Gillard unloads both barrels at Abbott

Looby says:

02:07pm | 19/08/10

I think it may indeed say more about the leaky Labor government/ Treasury (ie-Wayne Swan). She and her team are a nasty piece of work. The old saying if you don’t have something nice to say, say nothing at all is no longer applicable.

CK says:

02:18pm | 19/08/10

Oliphaunt, I think you should look up why the Libs are not getting Treasury to cost their plans.

mike says:

02:23pm | 19/08/10

More to the point - How do LABOR expect to have any credibility when prior to the last election they submitted 85 % of their plans to Treasury less than 24 HOURS before voting started ! And why do the media give Labor a free ride when they bang on about the Liberal party being negative? Labor have been putting the boot in for weeks and still get away with saying the Liberals are being negative!

JT says:

03:12pm | 19/08/10

Probably because, by and large, government departments are inept and cannot be trusted.

Case in point, go and read about the pasting ASIC is going to get in the Federal Court over the Westpoint fiasco… causing a company which thousands of families invested in to go into liquidation because they misled the court…

The Libs have gone to someone a little more respectable than Treasury and should be commended for it.

Patrick says:

03:40pm | 19/08/10

The Libs said the accounting firm had been looking at the policies for the last two months, so either the Libs never intended to release costing to Treasury (and the"leak” is the excuse) or they just got their internal accountants to verify their own numbers.  How independent is that?

Barbara says:

05:20pm | 19/08/10

The Liberal costings have been independently audited by WHK Howarth that also does audits for the Government under contract, audits being their core business. They used the Treasuries own software and figures based on the forward estimates as produced for and by the Government.  And unlike the Treasuries public servants, this company is legally liable for any reports or calculations they produce, which means they can’t get away with fudging the bottom line like Treasury when the pressure is applied, as evidenced by the leak.  This companies independence is far superior than the Treasury Department, but if you do think they are corrupt or in the Libs pocket then say so and put your real name to your post, then wait for the knock at the door from their solicitors.  I also note that the Labor party after having received their copy yesterday, and no doubt read and re-read it, haven’t been able to pick the shite out of it - funny about that.

Rob r Charteris says:

05:43pm | 19/08/10

Patrick says:03:40pm; Yes it was a slip of the tongue by Mr Patatoe Head Robb on that little beauty. And it has come out today after Hockey and Mr Patatoe Head’s independant accounting company of choice (Independant being the key expressed word) has strong ties to the Liberal party funny that and it is probably why they didn’t want to release the name of the company.

Here’s a quote from the article….

“We are asked to take both Horwath and the Coalition on trust. Then known as Hendry, Rae and Court, Horwath’s founding partner in 1938 was Charles Court, later Sir Charles, the long-serving Liberal premier of Western Australia and father of Richard Court, the Liberal premier from 1993 to 2001.”

Read the rest here…

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/figures-checked-by-firm-with-liberal-ties-20100818-12f8u.html

You are right you couldn’t trust this mob as far as you could throw, throw them back out the door on polling day is what I say

Skinny says:

06:04pm | 19/08/10

That would be Potato-you moron.

Rob r Charteris says:

06:41pm | 19/08/10

Barbara says:05:20pm; “I also note that the Labor party after having received their copy yesterday, and no doubt read and re-read it, haven’t been able to pick the shite out of it - funny about that.”

You obviously haven’t been watching the news today have you. Swan along with several political commentators have had some things to say about it. Also WHK Howarth has clearly stated it has based its results on figures given to them by the Liberal party, which haven’t been release in the report. So who knows what they are or where they come from, it started getting dodgy from there.

Rob r Charteris says:

08:46pm | 19/08/10

Skinny says:06:04pm; rather be a moron than a snivelling lib, no I think I got it right.

Peter from the bush says:

10:10pm | 19/08/10

You people want a sneaky Liberal Government.Who is paying for the 1.5% tax that this MORON will put on food stuffs.Up goes interest rates,up goes the cost of living DOWN goes pensions and also UP goes electricity prices and all becuase you people want a sneak and a cheat to run OUR great country…wake up to yourselves….

