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# A wolf, you say?
Confronted in question time with the wording of a 2004 Liberal Party advertisement that said it would “keep interest rates at record lows” if returned to office Mr Howard disowned the advertisement saying “the Liberal Party ran many advertisements.”
“I remind the Leader of the Opposition of what I have said previously in the House. He can scour every transcript, and I will make them available, of every interview that I gave during that election campaign and he will find no such commitment,” the Prime Minister said.
Ah, Mr Howard. We know, we know. The ALP knows, the media knows, the bloggers know; hell, even most of the population knows in their heart of hearts that you didn’t promise to prevent rate rises, or keep the rates at record lows. You merely promised to keep them lower than the ALP would and allowed the electorate to hear what they wanted to.
But remember that honesty perception problem you were told about on the weekend? This is one of the reasons why people don’t think you are honest. It is because you speak in weasel words; you speak in the verbal equivalent of a Rorschach blot. And when everyone believes exactly what you actually wanted them to believe – despite never actually saying it – well then you effect lofty indignation.
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# Quick bits
Howard overrules Abbott on cancer drug
Applause.
Welcome to Australia.
