Pick Up Poll Dancing: The Story Of The 2007 Election Illustrated By Mungo MacCallum Provided As Digital

acerbic account of theAustralian Federal Election, Hilarious! Mungo McCallum is an entertaining, gifted writer, Hilarious. Easy and humorous read. Reminds one of the Howard ways and also hints at what was to come during Rudd's PMship, Names pop up that that are even more relevant today, including then Tony Abbott who like he is as a PM was also incompetent as the then Health Minister The story of theAustralian Federal election Howard's End I've waited a long time to read this.
It is afterwll somemonths since Kevin Rudd replaced John Howard as the Australian Prime Minister, In many ways, though, the passage of time has rendered this book more enjoyable,

For those specifically interested in contemporary Australian politics and political personalities or in the art, science and manipulation of politics more generally this is well worth reading.
Written in Mungo MacCallums inimitable style, it is both insightful and humorous, For those of us still seeking to understand what happened and why: Mr MacCallums account may help, Or it may not.
For myself, the thought of Janette Howard as Hyacinth Bucket is the stuff of nightmares, And one really should be careful about ones references to Alexander Downer, Throughout the book, political reality is lightened with acerbic wit, with cruel but often accurate observations and with recognisable character sketches of many of the key players.


I think this book is best enjoyed by those with some knowledge of the events and people described, Perhaps Australian expatriates whove missed out on living in Australia through the Howard Years might like to acquaint themselves of what theyve missed.
I definitely recommend this to those whove enjoyed Mr MacCallums earlier books, Commenting on politics may be serious, but it can also be funny,
A rapid, easy read, and fascinating to read about the election through the eyes of a

member of the Labor faithful, Because of McCallum's Old Guard status, there were of course a lot of things I didn't agree with him on, but one doesn't necessarily read books only when one agrees wholeheartedly.
I'm starting to think I may finally be able to read Marion Maddox's book sitelink God Under Howard I think that title's right now that Howard is out of power.
It might depress me just a little less now,

Poll Dancing suprised but pleased me by being more about the "phony campaign" the interminable time we all suffered between Rudd's rise to Leader of the ALP, and the election actually being called.
And to go back and look at that time was fabulous, When McCallum finished writing, the overall result was known, but individual seats like Howard's own were still undecided, It's one of those "time capsule" books, which can be really enjoyable, And this is.

Now to borrow Judith Brett's Quarterly Essay on the election, . . Mungo Wentworth MacCallumDecemberDecemberwas an Australian political journalist and commentator, From thes to thes he covered Australian federal politics from the Canberra Press Gallery for The Australian, The National Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nation and radio stationsJJ / Triple J andSER.
He wrote political commentary for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC current affairs and news analysis program The Drum, frequently wrote for the magazine The Monthly, and contributed political commentary to Australias national Community Radio Network, columns for the Byron Shire Echo and The Northern Star, and a weekly cryptic crossword for The Saturday Paper.
He also authored several books, Mungo Wentworth MacCallumDecemberDecemberwas an Australian political journalist and commentator, From thes to thes he covered Australian federal politics from the Canberra Press Gallery for The Australian, The National Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nation and radio stationsJJ / Triple J andSER.
He wrote political commentary for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC current affairs and news analysis program The Drum, frequently wrote for the magazine The Monthly, and contributed political commentary to Australia's national Community Radio Network, columns for the Byron Shire Echo and The Northern Star, and a weekly cryptic crossword for The Saturday Paper.
He also authored several books, including Run, Johnny, Run, written after theAustralian federal election, His autobiographical narrative of the Australian political scene, Mungo: the man who laughs has been reprinted four times, How To Be A Megalomaniac or, Advice to a Young Politician was published in, and Political Anecdotes was published in, In December, Duffy Snellgrove published War and Pieces: John Howard's last election, sitelink.