Wow, Lexi sweetie, you must have a really bad case of the Abbott attraction syndrome. That was a mouthful, & that is exactly what my daughter was telling me about.

And you a librarian , I expected you would be immune.

Lexi>> Who wouldn't be attracted to the -
"loudmouth, wall-slapping bigot at Uni.
The homophobe, blinkered Vatican warrior, the
rugger-bugger, white Australian and junkard dog
of Parliament,"<<

Lexi wouldn't.

SM>> Who would be attracted to a pudgy, foul mouthed, woman abusing, wife beating leader of the labor party?<<

SM wouldn't.

As I said earlier OUG is the only oracle on this thread.

Dear Hasbeen,

We all have our fantasies.
If yours is Abbott and Me - all I can
say is - Enjoy!

My fantasy has been that men would
love me for my mind - not my beauty.
Ah well - :-)

oh dear,..an oracle
that reminded me of my 1st youtube page
as ioneundergod..

so i thought of the ivan and the snake clip
i posted on it
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ioneundergod+ivan&oq=ioneundergod+ivan&gs_l=youtube.12...4360.4360.0.7309.1.1.0.0.0.0.227.227.2-1.1.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.22wh-ooqoso

but found this clip
ignore the carrot/go for the cherry[cliff richard]..maybe more apt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXH1wxyhjts&list=PL9706FE91E54F5E77

anyhow ivan and the snae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9MQ88NEO7Q

hoping soon we can hear john [war is over..if you want to]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8jw-ifqwkM&list=PL4061A5E4A6855204

but for now..cat stevens..mooning..the shadows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNxKnLmOH4&list=PL2CB6F89FF51A3B39

Dear Lexi,

One does not preclude the other ;)

Love,

Joe

Suseonline, thanks for the response. The parental leave scheme is not one of my favourite policies, I can see why many are bothered by it and have wondered if it's in part Abbott trying to counter the anti-woman tag Labor has been running against him. At the same time I can see advantages in helping up the reproduction rate in families where the parents work but who may still face financial pressures. Be interesting to see how it plays out over time.

I've seen enough of Labors willingness to give to those who don't actually need the help when it suits their agendas that I'm a little less than convinced by their outrage.

I've not looked at the other at all. The exposure I have had to community groups gives me some insight to the issues with making packages viable for staff.

I suspect that Abbott will provide plenty of minor gaffs for comedians to work with but have some hope that he may actually turn out to be a good PM. I'm hoping that he has learned the lessons of Work Choices and the Carbon tax and sticks to his "no surprises, no excuses" claims.

There have been some pretty pointed lessons in recent Australian history about breaking faith with the platforms that have been taken to the electorate. In Qld we also had Bligh denying that she would drop the long standing petrol subsidy and denying she would sell assets in the lead up to the election before last. A discovery shortly after the election that the GFC had not actually left the states finances in a good state (you would think the treasurer and premier might have known that before the election) lead to the breaking of those commitments and in my view contributed to the landslide against them. Wondering how the LNP's breaking of what I perceive to be a commitment about big pubic service cuts will play out.

Abbott seems to be fairly clear in claiming that any significant changes not already committed to will go to the next election.

R0bert