I agree with you on all those points (except that I left Adelaide for WA when I was six, prefer autumn to the other seasons, and I don't like Vegemite), but arcadiagt5 is right: bringing back Paul Keating wouldn't have been the answer. Even Gough, I was appalled to learn, considered revoking free university education if he was returned to power, in the hopes of balancing the budget.
That's not to say that I didn't give my preferences to Keating over Howard; I did, even though I didn't know quite how despicable Howard was going to become once he was Prime Miser, or how long he'd cling leechlike to power. But I really would have liked another choice.
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Date: 2006-11-27 06:41 am (UTC)That's not to say that I didn't give my preferences to Keating over Howard; I did, even though I didn't know quite how despicable Howard was going to become once he was Prime Miser, or how long he'd cling leechlike to power. But I really would have liked another choice.