After seemingly succumbing to a dose of electoral Ratsak ,Little Johnny Howard has miraculously come back like Lazarus , the garrulous laboratory rodent, squeaking and speaking ad nauseam. In his whopper book , he gnawed away at the image of his old mate, the best ever Treasurer, Peter Costello.
Costello’s made in China imitation smile was obviously missing after he read the references to himself in the doorstopper. He dashed off a billet doux to The Australian implying the comments were , as Tamie Fraser would say, what you would expect from a person lower than a snake’s duodenum . From a rodent to a reptile , my how things change in Australian politics.
Howard also did a fine job on Joe Hockey , saying he could not be regarded as anywhere near as good a treasurer as Costello , because he has only held the Shadow Treasurer possie since February 2009 ; jawboning Joe, unkindly called a giant Tinkerbell by Wayne Swan, sure as hell won’t hold the imitation purse strings much longer, going on the rat in the ranks who leaked a nasty yarn to The Australian about Hockey getting the rhubarb treatment from his colleagues , some of whom are after his job.
But back to the fly (spotted)leaf on Howard’s book . Nowhere in the Wollstonecraft Wally’s tome have we found mention of his warning that one of the Territory’s gasbags should never ever be given a major position. We have it from a good source that Howard thought this person was " dangerous "and should be, wait for it, given the boot !
As much as it hurts, we kind of agree with Howard’s assessment , mind you , you don’t have to be Einstein or a Rhodes Scholar to form that opinion. Dangerous, however ,is too strong an adjective to describe this person . Several four letter words starting with the fourth letter in the alphabet seem more applicable . Then there is a six letter word starting with the same letter which also admirably fills the bill .
As much as it hurts, we kind of agree with Howard’s assessment , mind you , you don’t have to be Einstein or a Rhodes Scholar to form that opinion. Dangerous, however ,is too strong an adjective to describe this person . Several four letter words starting with the fourth letter in the alphabet seem more applicable . Then there is a six letter word starting with the same letter which also admirably fills the bill .
FOOTNOTE: Re the shoe throwing episode on Q & A-what a shame they were not heavy work boots instead of Hush Puppies . One of the brilliant cartoons inspired by the shoe chucking event showed a third piece of footwear- courtesy of Peter Costello- lobbing near Howard. Incidently , a poll carried out by the Sydney Morning Herald found that 82 percent of respondents believed Costello's account of the succession and only 18 percent Howard's version .
