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Is this a pattern? Here are a series of similiar photos of Tony Abbott and Vladimir Putin. They like going bare-chested…

Bare necessities

... they both enjoy the outdoors ...

On the go

... they operate recreational power vehicles ...

Vehicles of choice

... they are good at hand-to-hand combat ...

Putin is a judo master, Abbott a boxer

... they have both been snapped in high-temperature workplaces to show they are in touch with workers ...

Putin in a foundry, Abbott in a bakery, each with photogenic staff

... they both show their soft side by posing with little dogs ...

Politics can be a woof business

... and they like to get out for a quick run.

That's Putin with the skis

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- Al says:
  
  02:16pm | 03/03/10
  
  Yuck, that’s gross! No more bear chested politicians please!
  
  Reply
Kim says:

02:49pm | 03/03/10

The difference is:

One wears his watch on the right wrist, while the other wears his watch on the left.
steve says:

03:35pm | 03/03/10

There is no difference.
Both are extremists masquerading as the norm. Hence, the photo opportunities to soften perceptions.
G says:

03:46pm | 03/03/10

How about no more pathetic comments, from poorly educated people, who can’t spell please.

For the record, the word you are looking for is; “bare”.
cybercynic says:

03:48pm | 03/03/10

Putin’s spinner is in his hand

Tone’s is working for the Murdoch Press?
CamO says:

03:52pm | 03/03/10

Spot on kim
Brian says:

04:40pm | 03/03/10

He needs to get his chest waxed any offers. Rip it out.n ouch!!!
Steve says:

05:30pm | 03/03/10

G, with all that hair on Abbot’s chest, I think Al was half right with his spelling.
StevenC says:

05:49pm | 03/03/10

Judging by the rug, “bear” was the right word choice.
jenni says:

05:51pm | 03/03/10

At least Tony has something to show!
Imagine old Rudd showing his bare chest.
Talk about vomit.
Only cradle snatchers (was going to say paeodophiles but that’s a bit rough) and his lefty Labor mates would be interested in looking at him…........
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
And perhaps old ferret face Gillard of course.
Could not imagine two worst people to have take their tops off.
The very thought makes me want to vomit!
Ben says:

06:04pm | 03/03/10

I wouldn’t mess with Vladimir Putin, would be nice if he has a biography thou.
stuie bluie says:

08:13pm | 03/03/10

clutching straws and drawing an extremely long bow don’t ya think?
DaisyMae says:

08:53pm | 03/03/10

you must be desperate and dateless Jenni, hes a hairy old man. Gross
Josh says:

09:53pm | 03/03/10

this is not news…
Davi says:

01:23am | 04/03/10

G, how about no more pathetic comments from poorly educated people who don’t know how to use punctuation?

For the record, the sentence you are looking for is; “How about no more pathetic comments from poorly educated people who can’t spell, please?”.
Jack Thomas says:

09:49am | 04/03/10

Tony Abbott does what I would consider normal sporting activities like cycling or swimming.

Healthy activities like this are shown to be more likely to keep him out of our hospital system, clear his head, live longer, be more self-fulfilled, and maybe even give him an opportunity to participate in activities with his kids.

Kevin 07 has a reputation of working unreasonably long hours, expecting his staff to do as well, not mixing in the general community by not participating in such activities, and looks like he’s porking up too. As for seeing his kids, well the first thing Kevin 07 did was get a taxpayer funded babysitter for his 15 year old son, hardly a good sign that he would ever be there for him.

We have a massive problem with obesity, and its associated burden of fat people on our health care system and taxes to pay for them. We have a massive problem with mental health, with most Aussies stating they don’t have a good work/life balance.

Australia prides itself of success in sport and its beaches, well maybe except for the Inner City Leftie Latte clique. But even they seem to care about personal fitness and health, with cycling being a preferred form of transport when the Prius is being serviced.

The media and assorted fat b@stards label Abbott and those like him a “fitness freak”. It’s like the school boy bully sniggering at the smart kid.

Why is normal healthy activity an issue?

Why am I justifying this to you?
Jo says:

11:29pm | 01/08/11

They both like the idea of “guided democracy”

presumably as long as they are the one ‘guiding’ it….
- Louis McLennan says:
  
  02:17pm | 03/03/10
  
  One was a member of the CPSU which went about with the holodomor.
  
  Reply
- Alex says:
  
  02:16pm | 03/03/10
  
  Nice combination of shots.
  
  But only one of them commanded death squads, assassins and spies. Tony never had a job at ASIO - or *did* he?
  
  Reply
Glen says:

02:27pm | 03/03/10

I wouldn’t call Hockey, Bishop Pyne etc a death squad
CSallen says:

08:14am | 04/03/10

maybe Bishop?
- luke09 says:
  
  02:19pm | 03/03/10
  
  I think the differences are fairly obvious, Tony is Australian and Vladimir is Russian.
  
  Reply
Kim says:

02:40pm | 03/03/10

Also, one has a hairy chest and the other doesn’t. hahahaha
- Andrew says:
  
  02:22pm | 03/03/10
  
  Better than photo’s with the Pope, standing outside church on Sundays and parading around the world having pics taken with world leaders at every opportunity. All these photos of Abbott are of who he was before becoming Liberal Leader. Not sure what the point is here? He looks fit, active and involved in many activities. What does dear little Kevin do? Any activities at all?
  