TC says:

10:13pm | 19/08/10

It’s taken a while for the penny to drop but after some time Ive concluded that Rob r Charteris is a very clever Liberal plant to stop people voting Labor

fehowarth says:

09:05am | 20/08/10

The Coalition’s review of their saving and spending is worthless.  All it does is to confirm the figures and assumptions the Coalition gave them add up.  What should be of concern is the Coalition is rubbishing of a government department.  There is a serious lost of independence of government departments over the last thirty odd years cause by changing the way public servants are employed.  It is very hard to give independent advice when you can be sacked.  As for Labor leaking, what was in it for them?  We know that it allowed the Coalition the excuse not to have their policies reviewed.

Lorraine says:

05:27pm | 20/08/10

If all the candidate has to give is denigration of the opponent then that’s all we are going to get. Bitchy criticism is easy to deliver but it always comes from below. Frankly if I had my way I’d drown the lot of them and start again.
I put a number in every box on my postal vote at least i felt in charge for a short time.

Joan says:

04:19pm | 19/08/10

While bagging ~ Battlelines` she failed to mention her efforts in writing for Socialist Forum.-  not a book but an interesting read on how her Commie mind works and explains where she comes from.  A photocopy of it on Andrew Bolt site a couple of weeks ago.

CMF says:

05:37pm | 19/08/10

There are not enough vowels in the English language to accommodate a book written by Gillard.

Surely we’re not about to vote for this bogan!

Nicole says:

06:16pm | 19/08/10

CMF, she’s destroys the English language!

Andrew says:

12:31pm | 20/08/10

“she’s destroys the English language!”

That’s just adorably ironic.

Person without a brain says:

01:49pm | 19/08/10

Please elaborate?

fairsfair says:

02:10pm | 19/08/10

ha ha yes - where would the lines be drawn? Perhaps behind the back of the opponent - oh and weapon of choice would be knife or flaming pink bat. Oh and I’d love to read the chapter on the affair she had with the married man (our esteemed minister for Small Business). People criticise Tony Abbott - but at least he admits his fault and puts them out there for all to see.  I for one don’t agree with everything he says, but I certainly have more respect for him on that alone.

Steve says:

04:22pm | 19/08/10

I couldn’t imagine Julia doing anything in her life that was not absolutely dedicated to advancing her career and the ALP’s fortunes.  Even her support for the Bulldogs is convenient and very very public.

The narrowness of her life is a concern, a true apparachik

At least Abbott was a surf lifesaver and a volunteer fire man - neither of which he made any fuss about until he took the leadership.

Steve says:

04:24pm | 19/08/10

I couldn’t imagine Julia doing anything in her life that was not absolutely dedicated to advancing her career and the ALP’s fortunes.  Even her support for the Bulldogs is convenient and very very public.

The narrowness of her life is a concern, a true apparachik

At least Abbott was a surf lifesaver and a volunteer fire man - neither of which he made any fuss about until he took the leadership.

Rob r Charteris says:

05:56pm | 19/08/10

Steve says:04:24pm; i can tell you one thing! If I ever needed to be saved from a first floor fire, and rAbbott came up the fire ladder. I’d do our country proud and pull him in and run off with the ladder, quick smart.

Shane says:

03:50pm | 19/08/10

I imagine they’ll see the highlights though on the 6pm news, no?

Tony of Poorakistan says:

04:51pm | 19/08/10

All the Labor-voting welfare recipients would have been home watching on their Plasma Bonus sets, courtesy of those of us who actually work and pay tax.

She was preaching to the converted in other words.

James1 says:

05:13pm | 19/08/10

Tony,

I actually know a few dole bludgers from my child’s school who have told me to vote for Abbott because he keeps out the dark-skinned boat people so that the bludgers’ pensions can be increased.  They did not use such delicate words, obviously, but the ALP has no stranglehold over the ignorant dole bludger vote.

Tyler says:

02:11pm | 19/08/10

Yes, because Tony Abbott has been a paradigm of personal honesty and integrity. He would never stoop to running… dare I say it… a negative campaign.

