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- July 24, 2007
Howard falls over, Rudd forgets name
Why is it news when public figures make a simple mistake?
Today we had John Howard trip over in Perth, and its the number one news story. Big fucking deal, so the PM fell over. What does that tell us? That he’s senile and not in control of his faculties?
John Howard may be many things, but I am absolutely confident he knows exactly what he’s up to.
Also, Kevin Rudd forgot some obscure candidate’s name down in Tasmania. Oh my god, he’s unfit to govern because he forgets people’s names! Again, big fucking deal!
Why does the media love to highlight simple errors and blow them out of proportion as if they somehow represent character flaws or something significant? It proves nothing, does nothing but embarass the politician or whoever it is, and really trivialises politics unnecessarily. And our politicians are very capable of embarassing themselves via their words, and also at trivialising political debate ….they really don’t need to be hounded over simple human foibles.
Update (25/7/2007): More stunning revelations … John Howard got a bit pissed once.
3 Responses to “Howard falls over, Rudd forgets name”
I like the idea of a respectful media who do not show such things. Nor highlighting politicians forgetting names, just as we all do.
Now what did Howard do today? I forget, all I can recall is him falling down.
By Andrew on Jul 24, 2007
t proves nothing, does nothing but embarass the politician or whoever it is, and really trivialises politics unnecessarily.
It happens when there is an election in the wind. Politics is dumbed down to it’s lowest common denominator. It sells papers, bums on seats type of thing.
Thats why last election we were told it was close, so close you couldn’t slide a tissue paper between Howard and Latham. It sells.
By Patrick on Jul 24, 2007
Didn’t Mr Howard forget a candidate’s name last week? Oh Mr Rudd, how unoriginal.
By Callisto on Jul 25, 2007