sonofgloin,

"My flippant comment to Suse regarding Wong’s hair etc was an obvious lampooning of her stated reasons for wanting Wong to rule the henhouse. Suse will vote on media demeanor rather than a shabby performance.

P, tell me what you like about Wong….the nape of her neck perhaps, or the curve of her spine….all valid reasons to vote for her I expect."

Well hah-di-hah-hah...

That was exactly the point I was making about Abbott.

He could think of nothing pertinent to say of his candidate - nothing remotely pertaining to her aptitude.

All he could talk about was her physicality - her "sex appeal".

It' a bit rich for you to over-egg Suse's comment, when the leader of the alternative government, whom you probably support, comments along those lines.

RObert I think your theory sounds plausible about the facebook comments.

Truth is none of us know really what sort of tempers and character flaws define our politicians unless we have met them or dealt with them in some way. Sometimes what is on the surface is not what is underneath. That is true of human beings in general not just politicians.

If I had a choice of winning a dinner with Mr Abbott or Mr Rudd I would choose Mr Abbott.

Abbott's 'sex appeal' comment was a bit off though even if a momentary difficult pause that he had to fill off the cuff. The funniest and most bizarre moment was won by the LNP with Western Sydney candidate Diaz responding to the 6 point plan 'turn back the boats' plan interview. The quality of candidates may further go downhill with more and more people turning away from mainstream politics. Many people are choosing instead community groups where there is still a sense of ideology, purpose and objectives related to betterment of society rather than the sports arena that politics has become.

Oh I see the handbag hit squad is out in force.

There is no doubt they seem to judge Tony by his appearance.
I don't care how ugly he is, I just want a competant PM.
If he can supply that I will be very pleased.
I guess that is the difference between men & women.

Whatever, I would prefer the silent man to the babbling show pony.
Silence could mean, CPU busy scanning data banks.
Babbling could mean CPU looping looking for valid data.

Funny, just before Tony Abbot said "do you ever shut up ?"
I had said to the TV "Answer the question or shut up".

I sense that what is happening is the same as what happened to Julia.
People just got fed up and stopped listening.

Bazz,

"Oh I see the handbag hit squad is out in force."

Really...is that the best you can do. If a few women comment on a thread these days, it seems the default (and hackneyed) phrase is to come out with that.

I'm sure if you try, you can come up with something far more original.

Poirot said;
I'm sure if you try, you can come up with something far more original.

I am sure I could but it is just not worth the effort !