Oh, wait. I forgot. The Liberal’s entire election platform has been a constant attack of Labor and Julia Gillard! Win at any cost? Let’s not speak about that as if its a feature unique only to Labor. The Liberals have been running a non-stop attack blitz since the campaign started!

watchingwithinterest says:

02:55pm | 19/08/10

Yes Tyler, I agree.  But the Liberal party have not attacked Julia Gillard personally.  They have attacked Labor’s performance whilst in government. There is a difference.

Imagine if the liberal party had attacked Ms Gillard personally, then one would say that they left no holds bar, I don’t think you can say that.

Ben says:

03:15pm | 19/08/10

Highlighting policy and managment failures of the current Government and personal attacks against the opposition leader are two very different things. People see the Liberals come off as negative because they are contstantly trying to remind people of the poor decisions this Government has made. You can’t highlight what went wrong without an undertone of negativity, but that’s not the same as constantly using baseless phrases negative phrases -  ie. “Tony Abott will raise the cost of living”

Mark says:

04:54pm | 19/08/10

You can’t attack a woman personally, so she has gotten away with blue murder in this campaign with the personal attack on Mr Abbott. This and the back-stabbing of poor, little KRudd, what an unpleasant bully….must be from the Labor Left? I find it hard to imagine that people are even contemplating voting for this person…but there are the little old ladies thinking, “won’t it be nice to have a woman PM, lots of fodder for Womens Weekly”...that and the true believers will get her across the line.

Roja says:

05:03pm | 19/08/10

Representing a person as a lemon isn’t attacking them personally? 

Besides that you miss the point.  The Gruen transfer highlighted that all but two of the liberal party adverts have been attacking labor, rather than focussing on what they offer.

smokin joe says:

04:08pm | 19/08/10

Oh yes PJ I remember her only too well and the rest of the mottly crew.
Can you imagine this piece of work (Gillard) on the world stage? How embarassing to have to listen to the occerisms…...crrrrrringe

yg of Sydney says:

05:11pm | 19/08/10

Any respect for your country’s PM? Do you expect people from other countries will respect Australia if everyone has attitude like yours in this country?

Phil says:

06:07pm | 19/08/10

yg Did Joolya show any respect to Tony Abbott. No she did not. The ALP ads are a joke, misleading and dishonest.
The lib ads whilst being negative, are truthful in that they point out the poor policy delivery and waste and mismangement of the dopes in power right now.
For all of you that feel they have done a good job, you obviously dont pay enough tax.
I have no respect for Ms Gillard. Her decisions, policy and personality grate on me in a big way.

Brian Taylor says:

08:28pm | 19/08/10

@ yg of Sydney, respect is earned, its not a right
Ms Gillard has not earned any respect so far.

Barbara says:

02:30pm | 19/08/10

Signed in 1954 hey? So just how relevent is it in our modern times?  Don’t you think it deserves some revision about now, as it’s a very different world to the 50’s, unless you think Abbott will take us back to then.

Crash says:

03:56pm | 19/08/10

@Barbara

Much like the ANZUS treaty (1951), which was used to drag us into two wars under the Howard government.

Evan Findlay says:

05:41pm | 19/08/10

Barbara,
1954 is exactly where Abbott wants to take us, so it will be relevant.

Gregg says:

08:33pm | 19/08/10

Labor’s lack of appreciation goes beyond misunderstanding when the Immigration minister claims there is no queue for what does he think the 15M refugees in refugee centres are.
Each year 6000 refugees are taken and supported by the government in settlement.
Of the remaining 7750, they are for special protection, offshore via sponsorship by organisations or Individuals from refugee camps or onshore as with the boat people who are taking us, Senator Evans it seems and true desperate refugees for a ride because they have money to use people smugglers.
The more boat people, the less sponsored refugees, so tha’t's the queue and these so called asylum seekers know the TPVs have been removed and Australia is a soft landing with a practised story very difficult to disprove.
They probably still have access to money while we’re supporting them with taxpayers money.
Get rid of Labor
Re-instate TPVs and watch the boat numbers drop
And return to assisting truly desperate refugees.

sue says:

01:55pm | 19/08/10

as opposed to the Real Laura on show

Amused says:

02:43pm | 19/08/10

Your right Laura, she would be terrified as to her punishment for not winning this election, the Gillard election, funny how there is never any message of Labor these days. Swan is the same though, he is almost maniacal in his attacks, I think he too is terrified of anyone seeing the books.

nic says:

01:48pm | 19/08/10

Was going to say the same thing. Of course, a negative campaign means it is the ‘other’ side that has been negative. What a pity journo’s haven’t the balls to call her on it.

