NationStates Jolt Archive

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s2013520.htm

There's a video there as well for those who want to watch it. I found it very entertaining.

So, I see this guy. He's largely responsible for the great economic position Australia is in today (albeit in part due to a misunderstanding of his), and he clearly knows a lot. This guy talks global strategic matters that affect us all.

John Howard is about taking away states' rights as an election strategy. His foreign ministry exists solely to give someone useless in stockings a job and get his responses at the next press meeting emailed in from the White House.

I really, really want Keating to run for PM again, dammit.

Anyways, were leaders better in the good old days? Did they talk about geopolitics on a level like this? Or is this just the unfortunate case of a brilliant guy being followed by a tosser?

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s2013520.htm

There's a video there as well for those who want to watch it. I found it very entertaining.

So, I see this guy. He's largely responsible for the great economic position Australia is in today (albeit in part due to a misunderstanding of his), and he clearly knows a lot. This guy talks global strategic matters that affect us all.

John Howard is about taking away states' rights as an election strategy. His foreign ministry exists solely to give someone useless in stockings a job and get his responses at the next press meeting emailed in from the White House.

I really, really want Keating to run for PM again, dammit.

Anyways, were leaders better in the good old days? Did they talk about geopolitics on a level like this? Or is this just the unfortunate case of a brilliant guy being followed by a tosser?

Idiocy is found everywhere at everytime

Well I can definitely see the need the ALP for Keating these days, they definitely need someone who can spar with Howard and the others in parliament, and he was really quite funny with personal attacks etc, Rudd just can't do this, and he basically lets the Coalition laugh him down. But unfortunately Keating threw it in a long time ago, he said himself he doesn't have the ambition to be PM again anymore. If Rudd doesn't win this election (unlikely), I think Beattie should become federal opposition leader and leave the Premier of Qld to his deputy.

I do admit though, Keating was the greatest PM Australia had since John Curtain, he truly made you feel proud to be Australia.

For his faults, Paul Keating is an extremely intelligent man, with a very wide view & vision of the world.

In contrast, our current PM has a very narrow focus & none of the inspiration of Keating.