  Reply
Damo says:

02:35pm | 03/03/10

I believe running the country has limited his activities somewhat? I would suspect that reading might be one of those activities. But who wants a Prime minister who reads?
John says:

03:01pm | 03/03/10

Yes, K Rudd is very busy appearing on TV and making himself look good. Too bad he hasn’t realised being Prime minister means you have to actually run the country.
Jason says:

03:05pm | 03/03/10

I agree with damo - ruining the country would take a great deal of time and effort and he isn’t finished yet!
Matt says:

03:18pm | 03/03/10

Damo you’re not serious are you? Krudd has limited his activities because he’s running the country? He’s only limited his activities OF running the country by galavanting all over the globe on a 3 year “fact finding” holiday at tax payers expense.
bear baiter says:

03:37pm | 03/03/10

Rudd speaks Mandarin. That’s got to be some kind of death sport in itself..
J says:

03:48pm | 03/03/10

Rudd is busy stacking on the wieght, we are the second fattest country in the world Kevin is doing a great job representing us, luckily he sent the fattest Labour politician kim Beazely to be USA ambassador - good thinking.
Tom says:

04:19pm | 03/03/10

Jason is spot on when he says ruining the country. Kevin Rudd is a tosser.
Doc says:

04:32pm | 03/03/10

Damo - are you being serious? KRudd is overseas more than he is in the country. Plus, instead of being active outdoors, KRudd prefers to make appearances indoors on television sets.
Cameron Elvin says:

05:49pm | 03/03/10

Leave kevin alone, you all whinge about what a terrible job he does you probably cant do any better, silly liberal supportes
CSallen says:

08:16am | 04/03/10

the Punch successfully banned the inappropriate use of capitals, can someone please do something about superfluous apostrophes?
Damo says:

11:28am | 04/03/10

Thanks guys. You’re right; how could i be serious? Exercise as anger management is an excellent solution and perhaps one that Krudd should adopt to avoid hissy-fits over hair dryers.
On the other hand, we all know Barnaby Joyce should be leading the coalition to the next election. He runs a bank.
Ultimately, I feel like Krudd is doing something because he’s always speaking Mandarin and those Chinese seem like real go-getters.
- Joe says:
  
  02:31pm | 03/03/10
  
  It is a rather interesting comparison, but taking a look at the photos, i think there is only one way to decide who is more macho between Abbot and Putin, that being a fight to the death, perhaps involving some sort of steel cage. Now that would make politics entertaining!
  
  Although I think i would be placing my money on the former KGB/FSB agent and not the one time seminary student.
  
  Reply
H of SA says:

04:57pm | 04/03/10

Ha! I can see it now:

“I’m sorry Vladamir, but if we don’t fight to the death…they will kill us both” -(que that dun-dun-dah-dundundun music)
- Public record says:
  
  02:31pm | 03/03/10
  
  The difference?
  Abbott: ill-prepared, out of juice and bushed. Setting a bad example.
  Putin: rides his horse alert but at ease - horse well “collected”. Impressive example.
  
  The similarity? Pretty hilarious head-gear. That and the fact that both are troglodytes.
  
  Reply
Ryan says:

03:43pm | 03/03/10

I find it most offensive that you find the head gear of one of our most revered organisations (surf lifesaving) hilarious! What next, you going to make fun of what our fire fighters wear? Disgusting!
Diamantina Dick says:

03:59pm | 03/03/10

Abbott is a Rhodes Scholar, not a troglodyte, sure about Putin.
- bella starkey says:
  
  02:37pm | 03/03/10
  
  Putin killed a tiger, with his bare hands, and then saved a group of elderly nuns from a bear… or something like that… he totally wins.
  
  Reply
stephen says:

03:18pm | 03/03/10

No-one can kill a bear with their bare hands ; not even Joe Hockey, though he may be able to talk it to death.
- Zeta says:
  
  02:45pm | 03/03/10
  
  Weren’t they both highly trained assassins for the KGB?
  
  Reply
- The Cricket says:
  
  02:47pm | 03/03/10
  
  I like the fact Abbott is fit and active. Irrespective of whether people love or loathe his policies, every Australian should admire this aspect of Abbott. To stay in such good shape while doing a very demanding job says much about his strength of character.
  
  Reply
BMJ says:

03:09pm | 03/03/10

Would you like some knee pads?
steve says:

03:39pm | 03/03/10

I wonder if his family share that view. He doesn’t seem to have much time for them. Then bleats about not having time with his family.

Seems Tony’s life is all about Tony.
Mark says:

04:37pm | 03/03/10

What policies…? What job…?

He spends too much time being Mr Chesty Bonds to come up with anything apart from another action portrait!
Mark says:

04:53pm | 03/03/10

Yeah! Get Putin onto them…Bwahahahaha!!!!
Ben says:

05:54pm | 03/03/10

steve, you already sounded desperate enough without the age old barrel scraping tactic of using the word “bleats” to describe someone talking.
- Andrea says:
  
  02:52pm | 03/03/10
  
  Can anyone find any action shots of Kev?
  
  Reply
Karen says:

03:04pm | 03/03/10

No, because he has been out of the country too much.
Joe Asakura says:

03:26pm | 03/03/10

Ha, ha, ha, ha, action shots, ha, ha, of Kev!

Kev, action shots… Bwah ha, ha, ha, ha.

Thanks Andrea, best laugh of my day.
Not noticeably says:

03:31pm | 03/03/10

There are the Church gate shots and lots of hard hat shots and even some involvng his little finger, but I don’t want to ever see that again. Eeew!
Ryan says:

03:41pm | 03/03/10

Nope, no decisive action there to speak of, let alone take pictures of!
steve says:

03:52pm | 03/03/10

vomit
Doc says:

04:36pm | 03/03/10

Yeh there are action shots of Krudd eating his ear wax….
Jack says:

05:12pm | 03/03/10

I hear he has set some records on the paper shredder.
Mike says:

06:17pm | 03/03/10

wait for the election. Kev will arrange medi shoots of himself running etc. just in time to fool the gullible gain.
- Richard says:
  
  02:56pm | 03/03/10
  
  will you please STOP hanging off every word this Abbot Idiot utters?? Stop paying him attention, and maybe, just maybe, he’ll go away!!
  
  Reply
Rev says:

03:32pm | 03/03/10

I’m guessing Richard has never heard Rudd speak…I don’t agree with what Abbott says but at least he has his own views - unlike Rudd who from day one has been putting his re-election first, and the country second.
cs says:

03:56pm | 03/03/10

he’s still better than Rudd.
- glenn says:
  
  02:58pm | 03/03/10
  
  One is straight??
  
