The first viral video hits of the Australian Election campaign - 2010

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They're tricky.. They're sneaky. And they're all together freaky. They're the Abbott Family...

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Moving Forwards, Backwards, Up, Down, Whatever

Off-message: Australia’s woeful political advertising | Article | The Punch

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My kind of politician. He makes Barnaby look normal.

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The Adelaide Advertiser refuses to run Sex Party’s Abbott ad – Crikey

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News Limited’s Adelaide tabloid The Advertiser has refused to run an Australian Sex Party advertisement that featured a photoshopped version of opposition leader Tony Abbott clinging desperately to the leg of a woman in fishnet stockings.

The image, which is an advertisement for the Sex Party’s stall at this weekend’s Sexpo event, has the young woman saying to Abbott: “No Tony, I’m going to Sexpo. You can do the ironing.”

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China Takes Over Australia in Media Panic Storm

Is Joel Fitsgibbon Raymond Shaw?

Perhaps Chairman Rudd will have something to say as the Aussie media hunt down reds under the bed story angles including taking over entire industries and nefarious intra departmental spying.

Patriotic Aussies (and Andrew Bolt) need to know.

Finally the journalistic pirhanas have something oriental to munch on.

Communist Republic of Barnsley 1 Nouveau Riche Ex Communist Republic of Chelski 0

I wonder what sorts of odds you could have got for any of Cardiff, West Bromwich Albion, Barnsley or Portsmouth getting to the semi finals of the FA Cup, far less all of them. What a great competition. Barnsley last reached the semi finals ten days before the Titanic sank. My friend Daniel who grew up there reckons it is the most significant day in the history of the town. Who said that there was more to football than life and death?

Would you rather be a Chelsea player or an England Cricketer or Brendan Nelson today? Or just for James, how about an English Rugby Player? I am a bit surprised that he was surprised by Scottish reaction to that kind of win, ugly or not it was a win over the Auld Enemy. As always, very sweet.

John Howards Legacy

When John Howard became Liberal Party Leader in 1995, the Liberals were in power everywhere except the Commonwealth Government. Well things have changed quite a bit during his tenure. It seems that his concern about wall to wall Labor Governments was what Australians wanted.

Thanks Crikey

Geeky Australian Politics Stuff

Simon Jackman a Stanford University Professor is covering the Australian Election in The Bulletin. He is an uberpoligeek, but he writes in a way even I can understand when we are dealing with the arcane world of political polling and election prediction.

His latest article makes a strong case for a Labor Landslide. Goodbye John Howard.

His blog is interesting too. He does a lot of work looking at betting odds for individual seats.

John Winston Howard Whacks the States

John Howard's sophisticated reelection strategy.

You can play too.

Ozzie Politicians Suk

There is a lot of hype about the impact of social media, YouTube, Facebook, Blogs and the like on influencing the upcoming elections here in Australia. How about try interest rates, unemployment, house values, perception of wealth, access to health care, job security, cost of groceries, education, access to health care........ basic stuff.

All the other stuff is on the margin.

Where Clever means Cunning, Crafty and Sly

When it comes to deciphering the language of the Australian election, which is reaching the pointy end of the faux election stage, with an election due to be held before the end of the year, Anthony Koutsatonis in the Age, provides some helpful guidance.

Kevin Rudd, the Labor leader has been using the code word, "clever" to describe the current Prime Minister, John Howard. As Anthony says,

Look it up and you see words like intelligent, alert, brainy, and bright. It is inconceivable that the Prime Minister would ever deny the description.

Were Mr Howard to stand up and deny the charge, saying, for example, "no, I am not clever", voters would agree. Yet the more Mr Rudd says it, the more obvious it becomes that what he really means is cunning, crafty, sly

Well yes he is and I think that it is a fair cop. While this is not Willie Horton stuff, which Ronald Reagan used to destroy Michael Dukakis, it is clearly part of a plan to spear Howard.

Why can't politicians come out and say it as it is. How about some Ozzie honesty and straight talk? Most Australians would agree with this characterisation of Howard (and worse), yet he continues to be popular, albeit not as much as in the past.

You can be sure that there will some less subtle stoushing as the campaign develops, especially with the Liberal coalition well behind in the polls. There is a lot at stake as Howard tries to extend his hold on power through a likely barrage of secret plans and clever tricks (accompanied by dollar denominated elections sweeteners), accompanied by his trademark "Who Me?" as the mud flies.