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Farewell to Gillard, enter the old : Comments

By Binoy Kampmark, published 27/6/2013

One leader could campaign but not govern; the other govern but not campaign. The bifurcation of the ALP's leadership has been its source of torment and doom.

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...Julia who...? ? ?
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 27 June 2013 9:52:53 AM
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Labor continually elects nasty, devisive people as their leader; e.g. Keating, Latham, Rudd, Gillard, Rudd.

And their back-ups are just as bad, Swan, Conroy, Shorten and the 'handbag hit squad' of misandrists on Emily's List. And the union leaders wanting to be the next wave of really nasty people, like Paul Howes of the AWU.

Then of course there is the ABC, taxpayer funded publicity and propoganda arm of the ALP. It is di8sgracefully biased towards ALP and Greens: Leigh Sales, Chris Uhlman (sporting a red tie last night), Red Kerry, Tony Jones, Barry Cassidy, Annabell Crab, and virtually all the rest of the main players in the ABC, right up to the Chairman of the Board.

Throughout most broadcasts there is the inevitable pro Labor-Green innuendo and supportive adjectives in what they say about Labor and Greens and negative adjectives and innuendo about the LNP.

ABC1 last night showed speeches by Gillard, Swan, Rudd and Albanese, but did not show the speech by Tony Abbott. Instead, they continued with a boring Tony Jones interview with Bob Carr right through Abbott's speech.

IMO it is really bad that taxpayers are paying for such partisan behaviour from the public broadcaster.

I happened to have seen the first part of Tony Abbott's speech on Prime, then found the rest on ABC24, but throughout the live broadcast ABC1 showed the Tony Jones interview with Bob Carr. Most people interested in the political upheaval and dumping of another PM, would have been watching ABC1. So it is disgraceful that ABC1 did not show the Tony Abbott speech and questions, including the quip as he left to one of the journalists. His short quip and smile was just one short insight into what he is really like - a pleasant, honest person, not the divisive sort of person who is too frequently elected to lead the ALP.
Posted by Peter Lang, Thursday, 27 June 2013 10:13:01 AM
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Remember ?

Rudd using taxpayer money to attend strip joints?
Rudd's fake life story of family eviction as a child?
His little "boy scout" salute to Geo Bush after panning the US leader prior to being elected?
His foul mouth ranting and raving while trying to speak Mandarin ?
His abusing young airline staff?
His complaints about not getting a hair dryer?
Waking his staff at ungodly hours for trivial reasons?
Sending junior staffers to important security briefings?

It won't be long before he's at it again. Its only a matter of time.
Posted by Atman, Thursday, 27 June 2013 10:14:44 AM
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Australia is a better nation this morning. It has got rid of the most divisive, incompetent, devious, self-serving Prime Ministers we've ever seen.

To see Rudd sworn in as P.M. was a moment of exquisite joy in my life. A great wrong had been redressed, an terrible injustice undone.

Perhaps LABOR has a chance now at the next election instead of political oblivion.

Take heart, fellow Australians. The Gillard curse has gone!
Posted by David G, Thursday, 27 June 2013 10:27:17 AM
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Sorry David G, you got it just a little bit wrong.

Australia has just got rid of the SECOND most divisive, incompetent, devious, self-serving Prime Minister we've ever seen.

It has just reelected "the most divisive, incompetent, devious, self-serving Prime Minister we've ever seen".
Posted by Hasbeen, Thursday, 27 June 2013 10:43:13 AM
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Fix-up the illegal "refo" problem and there laughing....
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 27 June 2013 11:30:22 AM
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