03 March 2011

After the dead end

One of the most sensible things the Age has published in a while.  I have to say I really enjoy Katharine Murphy's writing very much.
Politics need not bore the pants off everyone, but it should also have the wisdom and the restraint to respect some basic responsibilities: try to deal with facts, play the issue not the person, avoid bottom-feeding and keep the analogies more or less on the planet.
It has to live with, but doesn't have to pander to, the 24/7 cycle. It does not have to conduct a sloganeering and misleading discourse. It does not have to be so cynical and reductionist that it treats the voters like mugs.
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Everyone needs to think a bit more carefully before they open their mouth.

Read the rest here.

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