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Desperate #1:

Prime Minister John Howard has appealed to undecided voters not to toss the coalition out, warning that a Rudd Labor government would be for life, not just for Christmas.
"It's not like the Christmas present you didn't want and you can take it back at the Boxing Day sale, it's not like that, it's much harder than that."


Hint: The voters are not morons. Treating them as such just reinforces why they're voting against you.

Desperate #2:

"All 13 candidates standing for the Australian Labor Party in this Saturday's election are eligible to stand for public office, "ALP spokesman Alex Cramb said. "This afternoon's press conference by Andrew Robb was pure desperation.
"The claims against the 13 ALP candidates cited by Andrew Robb were cobbled together from web sites. All 13 candidates are valid and they resigned."

Hint: No one likes a sore fucking loser.

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And for a final tasty bit, go to the 7.30 Report website and watch Kerry O'Brien spend the full half an hour kicking the poo out of Howard one last time. It makes me smile.

sheesh

A GROUP of Liberal Party supporters has been kicked off the campaign for handing out flyers purporting to be from an Islamic group calling on people to vote Labor in western Sydney.

nice

real nice

At this point, a truly desperate party can (and probably will) throw out all sorts of borderline (or way over the borderline) tactics, and just deal with the consequences post-election. I wonder just how low the scumbags will go? People over at Possum's place have reported getting pro-Liberal 12-page glossy booklets in the mail that seem to have forgotten the whole legal requirement for an "authorised by" section. I think the AEC's going to be busy cleaning up the mess after this week is done.