, compassionate and considerate,&quot; Mr Seeney said. 

&quot;A phone call from Kevin Rudd meant only one thing …you, your job, your service, your department section was about to be stabbed, especially if you were outside Brisbane.&quot; 

&quot;Kevin Rudd ruthlessly led Labor’s attack on rural and regional Queensland. Thousands of jobs were cut and services vanished. Nearly a third of Queensland rail lines closed and ripped up. Court houses and police stations were closed, schools were shut and frontline services in the Department of Primary Industries and the Department of Natural Resources were speared. Rudd’s frenzied destruction of jobs and frontline services is still being felt.&quot;

&quot;Never forget…Kevin Rudd led the scrapping of the long-planned Wolffdene Dam ensuring Level 6 water restrictions for south-east Queenslanders.&quot; ..(some visionary!)

John Howard WILL be remembered for paying off the $98 billion of labor&#039;s debt 
 in no time flat and have kept producing record surpluses since.
 
With state Labor now in debt for $80 billion and if Federal Labor had of remained in office over the last 10 years adding to its total debt at the same rate it had already been accruing - adding interest and state Labor debt as well  its not inconceivable that Labors total would be now somewhere around a half trillion dollars.
 
Rudd wants to fund all these new social programs and start a whole slew of new agencies and commissions -say &quot;sorry&quot; to aborigines ($750,000) a head plus tying up land titles in cities, towns, farms, parks and beaches all over the country for years. 
And our industry and business sector will be dominated by unions and we will see prices go up on everything as in the building industry right now, where construction prices are on the increase because the insurance companies are anticipating strikes and unfair pay demands.  
And when the pollsters ask the punters how they will vote, they say Labor because of “Children overboard” or “Howard yesterday’s man” or  “Its time for a change” .Well they will get a change alright, but not the one they expect and the scary part is that “Yesterday’s man will not be back to bail us all out!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;A survey this year showed voters thought Labor leader Kevin Rudd was twice as likely to tell the truth as Mr Howard.”</p>
<p>What an absolute blight on the history of Aussie politicians from all quarters JWH has been. Oh yes, he will be remembered, for all the wrong reasons.</p>
<p>Really?<br />
Kevin Rudd boasted to ABC&#8217;s Kerry O&#8217;Brien about his economic credentials while Queensland Finance Minister -but lets look at the real KRudd&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Kevin Rudd was a sheep in wolf’s clothing parading as a ‘economic conservative’ when his record in government proves he was a dangerous control freak who slashed frontline services while wastefully bloating the ranks of head office bureaucrats.</p>
<p>Coalition Leader Jeff Seeney said as Wayne Goss’s chief-of-staff and departmental head, Kevin Rudd earned the nickname ‘Dr Death’ for the careers he destroyed and his cuts to frontline government services. &#8220;You don’t get called Dr Death for being reasoned, compassionate and considerate,&#8221; Mr Seeney said. </p>
<p>&#8220;A phone call from Kevin Rudd meant only one thing …you, your job, your service, your department section was about to be stabbed, especially if you were outside Brisbane.&#8221; </p>
<p>&#8220;Kevin Rudd ruthlessly led Labor’s attack on rural and regional Queensland. Thousands of jobs were cut and services vanished. Nearly a third of Queensland rail lines closed and ripped up. Court houses and police stations were closed, schools were shut and frontline services in the Department of Primary Industries and the Department of Natural Resources were speared. Rudd’s frenzied destruction of jobs and frontline services is still being felt.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Never forget…Kevin Rudd led the scrapping of the long-planned Wolffdene Dam ensuring Level 6 water restrictions for south-east Queenslanders.&#8221; ..(some visionary!)</p>
<p>John Howard WILL be remembered for paying off the $98 billion of labor&#8217;s debt<br />
 in no time flat and have kept producing record surpluses since.</p>
<p>With state Labor now in debt for $80 billion and if Federal Labor had of remained in office over the last 10 years adding to its total debt at the same rate it had already been accruing &#8211; adding interest and state Labor debt as well  its not inconceivable that Labors total would be now somewhere around a half trillion dollars.</p>
<p>Rudd wants to fund all these new social programs and start a whole slew of new agencies and commissions -say &#8220;sorry&#8221; to aborigines ($750,000) a head plus tying up land titles in cities, towns, farms, parks and beaches all over the country for years.<br />
And our industry and business sector will be dominated by unions and we will see prices go up on everything as in the building industry right now, where construction prices are on the increase because the insurance companies are anticipating strikes and unfair pay demands.<br />
And when the pollsters ask the punters how they will vote, they say Labor because of “Children overboard” or “Howard yesterday’s man” or  “Its time for a change” .Well they will get a change alright, but not the one they expect and the scary part is that “Yesterday’s man will not be back to bail us all out!</p>
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		<title>By: Sacha</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-97934</link>
		<dc:creator>Sacha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Wentworth dog owners should support Malcolm Turnbull&quot; is the gist of an unauthorised leaflet letterboxed yesterday in Wentworth:

