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Where the bloody hell are you, Julia Gillard? : Comments

By Alexander Deane, published 24/8/2007

The absence of a politician from the campaign can be just as much a story as their performance in it.

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Alexander Deane? is he another Alex D's lovechild? The both have very similar smiles.
Posted by ruawake, Friday, 24 August 2007 1:26:45 PM
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Asking hard questions about Gillard’s wall-flower effort, thus far, in the election is a legitimate enterprise, but all this self-congratulatory carry on about catching out all feminists is total nonsense. It’s never actually explained why feminists are expected to put their jackboots on a punish Rudd in locked step. Instead, a kind of crude South Park caricature of them is used to assume their evident hypocrisy. But why is it expected that relatively minor indiscretion such as merely attending such a venue disqualifies him from all progressive bona fides?

Why do conservatives think feminists are required to exhibit the same borg-like prudishness as religious cultural warriors on the right do? It is true that certain schools of feminism are actively opposed to much of what they see as exploitative in the sex industry, but it is another thing to say that even that small contingent of hardcore feminists would view attending a strip club as their principal concern. Are not feminists allowed to prioritise their issues, like anyone else, and choose the least offensive candidate?

It's not he was unapologetic in his behaviour, spoke disparagingly about women, interfered with their reproductive rights, or used policy to entrench socially defined roles, as is common amongst some of Liberal/Nat troglodytes.
Posted by BBoy, Friday, 24 August 2007 1:59:26 PM
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Julia Gillard has an unfortunate rasping voice and a rasping personality. She sets people's nerves on edge with what appears to be sheer vindictiveness toward anyone who is not left wing.Her marital status is no one's business,I doubt if anyone cares.
But as an alternative PM....never!
It is bad enough to have to contemplate Kevin Rudd who uses fifty words where ten will do and his constant lip licking and eye flicking. Where does the ALP get them from?
Posted by mickijo, Friday, 24 August 2007 2:02:39 PM
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Gillard is hiding due to the fact that the unions and labor were not on the bandwagon about the 400 people given the boot from workdirections.

The unions jump up and down for 250 people but 400.

Thats right its owned by Rudds wife.

Thats right they had to go due to incompetence with management.

Stuart Ulrich
Independent Candidate for Charlton
Posted by tapp, Friday, 24 August 2007 2:26:29 PM
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Mr Rudd obviously thinks Ms Gillard is a liability otherwise we would see a lot of her. It will be interesting to see what he eventually does with her.
Posted by baldpaul, Friday, 24 August 2007 2:43:42 PM
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It will be more interesting to see what the Labor Party does to Rudd and to itself when their current lead evaporates.
Posted by keith, Friday, 24 August 2007 3:39:11 PM
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