Buzz Word Bingo

Here’s a fun game to play, one for the whole family. Brother Danny introduced it to me. When listening to a politician talk choose one of their particularly favourite buzzwords and see how many times they can say it in an interview or even in a sentence.

Kevin Rudd is a master at it, he has coined some great ones. Examples include, “shovel ready”, “fresh ideas” and “decisive action” to name just a few. Also admire how Rudd not only asks but answers his own questions. No wonder he is always right.

Now Rudd has thrown his support behind besieged NSW Premier, Nathan Rees, like that is supposed to help him. It has become obvious that Rudd’s mastery at buzzwords and self-interviewing has rubbed off on his colleague.

Rees is now spewing forth a collection of his own buzzwords, not that dissimilar to Rudd. Seen recently on Channel 10 news with Bill Woods and Debra Knight his main offering was “fresh approach” after apparently “listening to the people of NSW”. Also imploring that he is instilling the values of “respect, discipline and integrity” into his new cabinet.

Rees is a clever politician, just like his federal colleague. This method has worked in the past and unfortunately I can see it working again as the NSW public don’t seem that discerning. Everyone was apparently sick and tired of Bob Carr so he left the sinking ship and handed it over to a “fresh” leader in Morris Iemma. He was so fresh that no one had even heard of him. Iemma did the best he could, winning one election, but ultimately had to jump as well for another unheard of “fresh” leader in Nathan Rees. So even the idea of a fresh approach isn’t that fresh anymore. It’s been going on for a long time.

A different leader and a different cabinet doesn’t result in a different government.

Now with Rees sacking senior ministers he has virtually painted a target on his back that will further destabilise the NSW government. Hopefully people will start paying attention before the next election comes around.