Johnsmith wrote on Apr 13
th, 2012 at 7:11pm:
red baron wrote on Apr 13
th, 2012 at 5:59pm:
Peter - a late reply to your post on JULIAR not lying. I'm a great words man myself, it has always been my consuming love.
Sorry Peter, but a lie, is a lie, is a lie, is a lie.
GILLARD is doing it with the CARBON TAX just the same as JOHN HOWARD did it to us with the G.S.T.
I'm afraid I'm not buying that 'I've changed my mind stuff.' Sorry that is just plain lame.
You don't think that the circumstances caught everyone by surprise? I often say I'm going out, and then have to change my mind ( or if it pleases you 'lie') when I get unexpected visitors ..... Nobody ever considered a hung parliament ... not even for a minute
Most, at some time or other, have been forced to go back on a promise - e.g. if one meets with an accident along the way, one can't proceed to that important meeting.
Gillard, reneging on a promise, was nothing like that--
As a result of the promise NOT to bring in the carbon tax, she received many more votes and managed, bribing independents and Greenslime to wriggle into the top job.
A person of integrity would not have given in to GayBob's demands,. She didn't even have to, GayBob, being similar slime, would not have pulled the plug on the government simply because, many voters were horrified at the election's result and would have voted differently at the next.
As for comments likening John Howard broken promise to bring in the GST to that of Gillard's:
WILL YOU BLO*DY FOOLS REMEMBER THAT HE INFORMED THE ELECTORATE OF HIS CHANGE OF MIND "BEFORE" THE ELECTION , "NOT AFTER" AS HAD THE BITCH?
How amny votes can you attirbute to that promise? From what I can remember, it wasn't an issue until after the election ... I didn't hear any promise one way or the other (I agree that she made it ) .. i don't believe it really affected the vote as much as you and Abbott try to make out ... all the drama came after the election