onthebeach,

Cheap trick by Bishop......hysterics to the rescue (she wishes)

Sit down with arms folded, children.

Who knows the difference between a diplomatic conflict and a shoot-em-up conflict?

Take your time - there's no hurry.

If Mr Rudd did say, If Tony Abbot becomes PM he would spark war with Indonesia is poor diplomatic policy and he could not be trusted to represent Australia Internationally. Mr Abbott is not proposing we go to war with Indonesia. This is absolute nonsense!

seems like Mr Rudd's biggest moral dilema for humanity is changing everyday. Yesterday global warming, today international relations and tomorrow it could be gay marriage unless of course he sniffs a change in opinion. not long before this farce is all over. The sisterhood will have even more to hate about Abbott then.

Dear onthebeach,

Do try to deal with the facts if you can.

The PM was grilled by journalists and he
touched on a wide range of major policy issues,
among them was the Coalition's slogan on asylum
seekers, "We'll tow the boats back."

What Mr Rudd actually stated was that Australia
needed "cool hands on the tiller," when dealing
with Indonesian relations. "What I am about is
diplomatic conflict. But I am always wary about where
diplomatic conflicts go." And he suggested that the
Opposition's towing the boats could lead to
escalation. That is why during "Question Time," in
Parliament yesterday, the PM advised the Coalition
leader to get briefings from government departments
and security agencies so that the Coalition leader
could talk about, "policies that work as opposed to
slogans that sound good." And the PM pointed to
statements from Indonesia that it would not co-operate with
the Coalition's slogan of turning back asylum seeker boats.
In which case this could lead to a naval showdown.

What is so difficult to understand here?
Of course, unless one wants to continue indulging
with media beat-ups and all the previous nonsense and
tactics to which the previous PM and others, have been
subjected. Then by all means - carry on and let the public
judge your attempts accordingly.

Abbott's my local member and to me is not a person of principle or substance. My view is that he is just another political opportunist who cares little for the people of this country. Gillard and Rudd are further down the food chain. We are in a wilderness political ineptitude and corruption.

Who do we vote for?

Why bother to engage with Mr. PJack. He works for the Labor Party.