Sherlock says:

01:52pm | 19/08/10

Yeah so what? Surely after three years you’ve discovered that what Labor say and what Labor do are two different things.

This is the woman who has gone from “delay is denial” to “there won’t be any carbon tax under my government” in only 9 months.

Gillard is desperate to draw attention away from both her governments and her personal record since the last election. Sledging Abbot nay any other Liberal helps achieve that goal

Sherlock says:

02:07pm | 19/08/10

Oh and of course what the ALP says depends on who they’re talking to at the time.

Gillard on Monday

‘‘There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead,’‘

Apparently three days is a long time in politics because at the National Press Club today Gillard said

“People are making a decision whether they will have a prime minister who believes in climate change, who is committed to leading a national debate to get a carbon pollution reduction scheme and the market mechanism we need to price carbon, whilst delivering on the policies I’ve outlined,”

I must admit though I’m not actually sure what that means.

mervyn ford says:

03:26pm | 19/08/10

maybe we saw the old julia, or is there now another, bad julia, making it 3 julia’s

James1 says:

04:54pm | 19/08/10

You say that like it is unique to the ALP, Sherlock.  Please tell me you don’t really believe that any politician is honest or good.

watchingwithinterest says:

02:57pm | 19/08/10

hehehe

All says:

04:19pm | 19/08/10

Followed in the rear by a large following.

Pip says:

07:58pm | 19/08/10

You want to talk about nasty, vile,sneaky deceitful etc.  One Nation and Pauline Hanson took 1 million votes from the Coalition and what did Tony Abbott do?  He set up a slush fund, managed by Peter Coleman, father-in-law of Peter Costello, to put a stop to her political career.  We all know that the final upshot of that was a gaol sentence for Hanson.  What about the dying asbestos victim Bernie Banton, when Abbott accused him of “not being pure of heart”.  Yeh right, Abbott’s a good bloke. NOT.

Mal says:

02:41pm | 19/08/10

Right on MarK.  You’d think she’d have something else to talk about .... like her Government’s record.  OOPS.

The Badger says:

02:55pm | 19/08/10

The end is nigh for Abbott and the conservatives.

Abbott has no vision
Abbott has no for a policy
Abbott is economically bankrupt

The real winner is Labor
Consign this group of Howard hangers on to the dustbin of history.
Launch a new party and call it what they are
The conservative hayseed party

MarK says:

03:53pm | 19/08/10

Shhh Mal…..don’t let the record out of the bag ffs

Steve says:

04:24pm | 19/08/10

Sorry to The Badger - the taxidermist for you!

Roja says:

05:12pm | 19/08/10

Ah MarK, that is funny.  I’ve seen Abbott play with a ball, he should stick to playing with men.

The Badger says:

05:32pm | 19/08/10

Steve
You have to catch me first

Eagles may soar, but badgers don’t get sucked into jet engines.

Amused says:

02:49pm | 19/08/10

Funny thing, how all the slander, and lies and the repeated lines on insults have resonated with some voters.  It amazes me, but obviously it is true that if you say anything over and over again, that you can rely on some idiots picking it up and repeating it as though it is the truth.

nosthow says:

04:19pm | 19/08/10

@Amused - thank you Amused for your ringing endorsement of my highlighting Tonys lack of everything this election !

MDMConnell says:

04:57pm | 19/08/10

Is this guy and brian and badger all the same person?

