Armchair_Politician wrote on Jul 2
nd, 2013 at 8:46am:
aquascoot wrote on Jul 2
nd, 2013 at 8:39am:
I hear all that but i still think that tony should be very concerned.
my daughters are level headed. geez my cousin is a liberal candidate and my girls helped hand out how to votes for her, but they LOVE kevvie. i could evict them i suppose but i prefer to study this phenomenom. and their friends love him too , and this from kids who DESPISED gillard.
he has some rockstar quality. he has a cockiness and a confidence which is well suited to the sound bite.
the electorate wont get all that cloak and dagger stuff. they just see a bloke with charisma and lets face it tony has zippo.
we are going to have to use the reasoning of lao tzu and sun tzu to beat kevvie.
ultimately, the only way to beat kevvie is to let kevvie beat himself.
is there time for him to trip up.
he is mad if he doesnt call the election soon.
if he does win, my prediction is his government would be SO CHAOTIC labor would be out for 20 years. might be a good one for tony to throw?
It's simple:
Kevin is into populist politics. He tells people what he thinks they want to hear. His failed border security policy is a fine example of how badly things can go wrong when you utilise populist politics. More than 40,000 people on over 700 boats since scrapping the Pacific Solution and more than 1,000 people have died at sea. That's populist politics. Just because it makes people happy, doesn't make it right.
True - Kevin is an expert at populism.
He can speak for 30 minutes & nothing he says could be disagreed with
by any normal person.-
e.g.
he'll say something like:
we will encourage innovation, higher school standards , manufacturing & help farmers to succeed.
We'll build a stronger Australia & a better future for our children. I think he has rote memorized populist statements.
If you were a politician you'd have to do the same.
Tell people what they want to hear & get voted in.
Tony Abbott is great on the negativity.
He said
the new cabinet was not a B grade team it was a C grade team.Tony comes up with supreme negativity but
it might be his downfall as people want to hear about hope
for a better future even if it's bull dust.