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Gillard worn down by 'friend' and foe : Comments
By Charlie Ward, published 27/6/2013The incessant media 'noise' about Gillard's right to govern and her alleged past misdemeanors quickly achieved their desired effect, overshadowing the government's efforts to capitalise on its own achievements.
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She was given enormous latitude that no male would have been allowed and she manipulated everyone around her completely ruthlessly.
I posted the following on another thread. Is there any doubt about why we all disliked her so viscerally?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist
Factor 1: Affect
Glibness/superficial charm
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Pathological lying
Conning/manipulative
Lack of remorse or guilt
Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)
Callousness; lack of empathy
Failure to accept responsibility for his or her own actions
Factor 2: Case history "Socially deviant lifestyle."
Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Parasitic lifestyle
Poor behavioral control
Lack of realistic long-term goals
Impulsivity
Irresponsibility
Juvenile delinquency
Early behavior problems
Revocation of conditional release
Traits not correlated with either factor
Promiscuous sexual behavior
Many short-term (marital) relationships
Criminal versatility
Acquired behavioural sociopathy/sociological conditioning (Item 21: a newly identified trait i.e., a person relying on sociological strategies and tricks to deceive)
And yet she had the undying support of the AWU and a few dimbulbs she manipulated, like Conroy and Emerson to the point of being prepared to let the Party be destroyed. Can anyone guess why such hard-nosed men as Bill Ludwig and Paul Howes might have been prepared to let her do that?
She did her best to make Shorten her patsy as well, by coopting his nitwit mother-in-law (it must have burned Bryce's guts to have to swear Rudd in) and his wife, even giving his wife a job as president of a new slush fun...supporter's group.
It didn't work. Good riddance to bad rubbish.