Dear Bazz,

Don't forget -
Tony Abbott begged the Independents to give him
the job. They turned him down. That's the only
difference. As for voting for Abbott for PM -
take a long hard look at what the man's got
to offer and what's driving him. Any politician
who's prepared to use whatever it takes to bring
down a government simply because of his ruthless
ambition should be of concern to us all.

It remains true, Abbott is more popular than Gillard.
This proves only this,Australia given the choice between two failures, has made up its mind who is the lessor failure.
The quote about independents is, uninformed.
A code word for blind!
Abbott see his words, would have done anything.
If Wilkie swings, he will over night, become a HERO
For? funny world isn't it?

Lexi You mean as "whatever it takes" as Julia did to gain the lodge ?
Well is what he attempted worse than Gillard actually did ?

Really, you really do have pink glasses on. You are not able to look
at this matter with any detachment at all.
You simple just cannot look at the facts. You are blinded.

Dear Bazz,

Remember what Tony Abbott did to Malcolm Turnbull?
(Admittedly he only won by one vote). Still in
politics neither side has any reason to feel smug.
Tell you what. I'll swap my rose-coloured glasses
for your blinkers.

Its amazing how a faithful husband and loving father receives so much bile from those who reject these qualities. They would prefer him to be a repeat adulterer or a whimpy new age woman dominated husband which might make them feel a bit more comfortable.

Lexi

Don't forget that Mr Rudds twin Turnbull did not treat Brendon Nelson all that kindly.

Abbott did not knife Turnbull in the back. He made it clear that whilst he supported Turnbull, he could not support the ETS. He even put Hockey forward first, and only took up the leadership challenge when Joe declined.

The challenge was open and based on policy. If at any time Turnbull had backed down on the ETS Abbott would not have tried to push him out.

A battle based on principles is an alien concept to Labor.