Labor Campaign Launch, Should they even bother :(

[lightningdance]

Labor have finally decided to campaign launch 1 week out from the election. All the campaigning before launch is on tthe taxpayers dollar.

I'm wondering if they should even bother with it, nobody cares by now.

[para-sights]

Can't hurt a lot of people make their final decision in the last week. I remember thinking that the Lindsay flyer scandal couldn't have come at a worse time for Howard in that final week.

[donnashuggy]

Whether they care or not is not relevant, I read in the paper yesterday that there are a whole bunch of people out there that don't even know who the leader of the greens is, these people still have to vote so any campaigning might just grab a few more votes for Labor.

[freakiness]

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@lightningdance wrote:

Labor have finally decided to campaign launch 1 week out from the election. All the campaigning before launch is on tthe taxpayers dollar.

I'm wondering if they should even bother with it, nobody cares by now.

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Where do you come up with such "facts" 

[lakeland27]

from the  editorial  opinion pieces. saying where is no longer necessary.

[freakiness]

hahaha, the bit about funding before the launch must have come from the same source. 

[not_an_eloi]

from the looks of my inbox 'ere, 

one would nilly 'ave to think lithium don't want me to tell you how flamin' much me (and millions of others) care.

thought of havin' murdoch-endebted right-wing puppets at the political helm of our future australia, flamin' horrifies me. (and millions of others) 

(shades)

[catsnknots]

Can someone please tell me what he means by this??? 

'KEVIN RUDD: Our responsibility as the government in the context of the contest of this election is to make sure that the spotlight is on that quantum and therefore the elements contained within it and in the absence of them providing full details what therefore constitute logical conclusions based on the basis.'

[lakeland27]

it means ''we need to concentate on the complete picture, and highlight the absence of big picture (and budgetary) clarity on the part of the coalition'' or ''we need to highlight the fact that abbott isn't releasing the bulk of his figures until the end of the week when the media balckout begins,effectively hiding them from scrutiny .''

[izabsmiling]

Candidate gives the game away as Tony Abbott tries to keep a lid on it

Date August 31, 2013 - 2:08PM

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Ewen Jones, a former banker who was brought up in Texas (Queensland), could not keep the grin from his face, while standing beside his party leader. After Mr Abbott held the line, saying it was "inevitable the polls will tighten in the last week", the big, broad country politician started dancing a jig.

**bleep**-a-hoop at the likely prospect of victory in the marginal north Queensland seat of Herbert, Mr Jones began fist pumping and dancing in the dirt, kicking up the dust with his heels.

"You're an absolute bloody superstar," he told his party leader. Later, he added some expletives to his effusive praise for Mr Abbott.

Mr Jones was buoyed by a poll in that morning's local newspaper, suggesting he will waltz to victory. Even the presence of rotting fish, dumped in the nearby scrub, did not dampen enthusiasm for the Coalition.

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/candidate-gives-the-game-away...

a Superstar ! How appropriate is that ?