  Reply
- Rory says:
  
  03:02pm | 03/03/10
  
  OMG, they both enjoy the great outdoors! If that isn’t proof they’re Alien Zombies then I don’t know what is?
  
  Reply
- Gran Depine says:
  
  03:04pm | 03/03/10
  
  I can’t believe you received headline news for this comparison? We should be focusing on policies, false promises, incompetence, scrutiny of bills currently in the House of Reps and Senate…not this. Since you like humour, the editor who approved the status of the above article reminds me of an old Russian Orthodox saying, “you can always tell a bird by its droppings”. Fly away little bird, fly away.
  
  Reply
Mick says:

03:37pm | 03/03/10

Looks like someone forgot to take their sense of humour pills this morning?
Lil says:

05:23pm | 03/03/10

Agreed Gran Depine!! WTF is this pathetic crap doing plastered in the headlines - it seems totally pointless. The only thing funny about it is that someone would waste their time to compare these people and photos in the first place and that I have wasted my time looking at it and commenting on it.
- Melissa says:
  
  03:04pm | 03/03/10
  
  Well they both look much better for their age than Kevin Rudd, now that’s something you don’t ever want to dream about.
  
  Reply
- Keith says:
  
  03:05pm | 03/03/10
  
  So easy to spot the difference Abbott is way fitter looking and has no need for socks on his feet or elsewhere
  
  Reply
- bored says:
  
  03:08pm | 03/03/10
  
  Running out of material Paul?
  
  Reply
- Marianne says:
  
  03:09pm | 03/03/10
  
  I fail to see the ‘striking resemblance’. I see two men who like to keep fit, but that’s about it. Nothing special about that. I would hope the Aussie is less corrupt than the Russian tho.
  
  Reply
- Stephen says:
  
  03:10pm | 03/03/10
  
  I think it tells you they are fit for the job, especially Tony who is very much the fitter of the two. Maybe they are actually meeting real people while doing this interesting actions rather than the staged setups controlled by the Rudd-less minders directing the out of controlled money spending Prime Minister to do anything to get a shot, even if it means placing the money where it will be miss spent like the insulation batts. Maybe it would be a good thing for Kevin to actually get his hands and what ever else dirty. Good on you Tony for having a go, this is Australia and having a go is what we want.
  
  Reply
- Jeremy says:
  
  03:09pm | 03/03/10
  
  Can Abott be like Putin and install a flat tax rate below 15%?
  
  Reply
- Marie says:
  
  03:09pm | 03/03/10
  
  Rather a “he man” than a ‘she monster’ !!
  
  Reply
- Rick says:
  
  03:11pm | 03/03/10
  
  This is your lead story!!! And dear Rupert is expecting us saps to pay for this on line “news”.
  
  Reply
Thumbscrews & electrical vires says:

07:13pm | 03/03/10

You have your orders!

You vill read zis!
- Mike says:
  
  03:11pm | 03/03/10
  
  More efforts by the ALP backed media to trash opposition candidates, otherwise what’s your point: Mad Monk or Russina crook. How about a guy that looks more like an active Aussie getting on with living life instead of veging on the lounge watching TV or reading sensationalist garbage like this.
  
  Reply
Gran Depine says:

06:17pm | 03/03/10

Bravo Mike! I totally agree with you. It’s like someone commenting on whether Kevin Rud did any Research and Development with Climate Warming Junket at a Copenhagen StripClub? So immature. Why wasn’t there any affirmation that Russia and Australia have political leaders who believe in good health, exercise and preventative medicine. But our PM, Super PM Rudd can solve Australia’s health care with more taxes. The Pharmaceuticals and health care services stocks have just jumped with this announcement. Everything has suddenly become more expensive. The Russians have a proverb “These are just flowers, the berries will come soon” meaning the worse is still to come.
- DocBud says:
  
  03:12pm | 03/03/10
  
  There’s a picture here of the Colgan’s at the beach:
  
  http://smocksandfriedeggs.blogspot.com/2009/03/class-notes-aurora-leigh.html
  
  And here is Paul in his boxing days:
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingkongphoto/3433550983/
  
  Reply
- Hblax says:
  
  03:14pm | 03/03/10
  
  Absolutely pathetic story! What complete nonsense Paul Colgan, you haven’t done much for integrity with this rubbish.
  
  Reply
- Matt says:
  
  03:17pm | 03/03/10
  
  For gods sake - the guy enjoys exercise. He’s doing an ocean swim and so wearing what everyone else is wearing. Would you like him to wear a suit because he’s a public servant? You people are morons…..lol At least he’s getting out there and staying fit - unlike half our country who sit on their ever expanding asses and complain about politicians and their attire.
  
  Reply
- Jasper says:
  
  03:16pm | 03/03/10
  
  What the hell has Tony Abbott done to deserve to compared to a former Russian KGB head?What a hatchet job.All the sporting shots are of activities he has done as an ordinary Australian for most of his life.Who was the journo who put this together?How about a story complimenting him on his example of getting off his backside and participating.If more kids followed his lead we would have a lot less issues.
  
  Reply
TC says:

09:24pm | 03/03/10

You’ve got more than one good point there Jasper
- Chuck Norris says:
  
  03:18pm | 03/03/10
  
  Haha, Vladimir Putin is FTW!
  
  Reply
- Willy K says:
  
  03:20pm | 03/03/10
  
  I don’t think Kevin Rudd has ever exercised in his life by the look of him.
  
  He looks like he is made out of uncooked sour dough. All soft, pudgy, cellulite ridden, no muscle flesh that looks like it has never seen sunlight.
  
  What a shocking example for Australian youth.
  
  Reply
- James says:
  
  03:22pm | 03/03/10
  
  I know the difference, one has man boobs and one is a boob.
  
  Reply
- Jack Thomas says:
  
  03:23pm | 03/03/10
  
  One is a standard hatchet job article masquerading as good fun, from a Left leaning media looking for any angle to discredit a leader.
  
  The other is Putin?
  
  Instead of this dross, maybe you could show how the fawning media operates as an extension of the Labor party spin machine.
  
