Howard should be careful of Keating

Dragging Paul Keating into the IR debate was a questionable idea for Howard.

A classic Keating quote:

"He's a pre-Copernican obscurantist. That's where he belongs, but let's not have all these turkeys in the business community saying, 'well isn't this shocking'.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1911526.htm

Howard with the ALP's inaction allowed Keating's name to be sullied over the last decade. But Keating did a hell of a lot more of the ground work for this boom than Howard and I am pleased to see Howard bringing Keating back into the game...

One of the darkest days in recent history (well a decade ago) for our nation was the Howard on the 7:30 report holding up a map of Oz with 80% covered in blue saying these areas are subject to Native Title Claims... a few days later i remember both Keating and Hawke explaining the issue very succinctly...

It's getting interesting down under...