jill singerWriting in The Herald Sun 26/11/07 DING dong, the witch is dead. No more lies, cover-ups, stupid wars, trashing of our environment and brutalisation of refugees. At least, I live in hope, as do the vast bulk of Australians who turned their back on John Howard after his 11 years in power. I'm not sure which I'd rather be now, a fly on the wall at Kirribilli when Janette is forced to remove her clutches from the drapes, or over at the Liberals' post-mortem. What a bloodbath that will be, full of recriminations and battles for supremacy. John Howard has, of course, endorsed Peter Costello as his successor -- the future of the Liberal Party, such as it is. But Costello is not having any of that, which leaves the way for either Turnbull or Nelson to slug it out. If he wants to seek job opportunities in the private sector, I'd recommend checking out the paper-shredding industry, which is surely set to boom. Gosh, I'm feeling chirpy. I realise such blatant jubilation is possibly ungracious but really, can you imagine the triumphalism if Howard had got back in? We'd never have heard the end of it. He'd have been lauded as a little Menzies and been utterly unbearable on his morning walkies, doing that silly slapping high-five thing he adopted over recent times to make himself look hip. Frankly, I was disappointed that Kevin didn't rub his nose in it on election night. Which is why I'm doing it for him now. Howard wouldn't have been so decent in victory. He'd have been gloating and sinking the boot into Labor like there's no tomorrow. As would his supporters. When confronted with bad polls John Howard faced his worried Cabinet and asked with incredulity, is it me?
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