In 1996, Ray Martin asked John Howard

why people should vote for him.
"Ray, I love this country, " he bleated.
Words are cheap John. I love this country too John but what does that mean to you? John, you knew you could not trust the voters. They had let you down before. You were Mr 18%. You could not risk scaring them away with the GST from your achieving your destiny then so you gave them the "no no never gone stone cold dead in the water" line. You had no intention that it was stone cold dead. You did not trust the voters to tell them the truth and like the philanderer who tells his wife he loves her, you have the hide to tell them you love their country.
Bullshit John. Words are cheap John. You love this country for what you can get out of it - some sort of immortality for having been PM. You got power and that's all you care about. Oh, and plus a photo of you with the Queen and US President Bush to show the grand-kids.
That's not OK but that's the way the system works. Only don't take the moral high ground thing. That adds insult to injury so do the right thing and spare us your hypocrisy John. Kneel down and bless yourself again John in front of the TV. You see John I saw you at a Church several times when there were no TV cameras and you didn't do the kneeling and blessing yourself thing because that's Catholic and you're Methodist. I get a kick out of seeing you do it for the cameras. You sleazy old image harlot. Tell the voters the truth John. A lot of people have First Aid these days and they'll stop you from choking.