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    Hes not allowed to die hes a icon of great beer swilling womanising aussie blokes rest in peace dear BOB

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    A leader who embodied the spirit and aspirations of a nation that is now rapidly becoming just a fading memory.

    We are all the better for his having passed this way.

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    Ah what, that is sad

    Had to be our most likeable PM
    The timing of his passing is quite ironic, he is now bigger news than the looming election
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thala Dan View Post
    A leader who embodied the spirit and aspirations of a nation that is now rapidly becoming just a fading memory.

    We are all the better for his having passed this way.
    He had Paul Keating to do the hard yards, he was just a facade, albeit a likeable one. In later life he had become a shell.

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    Out of all the pollies, in my time anyway, Bob was the closest to the average Aussie bloke.

    Cheers Bob

    R.I.P.

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    R.I.P Bob.
    Met him a few times and a nice bloke.

    As a Politician, just cruising and having a good time.

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    no great loss in my opinion - just another leeching , lying , backstabbing , left wing politician who was on the side of big business but pretended to be a union thug. Being an alcoholic and screwing around while married to a lovely woman really tops the personality cake.

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    This was sudden - wasn't he spruicking for Labor just the other day?

    RIP Bob
    The nation will remember you above many others

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    Quote Originally Posted by VroomVroom View Post
    no great loss in my opinion - just another leeching , lying , backstabbing , left wing politician who was on the side of big business but pretended to be a union thug. Being an alcoholic and screwing around while married to a lovely woman really tops the personality cake.

    butbutbutbutbutbut thats not fair singling out only Bob, I thought damn near ALL of them are leeching , lying , backstabbing POS !!!

    R.I.P. Bob

    One of a kind and a jewel compared to most ppl willing to lower their moral compass enough to enter politics/become a politician

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    An interesting piece from The Guardian (yeah......I know):

    Bob Hawke spoke like us – until him the working class only saw themselves mocked on screen




    I particularly enjoyed the last few paras:

    There are many political criticisms of Hawke that have and will be written, I have myself written a few. But the writer Christian Read I believe encapsulated Hawke’s legacy in this period of mourning when he posted a photograph of a Medicare card on social media today. Read wrote:

    This is a sign that you participate, economically, in one of the most robust, effective, and envied medical systems on earth. It is funded by taxes on citizens and business. And it is a symbol.

    A symbol that each Australian’s health matters. And that we recognise this tie to one another. That we pool together, as a nation, to help one another out. The card is a promise that you will be cared for in your darkest times. A basic act of compassion. Bob Hawke gave us that.


    The post resonated with a memory of Hawke speaking at a union event I attended a couple of years ago.

    Two young bucks from the movement were selected to assist the old man – the great man, their visionary and hero – with the stairs. His mobility wasn’t good. One of the young men demurred to touch him, was too gentle, blushed, stumbled and kept apologising.

    Bob Hawke was a leader “essentially unchanged by office”, and he always spoke like us. “Don’t f##k around, son,” he told the young man, “just help me up the stage.”

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    He'll be turning in his refrigerated morgue compartment tonight

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeroyPatrol View Post
    He'll be turning in his refrigerated morgue compartment tonight
    Unlikely. More like saying thank God.

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    He was certainly one of the better PMs that we have had in my lifetime, at least.
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