Students not Fooled

Like the "average" student in last week's Salient, I too get pissed off with people claiming to be middle of the road, non-political, or a wishy washy dingbat with no political viewpoint. That's why I was particularly annoyed to read King Andrew Dethroned by Leslie Brown which claimed to be an objective assessment of the political situation at Vic.

In a patronising and arrogant manner worthy of a Paul Norman, he gave advice to the "right" and the "left" on how to improve their profile. He also spent a great deal of space in the article attacking Caroline Massof. He claimed from an objective viewpoint that Caroline Massof was just not acceptable to large numbers of students. Some objectivity! Thus, I was really surprised to see that he is standing for the position of President. It seems to me very "political" and manipulative to first of all set yourself up as the students' friend, nearly attack your opponent and then offer yourself as the savour in white armor. Sorry Leslie, students aren't that easily fooled.