Rainier,
I seem to recall that you have been critical of Noel Pearson, or at least some of his ideas/proposals, so it is good to see that you acknowledge his early warning about Rudds personality.

Gillards performance has been disastorous but maybe she has survived thus far because that Labor has sunk so far that no up and coming politician wants to risk being blamed for an election defeat, so no one will stand against her. They are bidding their time untill after the election defeat.

Rudd is probably the only one with sufficient ego to think he can win for Labor, but so far the caucus won't have him.

"She probably got her information from Abbott and the libs.
Women write good fairy tales." http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=5447#148734

There is an article of female authors of fairy stories at http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/modern_language_quarterly/v065/65.2seifert.html

Somehow I doubt that was what the post was about though. In context it looks more like a touch of the new wave mysogony.

Mysogony to defend a misandrist, what a trend setter.

R0bert