No matter what the topic is supposed to be about, they all seem to cut and paste exactly the same silly rant over and over in every thread.

nosthow says:

07:19pm | 19/08/10

@MDMConnell - thanks MD - another ringing endorsement - cheers buddy !

Pip says:

08:12pm | 19/08/10

Swan also is qualified to be the Treasurer and just for the record, although this didn’t make it to the main stream media, a study released yesterday, by Lateral Economics, states that Labor’s fiscal stimulus policy during the height of the global financial crisis will nett the Federal govt. $16 billion in tax receipts from those who would otherwise have been unemployed.    Over a quarter of the debt accrued through their fiscal programs will be repaid from the taxes paid by those same workers who would otherwise have been unemployed and on the dole.  How do you like them apples ?????  The fiscal stimulus worked.

Gregg says:

08:59pm | 19/08/10

Well Pip, for starters you’re basing that on the assumption of so many jobs saved because of the stimulus and it is not so true.

If you take `$16B and consider say average taxation of $20,000 which is probably on the high side for a year, you would have to have about 800,000 workers or 400,000 for the full two years.

Once again the figures do not just add up unless their stimulus was rorted so badly that people were pulling enormous wages! 

It’s the same ol with Labor, just like their claims of all the NBN benefits with not even figures thrown out there on that and Julia at launch seen watching kids waving on a big screen! Wow!

Barbara says:

02:44pm | 19/08/10

You could be right about Abbott Rosie.  I can’t see them dumping him unless the losing margin is massive.  He was able to drag the party back from oblivion, and he surprised all the pundits that he wouldn’t be able to keep it together.  He really took it to Labor.  And this election has afforded him massive exposure to the public, many of whom assumed he was the boogeyman described by the Labor party.

The Badger says:

02:58pm | 19/08/10

Naive Rosie

Abbott will be gone soon after the election.

Far too right wing and a stereotype.

Try finding an opposition leader who has a policy other than no and lose the Howard era dullards.

Richard says:

04:21pm | 19/08/10

The Libs owe their recent comeback to Abbott’s good performance as opposition leader. The Badger, Seano, Rob r Charteries, Holly, Housewife49 et al will always try to slander and denigrate him. The predict he will be cast out into the wilderness if the Libs lose just like they predicted that the Libs would slide into oblivion when he ascended to the leadership, and just like they predicted it was game over for him when Gillard came to power. They accuse him of being “phoney tony”, but the truth is that in this campaign he has been frank ,straight-talking and honest compared to Gillard’s spin, question-dodging waffle and false claims that she spoke “off the cuff” at her Labor launch when her notes were right there in front of her.

Tony Abbott will be shown loyalty even if the Libs lose on saturday because he gave them a bit of fighting spirit, stiffened their resolve and conducted himself with dignity in the face of an unprecedented campaign of personal attacks against him by Labor, Unions, the Media (particularly TV media) and Left-wing political organisations like Get-Up.

The funny thing is, even if Abbott does decide to step down, Turnbull is still waiting in the wings to retake the mantle once more. There is such depth of talent in the Liberal party that there can only be one rational choice for all voters this saturday, although an emotive decision to vote for Gillard because she is the first woman PM is also a valid choice because of the progress that represents. Be warned though, the novelty will wear off after a while if she wins, and then we are left with an inferior government. Choose wisely therefore.

Roja says:

05:24pm | 19/08/10

@Richard - there are a lot more people than you listed bagging Abbott.  Perhaps you haven’t noticed but his popularity as leader does not reflect the popular vote for the liberal party.

I know he brought the liberal party from the depths of utter joke to serious contender, which surprised many, but like many swinging voters I sincerely hope that Turnbull leads the libs to the next election. 

You need to understand that he is a polarising figure, so while rusted on liberal voters like yourself love him with a passion - for many others, myself included, that passion is in the opposite direction. 

As for depth, if that is the case why is it that you have Hockey as shadow treasurer and thought Barnaby Joyce was (briefly) a good choice as finance minister?  They are charisma politicians, not accountants and have been badly out of their depth in any serious discussions in their portfolios.  Particularly when compared to the likes of Costello, who along with Keating go down as two of the best treasurers in political history.

