Has Mark Latham been another victim of the Asian tsunami? Correct me if I am wrong, but we haven't heard "boo" from good ol' Iron Mark since the disaster struck ten days ago.
Where is he? Anyone seen him since the ALP pulled him from the streets before Christmas? (He looks like this)
Now whilst the ALP strategy of yanking their beleaguered leader away from the public over Christmas seemed like a good idea, it appears as though it is turning into a gamble that has gone horribly wrong.
Latham, you might remember, was hit by a different sort of tidal wave back during the October 9 election, and was hopelessly clinging to the wreckage before Christmas. So why not give him a rest over the break? Then "relaunch" him when business in Canberra returns? New and Improved!
But I would have thought that he would have crawled out from under
his
rock following recent events, or at least be pushed by the party
machine stick. But nope. The only one talking is the dull and
bland (but intelligent and competent, all the same) Kevin Rudd. But Latham has curiously maintained a staunch public
silence on the disaster.
I don't understand why. Surely this would seem like an appropriate time for Latham to showcase his credentials as our alternate Prime Minister? An appropriate time to stand next to PM Howard and thank the Australian people for their generous and overwhelming support of the tsunami victims? But he obviously has no intention of interrupting his four-week summer holiday for anything or anyone. Pathetic.
If he wasn't already, this surely leaves Mark Latham "dead in the water."
Poor little Markie-Warkie has a pain in his little tum-tum again (recurrence from the time he got it during the election "campain"). He has been told to stay inside and play with his policies until he is all bedda again.
Whats most extrordinary is that he has a pain in the gut .... when all along I believe he HAD NO GUTS
Posted by: Peter | Thursday, January 06, 2005 at 07:27 PM
A country that willingly gave the thumbs-up to concentration camps out in the desert is now getting outraged over a sick man
not giving lip service to a "popular" disaster.
The election result was disgusting enough, this is the icing on the cake...
Posted by: Martyn | Thursday, January 13, 2005 at 08:18 PM