The American Spectator

At Large

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br> /p> blockquote> "I will put aside the old battles of the past, between business and unions, between growth and the environment, the old and tired battles between federal and state, between public and private, it's time for a new page to be written in Australia's history." br> -- Kevin Rudd, victory speech, November 24, 2007. /blockquote> br> It is impossible to put these "battles" aside. They will always exist. But by creating the excitement and the image of change, perhaps the new right-wing Labor government under Kevin Rudd will better be able to continue Howard's program of economic liberalization and emphasis on personal responsibility than his beleaguered, if correct, conservative one. After all, it's what occurs that counts, not what we call ourselves -- that's only important for the modern Left.

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