Liberal
Peter Costello: I think it was a very strange time for the Labor Party, to come in support of the Bali bombers.
So official Liberal policy now is that we absolutely, undeniably, cross-our-fingers, do not love our enemies. It seems that Rudd has adopted this policy as his own and can't express enough support for it.
Labor
Describing himself as "hardline" when it came to terrorists, Mr Rudd said terrorists should be left to "rot in jail".
Kevin Rudd has criticised his own foreign affairs spokesman over a speech that indicated Labor's disapproval of death sentences for the Bali bombers, calling it "insensitive" and saying Labor would never support clemency for terrorists.
But then, perhaps this is just the nature of the Australian people. I want to live somewhere else.
Yeah I was listening to some conversation about this on the radio. It makes me so mad. What makes Australian’s more important than anyone else in the world? So so cross with the publicly recognized and applauded double standards.
jo / 11:31am / 11 October 2007
So succinctly put, Jo: ‘publicly recognized and applauded double standards’. Are either of you writing to the SMH? I’d love it if you did.
Janet / 6:56pm / 11 October 2007
I’m not very good at that sort of thing. I end up writing around in circles.
Ryan / 11:10pm / 11 October 2007