  Constant chirpy smiling photos of Kevin 07, hard hat and shovel. Talking up his latest election promise or Number One Priority, never once questioning why every single promise has been broken or not delivered.
  
  You’d think Rudd’s latest health proposal was the declaration of VE day given the media’s cheering.
  
  Reply
Where's the earwax eating photo? says:

04:39pm | 03/03/10

100% in agreement Jack. A disgraceful hatchet job attempt by this idiot. Seriously News Ltd, if you’re going to allow this obviously biased propaganda, at least declare your political affiliation and quit masquerading as a balanced news service, because you’re anything but.
- Ron says:
  
  03:25pm | 03/03/10
  
  Abbott is disturbing. Please no more speedos
  
  Reply
Mike says:

06:24pm | 03/03/10

What’s wrong with speedo’s? O that’s right, anything that is classical Australian; worn by our life savers and swimmers when training for competition, is forbiden.
TC says:

09:29pm | 03/03/10

Dont go swimming at the beach then Sport. Youre either likely to drown or be saved by a naked guy
- Uchi says:
  
  03:27pm | 03/03/10
  
  Putin would actually be able to take care of himself if lost in the wild…and operate a sat phone…and make his own policies instead or disagreeing with everything K Rudds crew is doing…
  
  Reply
- What's wrong with Putin? says:
  
  03:35pm | 03/03/10
  
  Putin is a legend. Some of the stories of what he’s done are great. If Abbott wants to be more like him then that’s fantastic. There are worse role models he could choose.. like John Howard for instance.
  
  Reply
- JC says:
  
  03:45pm | 03/03/10
  
  Um, besides filling up space on a slow news day, what exactly is the point of this article? Is this the sort of crap that gets taught in a journalism “degree”? If so, what a complete waste of time, effort and money. Barack Obama was also photographed with his shirt off, do you make comparisons between those two?
  
  Reply
- J says:
  
  03:46pm | 03/03/10
  
  Makes Kev look like a bit of a tubby doesnt it - Poor Kevin just looks like a show bag these days.
  
  Reply
- Psmith says:
  
  03:46pm | 03/03/10
  
  NO he’s not, but he is trying to show a “manly Aussie bloke” alternative to our current “non event Kevin 07” PM - who by the way looks like an ice cream don’t you think?
  
  Reply
- Wang-san says:
  
  03:47pm | 03/03/10
  
  Um. Somebody actually chose to present this media as an article worthy of reading? Failtacular.
  
  Reply
- Roland says:
  
  03:49pm | 03/03/10
  
  I have no objections to budgie-smugglers, but what happened to the budgies?
  
  Reply
- Brian says:
  
  03:50pm | 03/03/10
  
  LOL… that’s all I can say.
  
  Reply
- petern says:
  
  03:49pm | 03/03/10
  
  Pfft! Comparing the metal monk to a world leader is as liebral shill as you get. What next? The mental monk, joyce and hokkien in a mexican stand off
  
  Reply
- Aaron Moffatt says:
  
  03:50pm | 03/03/10
  
  Isnt this a farce. Kevin Rud has been all talk and no action. Has anybody noticed he never actually answers a question, instead he answers the question with another question to get your mind off the original question?
  
  He never answers anything directly so he never seems like he has said the wrong thing. I would like to point out Krudd, just like most prime ministers we have had makes promises and does not keep them.
  
  Australia has never in its history had a prime minister that does things for Australia. We are always sub-servient of other countries. First it was the British, then it was the Americans, the Japs and now the Chinese. Show some back bone, tell Japan were to stick it when it comes to whaling. Their prime minister laughed when asked if he was worried about action from the Australians in regards to whaling. We need a leader with a back bone for once. Abbott for one has more of a back bone than that invertibrate krudd. But neither would earn my vote.
  
  We need a man of action in charge. Not a man of promises and wishful thinking.
  
  Reply
- cs says:
  
  03:53pm | 03/03/10
  
  I want to see Rudd and Abbott in a fist fight. Personally I think Abbott would win hands down.
  
  Reply
- CantbelieveIevencommentedonthis says:
  
  03:59pm | 03/03/10
  
  Why don’t you try writing about something worthwhile…
  
  Reply
- Rudd's a dud! says:
  
  04:02pm | 03/03/10
  
  As long as Mr. Abbott does not receive a $75m yacht as a gift/graft from a Russian Oligarch’s (football team owner) then he has my vote!
  
  Reply
- Nicolas says:
  
  04:09pm | 03/03/10
  
  one wears dog tags the other tags dogs
  
  Reply
- Jimmy G says:
  
  04:12pm | 03/03/10
  
  I hardly see the Comparison as Abbott is a Sydney Uni Silver Spooner and Putin was a KGB Major in the Eastern Division,Hard lads that crew and the real thing in terms of a tough guy . Tony Abbott might box a bit but is way out of Putins League about 9 mm out of his depth at least. All you manage to do is Make a subliminal comparison making Abbott look good in terms of his counterpart Kevin Rudd the studious, non athletic nerdy type, Abbott doesnt have the ability or the Hardness Putin has . and in the context of a famous Quote” Better an army of Deer led by a Lion than an army of lion led by a deer” ????
  
  Reply
6clegs says:

10:38am | 04/03/10

No need to read further. This comment is the *winner*!

also: I love how some of the *real-hard-case-fundies* think Punch is ” some left leaning aplogist meadia” _oh gack, that’s even funnier than Putin thinking he can ride!
(if his riding ability is anything like his “bear killing” ability, then, that poor bear died by bullet )
- Jeff says:
  
  04:16pm | 03/03/10
  
  Tony is a health nut, he likes exercise and triathlons. Should we ask him dress up in a hijab??
  
  Reply
- Lizard Hunter says:
  
  04:17pm | 03/03/10
  
  They’re both shape shifting reptiles.
  
  Reply
- MacAttack says:
  
  04:19pm | 03/03/10
  
  If half of the people on this board look as good when they are Abbotts age this country would be a better place.
  
  As for KRudd, Howard managed to find time every morning. Why can he?
  
