Howard and the Lie Detector.

[Eunos]

These allegations seem to be dogging our esteemed Prime Minister again.
Why won't he take the test? His accuser has, and passed.
C'mon "honest" John, show us just how honest you are.

[Joel]

I think he may be caught out on this one.

Old news though.

[piedys]

Little Johnnie couldn't lie straight in bed....

Dyso

[CQ]

Yeh him calling it a 'gimmick' is just proof that hes a fricken liar! not that we didn't already know that.

[rand corp]

Rieth tried to take the fall but, little Johnny is gone over this one.

Should be fully investigated by a new senate inquiry where public servants past and present should be able to be called to the give evidence, instead of (as the line goes) 'being asnwerable through their ministers'.

IF, it is proven that he lied to his country in order to win an election and allowed the fabrication of this atrocious fiction to 'run' through the election campaign, then he should be called to explain himself to the Australian public and SACKED from all positions of public responsibility. He should be publicly disgraced.

[eddies bank balance]

I agree rand corp, and also strip him of his superannuation, my oh my, wouldn't that be sweeet!

[CQ]

yes it would. its totally ridiculous how much super they get, what a crock.

[David]

The lie detector test is a load of rubbish. I've read that just about anybody can beat it anyway, unless you're a nervous sort of person, in which case you will fail, lying or not. Knight's cartoons are always good for a laugh though.

[LeonMcS]

So Johnny should have no problems passing the lie detector test then?

[rand corp]

Lil Johnny's star witness being that most upstanding and honest of citizens Peter Rieth, who tried to take the fall by admitting he did know the truth but failed to tell his boss during the election campaign and promptly resigned before he was publicly shamed. FMG!

Forget about the lie detector Scrafton's comments have been corroborated by a colleague at the time. The truth would soon be out if Public Servants were allowed to be called before a new senate inquiry but, Lil Johnny will never allow that demanding that they be answerable only 'through their (liberal) ministers'. Meaning that they cannot be called to appear and that only the liberal ministers can.

Left, right or somewhere in the middle one of Lil Johnny's key platforms into power was his claim that his government would act and behave with the utmost honesty and integrity and from that moment on he has been breaking promised 'core' or otherwise, abusing both his position and the trust of the Australian public.

Looking very desperate to hang on to the power he craves so much these days is Mr. Sheen (aka Lil Johnny).

[Eunos]

[rand corp]

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/22/1093113049412.html

Robert Manne is professor of politics at La Trobe University.

[rand corp]

Don't recall Bolt getting a doctorate in political science!

[rand corp]

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/23/1093113104535.html

-AAP

[foxy]

manne's the man. cheers for posting that RC. top article.