The Rev Dodgson said:
But seriously, Albanese may not be perfect, but I can’t think of a single respect in which Morrison is better.
Can anyone enlighten me?
Difficult. Perhaps I can put it this way.
Albanese spends more than 50% of his on-air time complaining like a little schoolboy. He doesn’t actually want to do anything, he just likes to complain. SloMo doesn’t complain, he just gets things done.
Further, I’d be willing to bet that Albanese would sell his grandmother to the bugblatter beast of traal for political gain, like Gillard. On the other hand, I’ve never seen SloMo exhibit anything other than a detached altruistic morality.
I’m putting my neck on the line here, as a near-lifetime supporter of Labour, and I wouldn’t have said this a week ago. But comparing Morrison to Hawke and Keating, I’m beginning to suspect that Morrison is the best of the three (shock, horror).
Hawke was a dog trainer. He coped with the wolves snapping at his heels all the time and turned them into puppies. But he only had one piece of legislation he wanted to push through, and when that was done he lost interest in anything other than putting out wildfires.
Keating was one of Hawke’s dogs, a bulldog. He held on until his opponents had given up. His major success was stabilising the Australian economy and keeping the country on an even keel.
SloMo is more like a tortoise, he keeps going and relies on his armour plated shell to keep enemies at bay. Gives Australia stability.