  Reply
Nana says:

07:21pm | 03/03/10

I wonder how many of the knockers on here are what this family calls “lard arses”

Over 50 and still with a washboard stomach. Mm, mm.
- Gary says:
  
  04:19pm | 03/03/10
  
  this is just crap reporting have a look at yourself Paul hope you choke on the Beer KRUDD buys you for this rubbish.
  
  Reply
- ?? says:
  
  04:21pm | 03/03/10
  
  they both look good for men of vintage age
  
  Reply
- Paris says:
  
  04:22pm | 03/03/10
  
  The hottie and the nottie.
  
  Reply
- Not Impressed says:
  
  04:30pm | 03/03/10
  
  How utterly and shamefully pathetic and disappointing I really did enjoy this site until seeing this story…(Front Page on News.com)
  So it looks like this is another website pretending to be an independent news source and place for discussions, yet after seeing this, it is clearly influenced if not instructed under the Murdoch agenda. Shame on you Paul Colgan, you are by no means a reporter, go and join the rest of the puppets at FOX.
  
  Reply
Nick says:

09:32pm | 03/03/10

What’s the difference between the commentators at FOX and the commentators at News Ltd? Those at FOX are professed and openly right-wing and those at News Ltd are left-wing shills pretending to be balanced and unbiased journalists. Colgan wouldn’t fit in. Do try to pay attention.
- E says:
  
  04:42pm | 03/03/10
  
  Its more about what photos the media choose to display than any pattern in the candidates actual lives, which is obvious to pretty much everyone!
  
  Putin is a little different, one can imagine him ordering people to look at his nipples and comment on them favorably.
  
  The media are trying to use the curse of the budgie smugglers on Abbott, thats why we keep seeing that photo. Its pretty cheap, but hey the MSM is has no hiring standards anymore I guess…
  
  Reply
- Steph@Work says:
  
  04:44pm | 03/03/10
  
  Honestly I think it’s great that one of our leaders is an advertisment for healthy living and exercise. FINALLY!
  
  Reply
- Greg says:
  
  04:49pm | 03/03/10
  
  Tony’s trying, but Vlad pulls it off so much better.
  
  Reply
- cats says:
  
  04:48pm | 03/03/10
  
  Could you people be any more brainwashed? If Rudd was fit and got his kit off would you support him? No, you wouldn’t. Reason being is because he is Prime Minister and Tony is not and you don’t have anything to hate him for yet. OH except for the health system for the past 11 years..
  
  Am i the ONLY person who does not want to see Tony Abbott’s almost naked body? FFS!
  
  Reply
- K of Qld says:
  
  04:56pm | 03/03/10
  
  The difference is that Kylie and Danni hasn’t come out with a song titled “Be Like Abbot”!
  
  Reply
- Frankie V. says:
  
  04:58pm | 03/03/10
  
  One persecutes the Catholic minority in Russia while the other is persecuted for being a Catholic.
  
  One has forced hundreds of thousands of Russia’s racial and religious minorities to seek asylum in the West while the other will one day have the power to deport Paul Colgan back to the sad corrupt socialist nanny-state he came from.
  
  Reply
- Marc says:
  
  05:08pm | 03/03/10
  
  You have to be kidding me right?
  
  All this article shows is that Abbot is the typical Australian, for over 100 years the typical Australian has been painted in the media and through popular entertainment as a sports/bush centred male. The noble bushman has been entrenched in Australian myth since before federation, and now the media wants to twist that image and compare it to the leader of a nation which the mere mention brings forth images of poverty, violence and communism?
  
  Give me a break - this kind of tabloid media has no place in the Australian press. What ever happened to journalistic integrity. Hell, while you’re at it, why don’t we all compare Kevin Rudd to Mao… They both speak Chinese, they both have hair, and they have a pulse.
  
  Shame on you for publishing such trash. News.com.au just lost my patronage - and with any luck the patronage of all my friends, family, and anyone else who might read this comment (if it is even published).
  
  Reply
Frankie V. says:

06:16pm | 03/03/10

Kevin Rudd has a pulse?
- Bob_M says:
  
  05:13pm | 03/03/10
  
  What a pathetic article. So you are rubbishing Abbott for being fit????
  
  Reply
Craig says:

09:13pm | 03/03/10

Well said….what is it about the leftist media…cant they find something inteligent to write about!.....I assume next week we will compare Kevin Rudd and a 2 week old dead fish….about as useful!
- Lad says:
  
  05:20pm | 03/03/10
  
  news.com clutching at straws for a good story! I think they wanted to portray him in a bad light but the reverse has happened! Active body active mind! I bet he does not winged about his steak on the tax payer funded boeing!
  
  Reply
- waiting for the revolution says:
  
  05:27pm | 03/03/10
  
  After all the celebrity crap that clogs up the tele site I am disappointed at some of the responses that think this is not real news.
  Great insight Mr Colgan! At last someone who sees the Mad Monks’ media posturing for the empty and shallow exercise in populism that it is.So blindingly obvious to anyone who is the owner of a few active brain cells.
  We dont have to take Comrade Putin seriously because from our perspective he is pretty harmless. Maybe Australians will one day not take Tony Abbott seriously because he is…well.. Tony Abbott.
  
  Reply
- Give us more of the same please! says:
  
  05:30pm | 03/03/10
  
  More of the same please at last Australia has a fit toned leader Now the one on the left ie Putin in the first photo is seeming to stare at the one on the right Abbott and rightfully so!
  So go Tony for PM over the phony spin baloney KRudd anyday
  Australians are so very sick and tired of being controlled and being told what to do by the ALP!
  how come ALP are all for choice whne it suits them and yet so dominant when it comes to telling eg the states what to do re health and education matters
  where was the chioce there for the states?
  Now at least some of the poeple in the Coalition are fit and good looking and most FIT to govern the country that has become such a control shambles under Labor!
  
