Howard's Battlers

Who are these 'Howard Battlers' of them so much we hear Perhaps middle class Sydney Suburbanites wee Johnny they revere And not blue collar workers since Howard himself to them does not endear And their voting intentions have always been so clear. I always thought a Battler was an embattled soul A person surviving on low income or scraping by on dole Those living in million dollar homes are not battlers to me What would they know of hardship or want or poverty. These so called Howard Battlers not living on welfare And a Battler a term one should not use to describe a millionaire Amongst those who support the Liberal and National parties you won't find many poor They work in well paid jobs and they know affluence and their futures are secure. A Battler is hardly one well of financially Unlike these so called Howard Battlers we hear of on the A.B.C. And each time I hear of a Howard Battler to myself I only say The weekly mortgage of a good home in Sydney a battler could not pay.