The Badger says:

05:37pm | 19/08/10

@Richard
Abbott has no talent, no for a policy and no chance after this.
Turnbull is the only decent one of the lot.
Turnbull would have won this election
Turnbull vs Rudd would have been an interesting election

Rob r Charteris says:

06:00pm | 19/08/10

On’ya comrade Rosie

The Badger says:05:37pm; I’m with you on Turnbull, now there’s a man with some real ticker

MarK says:

03:51pm | 19/08/10

Having an opinion does not necessarily make a troll.

Going on what you wrote you ideal forum would be one where everyone believed that simultaneously all parties deserved to win and to lose by any margin but not really because we can’t talk about politics.

Or is it just opinions you don’t agree with that cause you angst?

Maybe a “Jack only” forum would be more you cup of tea?

I know it may come as a shock but people actually think differently on politics. Some people even think!!! And then we have Rob…oh well.

A forum based on political news and current events is probably not the place to come if you don’t want views that are differing, especially to your own.

Crash says:

03:52pm | 19/08/10

Wholeheartedly agree.  The one-eyed from both sides are just depressing to see, constantly rehashing the same hypocritical view points and refusing to listen to anything else

Jack says:

04:28pm | 19/08/10

What was it that the strawman needed in Oz? A brain?

There is a difference between a political discussion/argument, and a bunch of party hacks from both sides just repeating JEWLIAR FILLARD / TORY RABBBIT ad nauseum. It just causes everyone with a brain to switch off and go elsewhere.

Roja says:

05:29pm | 19/08/10

@Jack - perhaps there should be a ‘rusted on’ discussion for the party hacks, while the swinging voters get their own forum to discuss the relative merits of each party.  I find it worth perservering on this forum if you just learn to skip past certain regular contributors that parrot the same crap like…

@MarK - thanks for proving Jack’s point so eloquently.

Paris44 says:

03:14pm | 19/08/10

I agree with Holy. I thought the Prime Minister presented a clear thoughtful address outlining the positives and the plans for the future.The alternative government is too frightening to imagine. The opposition members behave like children and really give the public no credit for intelligence. I’m sick of the assylum seekers being described as ‘boat people’ so they have no identity, no stories to tell,made to appear worthless. Wake up Australia and get real.

Joan says:

04:08pm | 19/08/10

Guess Commie Gillard gently knifed the peoples PM Rudd too. I recall in 2007 a $20 billion surplus now 3 years on Labor costing Australian taxpayer $100 million per day.  That`s Labor report card. Labor Costing Australians more every day , greater worry than Liberal costings. I recall Swan tossed budget in trash just one month after drawing up….. Swan not up to it…. look at three years of track record, debt and more debt

All says:

04:24pm | 19/08/10

Which Govt dept is the “Holly” hollowman unit running out of?

Jack says:

03:33pm | 19/08/10

You should all vote for Tony because of <made up story> and <anecdotal evidence> and STOP THE BOATS.

Right guys?!

Patrick says:

03:59pm | 19/08/10

Our Primary School got their computers/interactive whiteboards and have almost finished construction.  Sounds like it is on time and on budget.

No one can stop the boats.  If they say they can they are lying.

I’ll take promises to build something when some is built, over promises never to build anything, ever.

Hamish says:

04:25pm | 19/08/10

Patrick, Howard stopped the boats. It’s not even hard. All you need is a bit of political will - bring back TPVs, make family reunion harder, get the activists out of the refugee tribunal and generally break the link between turning up uninvited on a boat and permanent residency. All the boats would start heading to Canada tomorrow.

Labor know how to stop the boats, but they don’t have the political will to do it.

And even Labor have admitted the laptop policy is a stinker.

Jack says:

03:29pm | 19/08/10

Ah, the last call of the conservative - its not our fault we lost, the meeja and the dumb facebook voters robbed us!

Kinda cute that you think the libs should claim moral high ground on misleading electoral material. Points for effort (and spamming this in every story)

Mitch says:

04:59pm | 19/08/10

Collingwood like being hated. It’s a compliment.

