Best juxtaposition of statements in a piece on the interest rate rise goes to Coorey and Pearlman:
“Mr Howard needs to accept full, unqualified responsibility for his broken promise to the Australian people at the last election that he would keep interest rates at record lows.”
Mr Howard said he was sorry for the rate rise but said it was due predominantly to the strong economy, oil prices and the drought.
a.k.a., I’m sorry, except that it’s not my fault at all and it actually has a lot to do with how good a job I am doing.
My comments are contained in “John Howard: not, not… responsible” which can be found at ‘Labor View from Broome’ http://laborview.blogspot.com/