Peter Costello also received quite a flogging this week for comments he alledgedly made three years ago at a dinner with three Press Gallery journalists - "He can't win. I can". Obviously referring to his desire to lead to the Liberal Party.
Yet, this dinner was off the record. These damn journos! (n.b. this anti-journo sentiment will probably creep into many of my posts - i'll apologise now). I realise that in politics you can never take "off the record" for granted, but don't these journos run around screaming at PR practitioners about their lack of ethics - well in this case that a bit like the pot calling the kettle a big fat liar!
Even though John Howard was quick to sweep in under the carpet saying he and Costello had a harmonious and productive professional relationship (what about their personal relationship?) it still pisses me off.
Watching question time last week when Wayne Swan was grinding into Costello over the incident, it was interesting to see how these politicians operate. For example, when asked about the night, Mr. Costello replied, "As I remember I had the fish", while looking back at his front benchers to see who was laughing. I might as well have been watching Thank God You're Here.
Who cares if Mr. Costello wants to jump in the hot seat? As long as he and Johnnie can work well on a professional basis... everyone says how strong Australia's economy is at the moment and how we're in a better position than we've ever been - well Mr. Costello is the Treasurer isn't he? So he must be doing something right...
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