Diamond Pete and 579 are playing down slippers texts and say he has not been found guilty of any law.

You are right, but I recall a GG that was hounded from office by Labor and the left, who was not found guilty of breaking any laws either and, if memory serves me right, a certain Tas governor resigning over something or other.

The point is they brought the office held into illrepute.

Labors defence of Slipper is offensive. It shows lack of morality.

Wonder if Gillard will now talk to wilkie about Pokies again, after telling him to 'go jump'

If people were not ever able to see the total lack of morals and decency with the handbag brigade before the Slipper revelations they will remain totally blind afterwoods. Just look at what Emily's list stands for and its enough to make one vomit. I am surpriesed the Government has not offered Deveny a ministry.

<<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">>

“I don't think Ms Gillard is necessarily a misandrist. I think she’s just revisiting her old Marxist Leninist student roots which instilled in her the need to sling as much mud as possible at your opponents in the hope that some of it will stick...or perhaps (as Machiavelli might put it) "A prince[ss] never lacks legitimate reasons to break he[r] promise[s]" and everyone should just shut-up and accept it.

When a religious perspective, runner, allows you to view the world with the zeal of a missionary position it is not uncommon to imagine women as beneath you.

Slipper was after all ordained a priest of the Traditional Anglican Communion and at least Archbishop Hepworth believes he could still pursue a life as a fully functional priest.

Not sure what 'fully functional' means in this context, though.

Both Slipper and Abbott are very religious, both use sexist and sexual language in private male to male conversations, both swear like wharfies in private male to male conversations, both have a 50s perspective on the role of men and women, have both spent a very long time in the Liberal Party and have been continually re-endorsed, have been for many long years (until recent times) good, personal, close friends issuing MANY statements of strong public support for each other.

Says it all.

Abbott = the biggest liar (on carbon pricing) and the biggest hypocrite (on Peter Slipper).

Polling shows Gillard is the preferred PM, over Abbott ... BY FAR.

Polling shows Labor and the Coalition are 50/50 in the two party preferred vote.

Polling shows Labor steadily and slowly gaining, month after month after month.

Both Slipper and Abbott are very religious, both use sexist and sexual language in male to male conversations, both swear like wharfies in private male to male conversations, both have a 50s perspective on the role of men and women, have both spent a very long time in the Liberal Party and have been continually re-endorsed, have been for many long years (until recent times) good, personal, close friends issuing MANY statements of strong public support for each other.

Says it all.

Abbott = the biggest liar (on carbon pricing) and the biggest hypocrite (on Peter Slipper).

Polling shows Gillard is the preferred PM, over Abbott ... BY FAR.

Polling shows Labor and the Coalition are 50/50 in the two party preferred vote.

Polling shows Labor steadily and slowly gaining, month after month after month.