Poirot, "Yup..... get a load of this.
..
She's all right, ya reckon!"

I can't imagine any woman even contemplating saying something like that about another woman. It just does not fit.

You really need to withdraw that offensive comment, apologise and make a personal explanation.

I just had a flash of inspiration (and a good chuckle in consequence):
Is't possible this election outcome was preordained (in respect of the savage swing against Rudd/Labor and the Greens), not for the most obvious reasons which come to mind, but because of his/their unequivocal support for gay marriage?
This evokes the prospect of a 'Higher Authority' moving in mysterious ways to urge the good flock to punish such imprudence (or impudence)?
At last - a proof for the existence of God??
(And that He/She is on the 'right' ('Right') side?)

Dear Foxy,

I'm disappointed that you have such little faith in the espoused fearless leader (and proclaimed saviour) of the Labor cause:

>He won his seat in Griffith and he'll be back on
the back-bench representing his electorate.
It would have been better had he lost his seat
and disappeared from the scene giving his party
a chance to re-group.<

<Which Labor leader will be strong enough to stand up to
Mr Rudd in six months time - when Mr Rudd may again be
tempted to go back to his old habits?<

So, since his dethroning in 2009, Rudd has remained forever as a potential 'spoiler'? (And only to be re-activated in times of histrionic panic?)

Not to worry Foxy, I'm just messin' with ya; your point is well taken.
As Poirot has elucidated: 'The fun is only just beginning'!
(And what fun it will be!)
In words of a previous 'sage', "Bring it on!"

I think it's good Rudd will still be around to deflect some of the vile bile that is aimed by the right at anybody with the temerity to lead Labor.

Luciferase,

Will that be after Rudd has served as the whipping boy for leadership hopefuls like Tanya Plibersek?

Dear Poirot,

Thanks for making me laugh out loud.
Great stuff!

Dear Saltpetre,

It's still early days, the election's barely
over and we've yet to see what happens next.

The Economist has pointed out that:
Mr Abbott's big test will be to adapt his combative
style to the serious business of government.
It's one thing to be in Opposition, and quite another
facing massive problems, and having to govern the country.

Mr Abbott has already ditched an earlier boast that he
would return the budget to surplus in his first-term.

Abolishing the carbon tax and other pledges that he's
made may well face challenges in the Senate.
Mr Abbott told the Australian Financial Review that there
will be "qualitative differences in the way things happen
in Canberra." What those differences
are remains to be seen.

onthebeach,

Stop frothing with excitement at cornering another woman on OLO.

My comment...."She's all right, ya reckon!"....was accompanying this:

http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2013/08/13/1226696/438343-130813-scott.jpg

....and was me having a humorous dig at Abbott's crass "sex appeal" comment. It was about his attitude, not her...

(sorry, I know that's not gonna suit your line of attack)

You know humour?

So It wasn't me "....saying something like that about another woman....". It was me noting Abbott's attitude to women.

(I expect you'll hang about on this for a while, I mean here's Poirot, and otb decides he's gonna put on his faux outrage and chase her up and down this thread for a bit - coz he likes doing that with women on OLO...doesn't usually give the same treatment to men)