seeing the wood, and the trees too

 Subtitle: chopping through the spin

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There was a story on twt today mentioning, almost in passing, that the two Tassie electorates 'stolen' by Howard last time are likely to fall back to Labor. ("But the Prime Minister certainly hasn't met any ordinary voters here in Tasmania so far." We could speculate as to why not.)

Could it be, that the voters have realised their mistake? That it didn't actually pay to switch? Perhaps, that Howard&Co have not 'paid' them well enough, even if at all?

Or could it just be, that not all forestry workers are as thick as two planks? (Fool them once, more fool them. Try fooling them twice, more fool him.)

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PS The idea that voters get some sort'a 'hand-out' - or, better phrased: bribes - is (almost) entirely the fault of the sheople®, in asking themselves the perennial "What's in it for me?" (The 'almost' because the politicians are all too ready to offer bribes, and far too many do, daaarlings.)

Shouldn't the proper question be: "Who's gunna do the best for all of us/the country/the planet?"