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- more of the same please. says:
  
  05:32pm | 03/03/10
  
  More of the same please at last Australia has a fit toned leader Now the one on the left ie Putin in the first photo is seeming to stare at the one on the right Abbott and rightfully so!
  So go Tony for PM over the phony spin baloney KRudd anyday
  Australians are so very sick and tired of being controlled and being told what to do by the ALP!
  how come ALP are all for choice whne it suits them and yet so dominant when it comes to telling eg the states what to do re health and education matters
  where was the chioce there for the states?
  Now at least some of the poeple in the Coalition are fit and good looking and most FIT to govern the country that has become such a control shambles under Labor!
  
  Reply
- Toady says:
  
  05:50pm | 03/03/10
  
  Well done on that nice pictorial. What we saw was a man doing things that he enjoys doing, keeping his body and mind fit. It’s just pathetic that you would stoop so low and compare him with Putin, but that’s what happens when a mediocre journalist has a mediocre day at the office. Contrast Abott with Mr Marshmallow-guts Rudd. Does he even exercise at all? If not, how can he know, with conviction borne through experience, that exercise is a necessity in life and leads to healthier people, both in mind and in body? I know what sort of person I’d rather have running this country - definitely not a foul-mouthed slob.
  
  Reply
- Nick says:
  
  06:11pm | 03/03/10
  
  How pathetic. Could the ALP PR wing (the Australian media) get any more desperate?
  
  Reply
- JeffM says:
  
  06:20pm | 03/03/10
  
  I have a hand full of straws. Please, clutch away.
  
  Reply
- Roden says:
  
  06:23pm | 03/03/10
  
  Yes you idiot. They are exactly the same. Feel better now. Are you jealous or just need another drink? Abbott has been a surf lifesaver and in the local bush fire brigade for years. What the hell have you done for your community other than keeping the spirits flowing?
  
  Reply
- Dave of QLD says:
  
  06:22pm | 03/03/10
  
  I thought this crap was left up to the Chaser boys, 7:30pm Report, Rove and the like.
  
  Only thing worse than a smart arse reporter is a dumb arse reporter.
  
  Reply
- Daniel says:
  
  06:39pm | 03/03/10
  
  this journalist owes me $50 for wasting my time. pm me for my bank account details
  
  Reply
- jimmy.g says:
  
  06:49pm | 03/03/10
  
  Hey Paul ,Keep writing your articles dont worry what the whingers say ,like art son your job is to provoke emotion and debate,you have done just that . What is annoying are the people who read an article then join the blog just to can the journo or his perceived political or editorial direction in the article They are the boring raw prawns ,not the article or Journalist who in this free country engenders debate with words photographs ,humour or a position. Go Paully churn em out son,the knockers even read them the twits.
  
  Reply
Nick says:

09:38pm | 03/03/10

You can get up off your knees now, he’s finished.
Glenn says:

12:29pm | 04/03/10

I read it, I just feel that a serious Journalist would not waste his time on this when there are clearly issues that need to be written about- what does this peice add to the debate, tell me, what possible benefit does the Australian population get from a comparison with ex-KGB Major Putin.

Anyone that has done a journalism degree is taught not only the rights of the free press but the responsibilities of the press. Fluff like this adds nothing to the debate, only gives the government more free Opposition Leader bashing. Even if this was done in jest it is inappropriate for someone who calls them self a journalist to publish.
- Seano says:
  
  06:52pm | 03/03/10
  
  One is mad and not likely to let go of power, the other’s mad and not likely to get it.
  
  Reply
- murph says:
  
  06:55pm | 03/03/10
  
  You really an insulting little ALP suck hole worm, aren’t you, Colgan?
  
  Reply
Island View says:

04:34pm | 04/03/10

Very sophisticated comment murph
- egg says:
  
  07:04pm | 03/03/10
  
  The difference: Ones hairy.
  
  Reply
- Makeover says:
  
  07:06pm | 03/03/10
  
  Media makeover…..
  
  Abott like Putin has his media consultants working overtime trying to create and sell an acceptable image to the Public - it helps everyone forget what
  he really stands for. the guy is anti-abortion and thinks climate change is a hoax. I got a mate who is 30 and stil belives in the hollow earth theory (google it) maybe him and Tony should get together.
  
  Reply
Nick says:

09:40pm | 03/03/10

No, why don’t you google Climategate?
- K says:
  
  07:23pm | 03/03/10
  
  For god’s sake. Leave Abbott alone. No one is suggesting he’d run the country in his DT’s. At least he’s active! This is left-wing media hell-bent on dishing dirt because they couldn’t find any! Absolutely pathetic journalism. You twits should be ashamed of yourselves.
  
  Reply
- Bazza says:
  
  07:27pm | 03/03/10
  
  One is strong mentally and physically. The other is an accident trying (not waiting) to happen!
  
  Reply
- Justan Oz says:
  
  07:46pm | 03/03/10
  
  Are you lot kidding?? I have seen better bodies on old age pensioners than Abbots. I believe he must have taken too many blows to the head in his boxing days! Putin and Abbot are both too far to the right.
  
  Reply
eye4aneye says:

06:46pm | 04/03/10

Putin to far to the right? - please tell me your being sarcastic
- Julie says:
  
  08:24pm | 03/03/10
  
  Abbott has a hairy chest, yuck, Putin doesn’t but that doesn’t make his chest better, getting close to man boobs there. Boys I say you both need to cover up, pleeeease.
  
  Reply
- BTS says:
  
  08:26pm | 03/03/10
  
  The media are fascinated with Abott’s DT’s.
  
  Reply
- Ros says:
  
  08:28pm | 03/03/10
  
  Oh my God - please… I thought the photos were of Putin and some sort of hairy animal. Yuck. Keep your shirt on Tony.
  
  Reply
- Brett says:
  
  08:36pm | 03/03/10
  
  The Punch is for idiots obviously, just because an Australian politician leads a healthy lifestyle is no reason for the pathetic attacks here. As if you would praise him for sitting in front of a TV. Most normal Australians would commend someone who volunteers his time for surf lifesaving and firefighting as well as working in aboriginal communities. I will bet that those slagging off at Tony Abbott here wouldn’t get off their bums voluntarily. The Punch is just another leftwing bitch session. Surprise me and post this.
  
