The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerely, benevolence, courage and strictness. Sun Tzu - The Art Of War

ANY on my list would do right now, every one of them for a while had voters on side, we have little choice, it is about to be Bill Shorten, he may again become the brilliant young man he once was and be the one I at least have waited for, yes I included Howard, personal dislike is no reason to over look truth, until work choices he owned his office

David F, with all due respect, you're referring to a heavily male dominated era. I'm afraid we live in a while new world now and the likes of these two gentlemen would not last a day in the modern day snake pit.

My god, apart from gay marriage, the next most important issue seems to be how many women we have in the ministries. Not that I'm sexist, but it's a fact. Sorry, but those days are a distant memory, locked away in history, never to be revisited.

Dear rehctub,

How many women do we currently have in our Parliament
that you think would be even considered for the top job?
None, I would hazard a guess. It's still a boy's club
as far as I can tell.

Dear rehctub,

When you prefix a sentence with 'Not that I'm sexist' that's a pretty good indication that you're sexist. In recent years we have had an increasing number of female presidents and prime ministers. They seem to be as good or as bad as male prime ministers.

In 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike became prime minister of Sri Lanka. She was the first female head of government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elected_and_appointed_female_heads_of_state_and_government lists female heads of government. There will be more.

Last year my wife had a fall which resulted in a hematoma. The neurosurgeon who saved her life was a woman. I am proud of my granddaughter who is going to medical school.

Leave it to the Taliban to be against education for girls. I think it is an important issue of how many women we have in the ministry or in any walk of life that does not depend on the sex of the person who is doing the job. Why waste the brains of half the population?

Are you feeling OK, mate?
Toni lavis,
This is too serious a topic to try & make sick jokes about it. I mean Rudd? Leave him for a light-hearted topic.