http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/wentworth-dog-owners-should-support-malcolm-turnbull/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Wentworth dog owners should support Malcolm Turnbull&#8221; is the gist of an unauthorised leaflet letterboxed yesterday in Wentworth:</p>
<p><a href="http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/wentworth-dog-owners-should-support-malcolm-turnbull/" rel="nofollow">http://blumensacha.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/wentworth-dog-owners-should-support-malcolm-turnbull/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Tristan Jones</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-97770</link>
		<dc:creator>Tristan Jones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m predicting a narrow Labor win, but I feel the election is up in the air. It will be Liberal &#039;heartland&#039; seats like Ryan, Bennelong, Wentworth and maybe Boothby, North Sydney and Sturt which will give Labor it&#039;s narrow majority. Labor will come close to winning both Higgins and Kooyong, but not get over the line.

I predict lots of stories about Rudd&#039;s Liberals a like lot Howard&#039;s &#039;Battlers&#039;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m predicting a narrow Labor win, but I feel the election is up in the air. It will be Liberal &#8216;heartland&#8217; seats like Ryan, Bennelong, Wentworth and maybe Boothby, North Sydney and Sturt which will give Labor it&#8217;s narrow majority. Labor will come close to winning both Higgins and Kooyong, but not get over the line.</p>
<p>I predict lots of stories about Rudd&#8217;s Liberals a like lot Howard&#8217;s &#8216;Battlers&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>By: paulyt</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-97583</link>
		<dc:creator>paulyt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andrew Bolt basically endorsing Howard - I didn&#039;t see that coming *rolleyes*

http://australiavotes2007.blogspot.com/2007/11/andrew-bolt-still-hasnt-taken-howards.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew Bolt basically endorsing Howard &#8211; I didn&#8217;t see that coming *rolleyes*</p>
<p><a href="http://australiavotes2007.blogspot.com/2007/11/andrew-bolt-still-hasnt-taken-howards.html" rel="nofollow">http://australiavotes2007.blogspot.com/2007/11/andrew-bolt-still-hasnt-taken-howards.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Mick</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-97518</link>
		<dc:creator>Mick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry for being dumb, why&#039;s it called the GG?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry for being dumb, why&#8217;s it called the GG?</p>
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		<title>By: Ozymandias</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-97219</link>
		<dc:creator>Ozymandias</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry Gezza (40), from what I remember of the Advertiser, it can slide a hell of a lot further before it comes even remotely close to the West Australian for right-wing raggery.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry Gezza (40), from what I remember of the Advertiser, it can slide a hell of a lot further before it comes even remotely close to the West Australian for right-wing raggery.</p>
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		<title>By: Gezza</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-97175</link>
		<dc:creator>Gezza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Advertiser is surely among the worst papers in the country &amp; of the Murdoch stable of course</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Advertiser is surely among the worst papers in the country &amp; of the Murdoch stable of course</p>
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		<title>By: Ophuph Hucksake</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-97151</link>
		<dc:creator>Ophuph Hucksake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>34:

I think they&#039;re ignoring the stats counting utterance of the phrases &quot;unAustralian&quot; and &quot;we grew here you flew here&quot;, plus flagrant cloaking in the national flag.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>34:</p>
<p>I think they&#8217;re ignoring the stats counting utterance of the phrases &#8220;unAustralian&#8221; and &#8220;we grew here you flew here&#8221;, plus flagrant cloaking in the national flag.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr Q</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2007/11/23/letters-from-the-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-97130</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr Q</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK.

Who hacked The Australian&#039;s website?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK.</p>
<p>Who hacked The Australian&#8217;s website?</p>
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