just because he was reelected doesnt mean he was so great. perhaps in comparison to the current labor leaders before mr. rudd he was preferable to a majority of australians... thats all you can deduce from that - theres no evidence to suggest that every politician who stays in office for that long is really doing their job perfectly. i think howard had strong political arguments and beliefs (ideologies) - keeping him alive in australian politics... but in doing so howard addressed some issue, and didnt address others - thats why i would somewhat agree that he held australia back in a sense.
You're either a really shit troll or an absolute fuckstick. I'm thinking a bit of both.
Howard kept relations with the US strong, one of our major trading partners, a military ally and one of the world's richest nations. Rudd's siding with a communist regime that makes cheap plastic toys and can't even do communism right.
Rudd's censoring the interweb, what should be a free medium for people to post their opinions and share open information. And porn. What would stop him from censoring any sites that belittle the Labor party or Chairman Rudd once this ISP-level fliter is set up? There's no safeguards ensuring freedom of speech is unaffected, and morality already is a subjective issue (as proven so many times on this forum, let alone on the web and in the real world). So who is to say what is right and wrong? I wouldn't trust a politician with that power.
The Libs under Howard managed to accumulate a surplus, which was returned in part to the taxpayers so they could spend on things that benefit them personally. Labor likes to rip money out of people, spend it on stuff that benefits a minority and then announce the debt was because of the previous Liberal government. I'd rather have sound fiscal policies than allowing indiscriminate spending on multi-million dollar libraries the size of a $200 000 house.
Howard did not 'hold Australia back', the only reason Australia survived the GFC was not because of Ruddkip paying dead people and overseas citizens money, but because Australia was already in a good position financially thanks to Howard and the Libs.
my opinion is that Rudd is shit because he is left leaning economically
my conflict is that you appear to support this
My opinion is the same, my conflict is the same.