Runner stated that "feminism and ethics don't go
together..." and therefore no buts about it - our
government is an "international embarrassment."

A man must be both ignorant and uncharitable
who believes there is no virtue or truth but his own.

Lexi.
Wasn't the original slogan of the second wave Feminists "Make the personal political"?
The fact that women voted for Julia at all is evidence that extending the franchise to women was a mistake, you ladies will clearly vote against your own long term interests and those of your kids on the strength of "feelings", ie the "feeling" that we should have a female prime minister just so that things would be "equal".
I'm sure the poverty stricken former recipients of the single mother's pension will be lining up to express their "feelings" about Ms Gillard and the sisterhood.

Perhaps we should start a thread about what Julia and labor HAVNT stuffed up, as it would be much easier, albeit, very, very short.

Dear Jay,

I did not vote for Julia Gillard. And I don't think of
myself in terms of any labels either. I've been too busy
raising a family, studying, working full-time, looking
after two elderly parents with dementia, to worry
about any "isms".

As for the PM. I think that it would be
easy to blame her for the general behaviour and
direction of the party she formally leads as she's not
solely responsible for the mess Labor is in at present.

As Eva Cox has pointed out:

"the PM has done a good job
in holding together a diverse and quite difficult group
of votes in the Senate and the House of Reps. and has
pursued the business of government with some efficiency,
with many bills going through unopposed and many others
passed with narrow margins. In that sense, her role, as head
of the executive process of government has been impeccable.
So why suggest she goes?"

Eva Cox sums things up nicely when she states that:

"Fixing the problems of the ALP policy making requires more
than changed leadership. The control by party machine men
and relying on bad research to justify egregious policies
that prove the government is tougher than the opposition
would still be there if the PM was removed or left."

You can't change of relive the past but I feel that most
voters realise that you can plan for and shape the
future. Leadership is not about gender. The role of the
PM comes down to designing and delivering policies that
gets our children a better future.

The upcoming election will be held against a back-drop of a
fast changing world. The central challenge for our political
leaders is to ensure Australia's economic resilience in this
time of change. Voters shall decide who deserves to lead
the nation. There's still six months until the next election
and in politics that's a long time.
Anything can happen during that time.

Lexi,

Juliar has managed to hold the greens/labor/independent coalition together with equal measure of bribery and coercion. Unfortunately when ever interests are compromised, it is usually the public that is short changed. Juliar has a fierce will to govern, it is just that she does it so badly.

Juliar might not be responsible for all Labor's failures, but she is responsible for quite a few.

Didn't Eva Cox flay feminists for being gutless in their sisterhood for not criticising Julia Gillard's poor performance?

Now we are to believe that feminists must lock-step to support Gillard because she is a woman?

What changed?

Who cares what the old feminist dinosaurs say. They are all so last century. Too many have had their snouts in the guvvy trough of taxpayers' money for far too long.

Young women, all women, are going to make up their own minds independently anyway and good for them. The feminist elite might not like that because they always presume to know better and patronise the hell out of women, but tough bikkies for them!