Political Commentary by Proxy: Australia Loving Its Indecision
// August 26th, 2010 // Comments Off // Opinion
It’s a funny thing creating a blog, for what, about the sixth time… no matter how I counselled myself, it’s still a beast begging to be fed. So, in lou of providing actual commentary on life, politics, futures or passing fancies, below is some political commentary by proxy (which amounts to the same thing, just not original on my behalf): it had me smiling, sitting up a little taller (and later) and re-filling my glass a little faster given all the one person solutes to good insight.
(BTW, these are all taken from crikey.com.au’s daily subscriber email for Thursday 26th August 2010 – thank God for independent journalism!;)
From the editor of Crikey, talking about ex-Prime Minister Paul Keating’s most recent foray into public attention:
“When he presses the button to vaudeville, there’s no-one on the political stage quite like Keating. If only he could devote even a small portion of that intellectual prowess to current or important issues, rather than spending his time slagging off at his former colleagues.”
Guy Rundle, the most consistently insightful and entertaining commentator I’ve had the pleasure to read (perhaps because he hasn’t made much comment this election?) nailed my inner sentiment precisely in his article today….and so some extended quotes to give a flavour of his points (to get the real joy, you’ll need to read the full piece): (more…)
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