This is not a Q and A forum. The weasel is in the undergrowth liking his wounds, and other things. When the macho Mr Abbott regroups and rearms it will not contain politics, any thing but. Wasn't it Keating that said he was a political illiterate.
Turnbull is in waiting, and no doubt gathering friends.
The lever of parliamentary political debate is at rock bottom, I doubt if Abbott can sustain momentum much longer.
A woman hater, Pledges in blood, International whimp, time to clear the bench and start again.

Belly,

That the way Labor voted was because of loathing for Abbott is true, but it was yet another spectacularly bad judgement from the PM.

It is clear that labor had no intention of making Slipper resign, as Nicola Roxon (leading Slipper's defense) had access to the abhorrent texts months ago, and if they had any conscience would have asked him to leave then. However, their action was simply to legally suppress the texts and hope they never came out.

Still, after the texts became public, Labor did nothing. Only when the motion against Slipper was raised by the coalition (one of many) did Labor realise that they had lost and went into damage control. The tirade by Juliar was because she had been whipped.

The opposition to the coalition's motion was shocking judgement, and left Juliar to support language against women that would make Jones blush.

This was yet another crisis that Labor could easily have avoided if it had any morals at all.

' should make him appear as a normal bloke '

If Rudd had said that he may not have been booted. Worked with the strip joint he went to.

Ludwig he cannot be a 'Normal Bloke', he is a homosexual and this is Australia:-0

As I said, the government set the climate, The Great Misogynist Witch Hunt, and then they were hoist by their own petard when one of their own was caught riding the broom stick.

Jilia did a sterling job. The speech was genius, the ultimate distraction. Like little Johnny used to do, he was a master of these perfectly timed sideshows.

She's gone up in my estimation.

And really, the old Julia, the pre-image-managed-into-a-patronizing-headmistress Julia, the Julia with a bit of spirit came out.

The old Tony came out too, the accident prone guy who people have been anticipating ever since he took the leadership. He's been so controlled but I think he's losing it.

Maybe he should put on more of the angry face like he did when they asked him about that 'Sh_t Happens' quote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wT9XS_TvzQ

Or Johnnys twitch was funnier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICTHefHAZls

The texts were private. One on one. When do we see the rest of them, or is it all down hill from there. Why was these selected texts released.
It's going to be awkward if the bloke is found guilty of nothing.
Labor new the outcome of the slipper vote before it took place. Slipper didn't write his speech in five minutes. With-out judgement he had to be given the chance to resign.
I don't know what SM is going to do when Tony is there no more. He is certainly backing the man and not the party.

I quite like Houellie's analysis.

I don't think Abbott is necessarily a misogynist. I think he's from the old conservative school where gender lines were drawn a little more emphatically.....or perhaps (as Dr Spooner would maintain) he's just a little "shy of dames".

Ludwig,

The standards of probity required of a Judge are far stricter than that of a Lawyer because of the level of trust and control they have. That is why Justice Einfeld was jailed for 2 years for falsifying a statutory declaration for speeding where most people would get a fine.

Similarly the speaker of the house has always been expected to have a level of probity higher than other politicians (not jailed for > 1 year). Given Slipper's de selection by the coalition for dubious expense claims, he was a poor choice to start with.

The harassment claims, the dodgy cabcharge dockets, and finally the awful texts (that have not be contested by him) shows just how poor Juliar's judgement was.