Thread: Libs & Costello

I am no fan of Costello but good on him for being decisive about it and not dragging it on. From what everyone was saying about internal polls from both sides their seemed litle chance of him retaining it to the next election anyway.

Why should he do all the hard work for 18 months just to get shafted again?

Yeah i heard that to, i never liked him at all. I think its a bit poor to just drop out now he didnt win.

Wow - something I'd never have predicted - now I have hope that the Libs can learn from their mistakes. They need to sit on the bench to once again learn a bit of humility and take a hard long look at how their arrogance lost the electorate. Oh no - maybe Turnbull will be their new leader....

I don't blame him.
The ginning idiot on the other side would get to me as well

I was suprised. If he played his cards right he may well have been the next liberal PM.

I guess he just didn't want to wait.

And lets face it... he could make heaps more in PE with his experience/credentials.

I can only imagine that losing a federal election and going from number 2 too also ran would bring tears to my eyes as well.
I don't blame him, opposition is a yucky job, and if people didn't want him as PM yesterday, they prob won't in three years. I think he is smart. Look to JHo and Big Kym here. Govt, sacked, leader, again sacked then leader only after years of rebuilding and then on his terms. The leader they elect this week will not be the the next lib PM unless he is outstanding. He could always challenge later if it goes pear shaped. We will all have forgotten what he was like anyway Perhaps a shadow ministry may reinvigorate him (not treasury).

Ralph

Costello is an arrogat, smart **** little ****er that I HATE with a passion Plus I like to see the little **** squirm!!!!!

I don't support any of the mainstream political parties, but he realy gets on my nerves. Plus he's a god botherter, and I hate the idea of some religious **** running the joint to push there obsured views on the Aussie public.

Trav

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

I was suprised. If he played his cards right he may well have been the next liberal PM.

I guess he just didn't want to wait.

And lets face it... he could make heaps more in PE with his experience/credentials.

But as Michelle Grattan said in the Age today, it's a long hard road with no guaranteed pot of Gold at the end.

It will be an interesting rebuild for the Libs.

At least he was forthcoming and decisive unlike his counterpart.

Cheers
Dave.