Yeah right says:

04:02pm | 19/08/10

And a 73 yo pensioner uses words like ‘awesome’ and answers blogs. You Labor lackies are becoming quite creative in your old age

Marg says:

04:15pm | 19/08/10

Brenda, you are a solly old bugger and just don’t have a clue. Go back to the nursing home marand veg out !!!!!!!

Paris44 says:

04:19pm | 19/08/10

I agree,bravo!

All says:

04:31pm | 19/08/10

Well it does appear to be how a pimply junior in a Govt office would speak when told to blog as a 73 yo. Orders from the department spin doctor, - mention astounding, intelligence, communication skills and send in a blog as a pensioner. Forgot to inspect the blog before commital and so ‘awesome’ slipped through.

Tony of Poorakistan says:

04:45pm | 19/08/10

Hi Brenda

Better see your optometrist.

And get your ears checked as well.

Super D says:

04:49pm | 19/08/10

Sounds more like a 23 year old staffer than a 73 year old pensioner.  I honestly cannot imagine someone born in the 1930’s using +‘s and etc’s.  The oldies were taught how to construct a sentence properly.

xyz says:

05:02pm | 19/08/10

FYI Yeah right ... “awesome” is a very old word (c.1670) and came back into vogue from the 1980’s. Also, my 72 yo pensioner father sometimes even uses the ‘F’ word and is an computer nut!

MDMConnell says:

05:07pm | 19/08/10

Poor “Brenda”.

Sent it to the proof-readers at ALP HQ next time.

Roja says:

05:42pm | 19/08/10

So MarK, where are you with you’re cliched attacking the man (or in this case the 73 yo pensioner with an opinion) comments now? 

@Brenda - good on you for not being a stereotype, as you may have noted it clearly freaks out rusted on liberal supporters.

robby99 says:

09:04pm | 19/08/10

Brenda, you must be a labor troll.  This exact comment, word for word, is on another forum.

Jack says:

04:31pm | 19/08/10

So, uh, you think it is good that he didnt debate her because he cant control his temper? That’s a terrible argument.

If she really was so bad, surely he could have torn her baseless allegations to shreds?

Super D says:

06:43pm | 19/08/10

No Jack, I think he would have maintained his composure why Gillard let loose with a barrage of lies.  The ALP would have been hoping he would lose it but they have misjudged him since he assumes the leadership if not longer.

Roja says:

05:48pm | 19/08/10

Lol, that’s hell funny.  The irony that we have another 3 years of communist government after this weeks election is not lost on me, on so many levels.  “Reds under the bed” and all that, pure gold!

I mean seriously, communist goverments have very strong convictions - I don’t think you can accuse any party of that in this election.

stephen says:

07:22pm | 19/08/10

The Greens don’t use computers.
Bob has abacus. His ‘children’ use their toes.

Gregg says:

09:22pm | 19/08/10

Coming from you Holly, that is the funniest response ever in the whole campaign!
What about the Merry 73 YO pensioner staffer!
Where’s your mate Marilyn btw, off bakinganother Shepherds Pie?

fehowarth says:

08:57am | 20/08/10

The Greens have already said that they will try to amend the tax but would let it through.  We all will be the worse off if Mr. Abbott wins and there is no tax.

Bob Elbrook says:

08:47pm | 19/08/10

You are spot on with that Brian. She thinks she has nothing to lose but real Aussies don’t take kindly to that behavior. She is showing now just how much she dislikes Abbott as a person. KRudd showed the same personal dislike for ABBOTT a week or so ago. I certainly don’t want a PM who acts like that.

fehowarth says:

08:45am | 20/08/10

When has Ms. Gillard played the gender card.  Give some examples

MarK says:

11:55am | 20/08/10

“When has Ms. Gillard played the gender card.  Give some examples “

She always turns up with her boobs…..I mean really does she have to be so blatant?

fehowarth says:

01:30pm | 20/08/10

Mark.  What does Tony mean by his strutting walk and budgie smugglers.  Is he showing off his manhood.  At least Julia covers her womanhood up.