Thanks to you too Poirot and Severin,
it's been a long day with sick bubs and nothing like a larf.
I'm now off to the Eisteddfod with my oldest daughter and her oboe (she's 14 now so it might actually be soothing)

..So, I wonder why the sudden drop in the polls for our naughty miss Gillard??

"Insiders" should be available online for anyone who missed it.

Foxy, examinator,

People steal and murder for love. In neither case are they considered extenuating circumstances. The fact that she strove so hard to hide it goes to the fact that she knew perfectly well that it was wrong.

This is not a game changer, but it is certainly a stain on her character.

What about the 'stain' on Abbott's character Shadow Minister?

As a good Catholic boy who commenced training to be a Priest no less, he was worried he could have fathered a child out of wedlock.

As a good Catholic boy he wouldn't have used contraception of course, so it is only luck that the child turned out not to be his.

He then has the cheek to say that he hopes that girls like his daughters will keep their 'precious gift' of virginity for marriage.
Apparently, this does not include good Christian boys keeping themselves for marriage does it?
Not in Abbott's case anyway.

As health minister he made his views on abortion very clear, and attempted to stop women having a say in what sort of contraception they could have available.

What will happen if he becomes Prime Minister?
Will we see the return of stoning for adultery, banning of contraception, banning of the rights of de-facto couples,
or the forced adoption of children born out of wedlock?
Give me any other Prime Minister any day!

suzeonline only goes to prove that she also believes that private philosophy affects public performance. Her rant about Abbot demonstrates the point to the tee. As a a matter of fact it seems that most people seem to believe it although remain in denial.

Woulfe
My apron strings were cut along time ago. What my mother has to do with this I have no idea.

Dear Shadow Minister,

Stain on her character?
You say that like it's a bad thing.

Remember a clear conscience is usually the
sign of a bad memory. ;-)

Dear runner,

You are sounding so narrow-minded.
I bet you can see through a keyhole
with both eyes. ;-)

That's a scary thought, Suze!

Abbott will also aim to kill any progress made with euthanasia laws.
A few years ago he played a role in overturning the euthanasia law in the NT.

Abbott, as a strict Catholic, will be compromised when voting on issues like contraception and abortion, same-sex marriage and euthanasia.

And he would try to get his hands on our internet, too.

Perhaps all of you who would like to rip apart Julia Gillard without knowing her situation and that of Greg's Emerson at that time, should take the wise Rafiki's (from Lion King) advice:
"It doesn't matter... it's in the past".

*Rafiki hits Adult Simba with his stick*

Adult Simba: Oww. Jeez... What was that for?

Rafiki: It doesn't matter, it's in the past.

Adult Simba: Yeah, but it still hurts.

Rafiki: Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

Shadow Minister:
"The fact that she strove so hard to hide it..."
Did she?
As far as I know, she has been open about it.
Even in interviews from around 2003, she talked openly about sharing a hotel room with Craig Emerson.