I think this might be a bit of overreaction on Labor's part, Wellard - I don't think that Australian voters really give two cahoots what Ricky Armitage says. Besides, Latham's pretty good at dishing out the criticism himself, as evidenced by his earlier statement last year about Geedubya being "the most incompetent and dangerous U.S. president in living history". To be fair to Mark, he did say it before he became Opposition leader, but I reckon he's just having a bit of a sook and trying to get a sympathy vote.
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