Howard best, Gillard worst

[nero_bolt]

John Howard voted the best Prime Minister of a generation  🙂 

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/john-howard-voted-the-best-prime-minister-of-a-generation/story-e6freuy9-1226561275226

LITTLE Johnny Howard has proved to be a giant among his contemporaries, voted the country's best prime minister of the past quarter century.

But there is little cheer for Julia Gillard this Australia Day after she rated last in a new poll

Mr Howard was considered by 35 per cent of just over 1000 people polled by Galaxy as Australia's best leader of a generation. Just 5 per cent felt the same about Ms Gillard.

Among Labor voters Ms Gillard's support (11 per cent) was almost identical to Mr Howard's (10 per cent).

Among all voters Ms Gillard was outshone by the man she deposed, with Kevin Rudd tying on 16 per cent with Bob Hawke.

Older voters have also been underwhelmed by Ms Gillard, with 3 per cent of respondents aged 50 to 64 rating her as the best prime minister compared to 6 per cent of those aged 18 to 34.

Paul Keating ranked fourth, with 9 per cent of people considering him the best prime minister of the past 25 years.

Mr Howard, Australia's second longest serving leader, said yesterday he was "flattered" by the result of the Galaxy poll.

"It was a huge privilege to have been prime minister of Australia for almost 12 years," he said.

Mr Rudd quipped he was "glad to have beaten Mr Howard once" at the 2008 election before lightheartedly adding: "I'm disappointed I didn't beat him again."

He said he was proud of the things he had achieved in his almost three years as PM.

"I am proud to have led a team that got Australia through the Global Financial Crisis without going into recession and without mass unemployment as we saw elsewhere in the world," he said.

"I am proud we got Australia a seat on the G20 and on the United Nations Security Council.

"And I am proud of the apology (to indigenous Australians), the National Broadband Network, paid parental leave, the education revolution and delivering the biggest pension rise in Australia's history."

Mr Hawke's office said he declined to comment on the poll result, which saw him ranked highest by Labor voters with 27 per cent ranking him as best prime minister ahead of Mr Rudd at 23 per cent.

Mr Keating was not available for comment yesterday while a spokesman for Ms Gillard declined to comment.

[grandmoon]

Another paid Liberal Party Ad.

[nero_bolt]

Another paid Liberal Party Ad.

OOhhh grandmoon sorry to say but its not.....  Its just simple facts and how the majority of Australians feel..... grandmoon  no matter how rusted on you are you have to admit the gillard experiment is a total failure and she is very unethical and very untrustworthy..... and labor is gone this year..... 

Have a look at the age brackets, even the young  and women think that Gillard is gone and bad news and the worst ever.... 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/john-howard-named-australias-best-prime-minister/story-fncynkc6-1226561231526  

[kengillard]

Couldn't be clearer than that!:-)

[icyfroth]

I really liked Mr Howard as PM. It made me feel secure with him at the helm.

I met him once when he was on the election trail, late 80s I think. I was working at Speedo at the time and he did a tour of the factory. He said hello to me and shook my hand.

That was before manufacturing went offshore and we all got retrenched.

[azureline**]

The majority of Australians feel like that?

[donnashuggy]

It's amazing given he was the most wasteful spender:

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/423627/20130114/imf-review-howard-administration-wasteful-spender-australian.htm#.UQHHyieSrK0

Perhaps the nero is living under a rock?

[vampire-teddy]

if howard was so wonderful how come he was voted out.  it is interesting that we presently have one of the best economies in the world and it is the liberal premiers that are ruining the states

[donnashuggy]

Gemma Jones News Limited Network = say no more

[cherry*135]

LITTLE Johnny Howard has proved to be a giant among his contemporaries, voted the country's best prime minister of the past quarter century.

That is not much of a claim to fame, over 25 years only.

Mr Howard was considered by 35 per cent of just over 1000 people polled by Galaxy as Australia's best leader of a generation

That is a tiny poll sample of people. What do the other millions of Australian's think? 

Galaxy Research: 

Its polls are published in News Limited tabloid newspapers, including the Herald Sun, Courier-Mail and The Daily Telegraph, in contrast to Newspoll data which are presented in the News Limited broadsheet newspaper The Australian.