Suzeonline:"at no stage in this debate have I made this discussion an Abbott versus Gillard / man versus woman battle. "

Suzeonline (in her first post):"the obvious problems with a dislike of women that Abbott has"

and

"He seems a very aggressive fellow when he has been interviewed a number of times, especially by female reporters."

and

"I am very sure we don't don't need an aggressive, misogynistic, ultra-conservative leader "

No, dear, of course you didn't...

If I was given the job.
Find a leader for the Liberals who would govern well, be well liked, and hard to remove Abbott would not be on the list, no matter how many names appeared.
But he could be found guilty of any crime today and still win an election.
For every fault you find in him, the reality, like it or not, Australians find more in Gillard.

The book referred to by Susan Mitchell is as she describes it, a polemic.

This book is written solely to rubbish Tony Abbott, for which she didn't even try and interview him. According to what I have heard, it is a collection of selectively excised incidents and quotes, using techniques that could make Mahatma Ghandi look like a dictator and paedophile.

That this book is an instant hit for the left simply shows how desperate they are.

The reality is that Abbott is far more popular with women than Juliar, with very little difference between men and women.

Dear Suze,

As I stated in my earlier post - I haven't read the book
so I can't make any judgements on it. However, as we all
know public figures are usually fair game for certain
writers and commentators. It shall be interesting to see
however whether what's been written about Mr Abbott will
give him cause to take any legal action. I wonder whether
he'll have a leg to stand on considering that driven by
ruthless ambition, Mr Abbott in recent times has
entertained few qualms in his pursuit of the PM and the
government, to the degree where he has been willing to
attack both the PM and the government with virtually
any weapon available.

I guess what goes around comes around.

I do not believe that Julia Gillard lied about the CO2 tax.
She meant it, but unfortunately she did worse.
She sold herself to the independants and Bob Brown, just for the key
to the lodge. That made her a political animal of the worse kind.
The phrase "Whatever it Takes" no longer belongs to Graham Richardson.

Suzie OL said Abbot intends to ban abortion and contrasceptives.
Well he specifically ruled that out.

Abbot is a politician so you cannot rule out that he might say one
thing before an election and do something else afterwards.
He of course will have had a good example on that subject.

Frankly much of what is said about Abbot is really over the top and
inclines me to vote for him as I don't like the ranting of those that
assail him. It certainly does not incline me to change my mind.

TrashcanMan you write

'She won't take it to an election because the public ARE stupid'

that is exactly the vomit that leftist elitist believe and why the public have woken up to such arrogance and deceit.