I ask you to ponder, is this the type of political leader we yearn for, or is it merely the performance, wit, and intellect we acknowledge and enjoy?

Or is it because the shoe was tightly on the other foot as Keating schooled journalists who are nowadays far more accustomed to gotcha moments?

Alas, a 79-year-old former prime minister the Hon. Paul Keating is in the news, and I am buying national weekend papers again.

Go figure.

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