Election 2010
About this time last year, the next federal election was going to be fought between
Rudd v Turnbull
It then quickly changed to
Rudd v Abbott
Labour has now changed its jockey and it will now be
Gillard v Abbott
Both parties have now seemed to settle on their leaders.
The election will be won by the party the electorate judges it mistrusts the least.
It will be a hard decision.
While historically Gillard comes from the Left of Labour and Abbott comes from the Right of the Liberals, they are, of necessity, trying to reclaim the middle ground.
Gillard is now harder on the boat people and Abbott wants to raise taxes to fund a more generous maternity leave scheme.
How the mighty are fallen!
You really have to wonder how Peter Costello is feeling in all of this.
When he retired from Parliament, Rudd was going to be PM (at least) through the Millennium.
Now Rudd will be reduced to handing out ‘how to vote’ cards in his Brisbane electorate.
Costello has missed his opportunity again.
The election is now anyone’s race given the goodwill that Labour has squandered in only its first term after so long a time in the wilderness.
While Abbott is never dull, he does have a tendency to recklessness and whether he can hold it together for the next 5 weeks is anyone’s guess.
If Abbott can’t maintain discipline during this campaign the public will rightfully wonder if he can handle the Prime Ministership.
What are we to make of all of this?
The Bible clearly states that God raises up and brings our leaders down. This has happened with increased frequency lately!
Man gets to choose but God has the casting vote.
Democracies also reflect the character of its electors.
We have had superficial changes of leadership because we as a society are shallow and prone to the immediate and attractive. While the major parties carried out these changes they were all motivated by their perceptions of the mood of the public.
Perhaps the days of the long reigns of our PM’s are over.
We keep changing our leaders whenever their feet of clay are exposed.
Robert Apps
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Husband, father, pastor, travelling preacher, lawyer and now political pundit…is there anything Bro. Rob can’t do!
jack of many trades, master of none…..
You sell yourself short Rob.
It will be an interesting month in politics, I am waiting to see who will make the first or biggest mistake.
You are right about Costello, they would have been in with a good chance if he was leader of the Libs. With Tony, still not sure, we will wait and see what happens in the coming weeks.
Some good thoughts there.