Former ministers come clean over Howard government mistakes


	Former ministers come clean over Howard government mistakes

tabsey

2-17-2008 10:50 AM

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indecisive, weaklings

tabsey says:

What a bunch of weaklings. They had the chance to force change, get rid of Howard and prevent the party losing all credibility. All because a dotard decided he wanted to set records for time as Prime Minister.

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