Slinging Shit

This evening on National Nine News the headline read “the Naked Truth – Kevin Rudd visits a Strip club in New York”. Kevin Rudd has recently admitted visiting a New York strip joint after a conference in 2003 after “too many drinks”. In the wake of an election announcement, the timing is extraordinary. Recently it seems that Team Howard is trying to sling as much dirt as they can on the Rudd Train to see how much of it can stick.

A couple of days ago, the Australian stock market fell markedly reflected by the fall in the dollar. Team Howard subsequently stated that the opposition does not have the skills nor the experience to manage such a situation. But how does the Government control short term effects on the stock market? I am sure policies passed by the government have an effect on trading yet these are only seen in the long term. What sort of skills and experience are you talking about Mr Howard? The same economic skills that kept interest rates low? Perhaps Mr Howard called the US Federal Reserve and told them to start playing with their figures. Good work, Jonny.