  Reply
- Lillian says:
  
  08:48pm | 03/03/10
  
  Sorry but I find him just revolting, he looks like the missing link. All hairy and big ears. He might have sex appeal for the elderly
  
  Reply
- he says she says:
  
  08:48pm | 03/03/10
  
  The BIG difference is that the ‘wing-nut’ Abbott is lacing in attractive masculine features (physically & emotionally) that Putin naturally has bundles of. It’s like comparing John Howard to Sean Connery. It just ain’t gonna work.
  
  Reply
- Marvin H says:
  
  08:52pm | 03/03/10
  
  All I can say is thank God the PM keeps his pants on. Old boys running round pantless is more than my stomach can stand. Putin is disgusting too
  
  Reply
- Dave says:
  
  08:52pm | 03/03/10
  
  At least Rudd doesn’t get lost in his own backyard. Classic answer to a quote from the ABC’s Drum reporting on Abbott’s outback adventure
  
  “This day of adventure encapsulates everything that Tony Abbott is, and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is not.”
  
  A readers reply : ” LOST ” ... couldn’t stop laughing
  
  Reply
- Chris says:
  
  08:54pm | 03/03/10
  
  I thought the first photo of the Russian PM was Ivan Milat for a sec.
  
  Reply
- TC says:
  
  08:58pm | 03/03/10
  
  Its strange to see actual men again isnt it
  
  Reply
- Toady says:
  
  08:58pm | 03/03/10
  
  It is even more pathetic that you left-wing, union card-waving Labor voters have to rely on your traditional fallback position of name-calling to undermine the opposition leader. That’s the best you lot can come up with, year in, year out. Why not throw some muck at that incompetent idiot running the country. Try backing up your claims of Abbott being a ‘Mad Monk’ with some facts. Has there been some psychological evaluation done on him that categorises him as mad? Does he wander around throwing cats and talking gibberish? Has he threatened to… “When we get in we’ll just change everything”, like that fool Garrett. Oh, he opposes free-for-all abortion, eh? Big effin’ deal! So do I, and most of the other mothers and fathers I know. He is a Christian and goes to church regularly? Big deal… so do I and hundreds of thousands of others. He has principles and beliefs, and stands by them? A commendable personal trait. He’s got that over the waste of space called Kevin Rudd. You might as well call Kevin Rent-A-Polly, because the only thing forming opinions in his mind is what he thinks will get him re-elected, and he’ll rent your vote to get it. He’s no better than a weather-vane mounted on top of a backyard dunny, changing direction with the wind, ignoring the stink that is a fundamental part of his makeup.
  
  Reply
- Glenn says:
  
  09:10pm | 03/03/10
  
  The problem I have is, if you are a journalist how in the hell do you expect to be taken seriously if this is what you publish. whether or not you were deliberately trying to compare an Ex-KGB Major to the leader of the opposition as a joke or because of some bias it’s not funny. You don’t get to make jokes about the players if you want to report on the seriousness of their jobs, you don’t get to joke when we’re less than 12months from an election, the government has screwed up and 4 Australians are dead, you don’t get to joke when there are major issues facing our country which the majority of the population are oblivious to, you don’t get to joke when the opposition isn’t releasing policy to counter the government.
  
  Here’s an idea, because I’m sick of defending the Journalists I know, pull your head out and report on the issues, report on the policy, lack of or not, report on the good the bad and the FACTS. I’m sick to death of defending my friends in the media who time after time FAIL to ask the hard questions of our leaders but happily put out meaningless drivel. The media is here to educate the population on what the leader of our nation are doing so when elections come round we can make educated decisions.
  
  Want to put pretty pictures together and write fluff go work for “Who’ or ‘New Idea’.
  
  Reply
- Ken says:
  
  09:30pm | 03/03/10
  
  The guy keeps a healthy lifestyle with a hectic work and family life. Good for him. The ‘left’ needs to be careful running stories like this. The more they seem to knock a guy for being authentic and having photos of him being him (as apposed to organised media shots), the more the ‘right’ and ‘mainstream’ Australia like and respect him. I’m actually wanting to learn more about this guy. Who would have thought?
  
  Reply
- Sam says:
  
  09:32pm | 03/03/10
  
  The difference is that one of them will never be the leader of a country..
  
  Reply
- 555099 says:
  
  09:36pm | 03/03/10
  
  Both are leaders with strength and conviction whereas Krudd is just pudding
  
  Reply
- thatmosis says:
  
  10:14pm | 03/03/10
  
  It just shows the mentallity of the Labor Sheeple when they attack Abbot for wearing what have been described as Australia’s national costume. This is Gunna Krudds favourite defence, attack the man and not the substance and it certainly looks like his sheeple have learnt their lessons well. What a pathetic mob you are, sorry little people with sorry little minds.
  
  Reply
- Bev says:
  
  10:35pm | 03/03/10
  
  Did any of you see ABC news tonight - it made me feel ill - no so much the content but the idea that Tony Abbott’s people would think that we would all fall for the Aussie Bloke shots - riding a quad bike, eating a witchity grub etc. To me it bordered on using the community he was visiting as props. I want to hear serious policy not one liner headline grabbers eg nurses wasting time looking at Facebook type stuff or seeing visuals like I saw tonight.
  
  Reply
Glenn says:

12:24pm | 04/03/10

Hi I’m Kevin from Qld and I’m sitting infront of the glass house mountains, wearing a wide brim hat because I’m Genuine….

Did seeing Kevin Rudd pull the same stunts make you feel ill?
- Yeeha says:
  
  10:37pm | 03/03/10
  
  More quality journalism! What wonderful prose! But really, shouldn’t this irrelevant rubbish belong in Womens Weekly or something? Good grief dude…
  
  Reply
- suzie says:
  
  10:42pm | 03/03/10
  
  Stuie Bluie, you are right.
  But to the rest of you that are negative, what the hell is wrong with keeping himself in shape (hair or no hair), this man has my respect, he has completed an Ironman triatholn (sorry about the spelling). bet most of you can not complete a 3.8 km open water swim, 180km bike & 42.2 km run all in one day & completed within 17 hrs.
  My husband is an ironman triatholete and he struggles to do the training, one can only wonder how tony has the time.
  so pull you collective heads in.
  
