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Australia Just Elected Rob Long
Re: the switch in prime ministers today in Australia (members of the right-of-center Liberal-National coalition tossed out Tony Abbott in favor of Malcolm Turnbull), a friend writes the following–and, please note, the headline above is his:
RINO squish Turnbull takes over for Abbott. Bad for social conservatives. If he can govern, good for business and innovation.
Any Ricochet members from Down Under care to comment?
P.S. Whether EJ Hill has a spare moment I have no idea, but doesn’t this seem to cry out for one of his works of genius? Rob, Australia, “Waltzing Matilda,” and so on?
Update: EJHill comes through:
Although I haven’t followed his policies much (kinda hard to get news about him in my daily news feed), Tony Abbott earned George W. Bush levels of vitriol from the left, so I assume he was doing something right and it was a mistake to replace him.
The quote is from Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, it was meant to illustrate irony, and the quote doesn’t work without it. Come on, mods. Context.
Today… is Christmas! There will be a magic show at zero-nine-thirty! Chaplain Charlie will tell you about how the free world will conquer Communism with the aid of God and a few Marines!
I think it would have helped if you referred to Full Metal Jacket. Possibly the mods didn’t get the reference. I didn’t.