I'm amazed that Pauline Hanson can still raise 36 comments.

What is more amazing is that someone has raised the old one about the CIA getting rid of Gough Whitlam.

I was in my early 30's at the time, and the rumour was put to bed before the Australian electorate voted in the Coaltion at the election made necessary by the Governor General's decision to do the dirty on Gough, his old mate.

I don't remember any rumours about the CIA getting at us voters!

Rehctub

“One policy that I did like, but don't fully understand, was her 'transaction tax' policy. From the little I did understand it sounded pretty good to me.”

This was a flat tax which by its nature is regressive and disproportionately hurtful to low-income earners. You can be sure Pauline didn’t understand it either!

Bronyn
The part I did understand was that the tax was for business only 'electronic transactions' at 2%. I also heard that if implimented this tax would have raised more taxes than all other taxes put together with the view to remove all other taxes. It was big business that squashed it I believe.

Also, just for the record, I didn't vote for her but I did feel that she had every right to have a go. I still believe the media shot her down.

Good to see we are all using the good old 'google search hey'. Remember, she was put on the spot and for the record I don't know what the word means nor should I have to.

rehctub: "...for the record I don't know what the word means nor should I have to"

You don't *have to* know what any word means. But surely thinking people strive to learn as much as they can while remaining humble about all that they don't understand. The fact is, xenophobic is a common word, and it went to the heart of her philosophy. If she was going to court criticism, she surely needed to be able to identify it.

What was awful about PH is that she was *proud* of being thick.

Jeez, I don't know why I'm even *thinking* about her...

You don't have to know the meaning of a word rechtub, no. But you should certainly refrain from making them up. If we extend your comparison to poor old Pauline, imagine what they would have done to her if she had done what you just did (i.e. completely fabricate a word for the sake of a silly argument)!

Bugsy
If you follow my posts you will soon learn that I am one who not only makes mistakes, but admits to them as well.

The point of my question was that not everyone is educated at the same level. My word does exist, it is just that I did not spell it correctly and for that I am sorry.Ecchymosis is the correct spelling however this is irrelevent now.

The point is that some of the best candidates for MP's throughout history are those who are also the poorest educated having dropped out of school at an early age, yet become very succesfull in life. The late Kerry Packer is one that comes to mind.

I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that the late Kerry Packer knew the meaning of the word 'xenophobic'. And he wasn't an MP, he was way too smart for that.

This is the internet, if you don't know how to spell something, an online dictionary is a few seconds away. It does your credibility no good to pretend to know something that takes 10 seconds to find out that you don't.

Pauline's credibility got shot to hell when she didn't know a relatively common word in politics. Yours just got shot to hell pretending that you knew a word but didn't. She has more than you.