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G4EBT > PUZZLE 01.11.05 11:19l 66 Lines 1925 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Me, John Howard and Bob.
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Bob, VK6BE wrote:-
> David has rubbished our Prime Minister as well as his own.
Bob tells us he won't be reading this, but I'm puzzled as to how
the following comment amounts to "rubbishing" John Howard:
Bob wrote:
>If you made such a remark about my country's OPM I would be most
>offended.
To which I replied:
>I'm not likely to - John Howard is not a world statesman like Bush,
Blair,
>Chirac et al. His main concern is domestic policy - his role in foreign
>policy is minor. (Not a criticism - a fact).
>From my perspective John Howard seems to be a good PM, a good ambassador
>for Oz, and an honest, straight-dealing guy who's made a good fist of
>handling Australia's buoyant economy.
>I'll defer to your better judgement if that's not the case - after all, I
>don't live there, so I don't really know what I'm talking about do I, but
>I hope my comments about Howard don't offend you.
Bob continued:
>John Howard got a rousing endorsement from the people at the election
here
> recently; he has also equalled the record of the most long serving PM
> in the history of this country (R.G.Menzies). He has continued high in
> the polls.
To which I responded, (from voting figures provided from Australia):
>60.5% of Oz voters didn't vote Liberal; the margin between Labor
>and Liberal was 2.9%. Thus, a swing towards Labor of 1.5% would
>have overtaken Liberal.
Those are facts - not an opinion.
What followed is an opinion:
>Hardly a ringing endorsement, but it was Howard's fourth term so he
>must be doing something right.
Well he must, mustn't he?
My own comments seem closely aligned to Bob's so I can't see what
he's upset about. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think so.
73 - David, G4EBT @ GB7FCR
QTH: Cottingham, East Yorkshire.
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