  Reply
- Ben says:
  
  12:14am | 04/03/10
  
  Good to see the Labour marketing machine trying hard to devalue a closing Abbott. They are getting worried.
  
  Reply
Marvin H says:

10:02am | 04/03/10

The Labour marketing machine might be getting worried but The Labor Party is not. By the way is that a machine to help you give birth? And have you tried it?
Ryan says:

04:23pm | 04/03/10

Yep, as Marvin H so pathetically tried to point out, its “Labor” without the “U” which means its the party that really couldn’t give a stuff about “U”!
- Wha says:
  
  01:02am | 04/03/10
  
  The different is Putin is a badass, a reputation Abbott could only dream of.
  
  Reply
- jcs says:
  
  03:14am | 04/03/10
  
  If the worst you can come up with on Tony Abbott is that he is fit healthy, participates in surf life saving ocean swims, cycles, and does charity fun runs then you really are in trouble. Pathetic article.
  
  Reply
- Earth says:
  
  06:55am | 04/03/10
  
  Typical left wing journalism where they can only use childish ridicule because what they actually want, is a dictatorship and that is something they won’t allow the people to know.
  
  Reply
- SpinningWheel says:
  
  07:37am | 04/03/10
  
  I don’t find hairy old badies and balding heads and big ears attractive, someone please tell that man to keep his clothes on. Especially since hes taken a penchant to talking of his sex life. It just creeps you out
  
  Reply
- Steve says:
  
  07:56am | 04/03/10
  
  What a waste of a article, this has no substance, you are just trying to link Abbott, with Russia, so calling him the Mad Monk again, how about linking Rudd, with his friends in the chinese commuist government, but no, that would stop your left wing agenda, this wont get published
  
  Reply
- Zaan says:
  
  08:40am | 04/03/10
  
  I hope you people knocking the budgie smugglers won’t mind a budgie smuggling, hairy chested life saver coming to the aid of you or any of your family when you need them. I’m a female and the I find the comments coming from some the other women truly pathetic.
  
  Reply
Alosia says:

09:53am | 04/03/10

those lifesavers wearing budgie smugglers are normally young and fit with great bodies, they can save me any day But I would prefer to wait till one of them arrives I can’t think of anything worse than the mad monk breathing down my neck and thumping my chest. Perhaps the pensioner groups might feel differently
Zaan says:

02:46pm | 04/03/10

Sorry luvie, not a member of a pensioner group just a hard working Aussie sick of my tax dollars being pissed up against the wall, obviously on immature dills like you, Mad Monk grow up, haven’t seen Mr Abbott giving church step press conferences.
Public Record says:

04:46pm | 04/03/10

Pah. The PM goes to his local Church with his wife on Sundays.

And you want to complain about that, rather than an intrusive media pack that can’t even leave a Church gate alone? Pah.
- dick j says:
  
  09:41am | 04/03/10
  
  You wear speedos when you compete in surf and swim races. You go faster.
  
  The sniggering derision by the lazy press at something entirely normal is amazing. Crikey we had 5,000 people pose nude on the opera house steps apparently for ‘art’.
  
  People don’t care about this stuff. It is not news but rather an eazy filler for lame and lazy journalists.
  
  Reply
- Roy says:
  
  10:49am | 04/03/10
  
  Abbot lost in the Wilderness.
  Thats where Australia would be if he becomes Prime Minister.
  Lost in the Wilderness
  
  Reply
Passing Wind says:

03:52pm | 04/03/10

We are already lost.

Sugar coated Kevin may think he is a reincarnation of Moses but he took a wrong turn a long time ago. He saw a column of fire and thought it was an omen of global warming.

We desperately need a new guiding light and Labor doesn’t cut it.
- H of SA says:
  
  12:20pm | 04/03/10
  
  In Soviet Russia, Tony Abbot votes for you!
  
  Reply
- Carl Dalkie says:
  
  12:43pm | 04/03/10
  
  Where is the big boy with big gun photos? Putin has one up on Abbott. And which one spooks us out the most? The ex KGB agent or the Mad Monk.
  
  Reply
- Elliot says:
  
  01:12pm | 04/03/10
  
  Not to mention: one worked in an secretive, repressive organisation that dispensed punishment to those who erred against its strict and controlling dogma… the other was in the KGB
  
  Reply
- Willy K says:
  
  01:49pm | 04/03/10
  
  I think we need some revealing photos of our ALP couple. Rudd and Gillard.
  
  Two uglier representations of Australian men and women it would be impossible to find.
  
  I would take Putin ten times over Rudd. He’s tough, real, does things, and has convictions.
  
  Honestly do any of you ALP rusted-ons really truly like Kevin Rudd?
  
  Reply
Marvin H says:

05:06pm | 04/03/10

Gee Willy you need to look across the room to the Liberal side Bronwyn Bishop and and Wilson Tuckey in my opinion take the ugly Pollie awards of the year and Bill Heffernan is sure no oil painting either. The mad monk would sure get The Golden Banana for the most ape like pollie
- James says:
  
  02:00pm | 04/03/10
  
  Dear god! Why didn’t they warn me before I looked at that *shudder*. At least they didn’t enter a mankini competition.
  
  Reply
- JR says:
  
  02:03pm | 04/03/10
  
  I think this article can be taken with a grain or two of salt. I think it’s just a bit of tongue in cheek.
  
  Reply
- Island View says:
  
  04:31pm | 04/03/10
  
  Putin has better man boobs!!
  
  Reply
- lillme says:
  
  08:45pm | 11/12/11
  
  Good to see the tree huggers and labor supporters rubbish the fact these two guys live healthy lifestyles.
  A greenie a feral drug induced hippy.”
  A labor supporter a beer gutted bogan.
  
  Reply

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