No guys, leave the sexism to me. I am the in house expert. Just thought I'd get in on this point while it's current.
I don't like that maggot Gillard, because I just don't like her.
I know you guys don't accept a comment if it's not embellished with an attempt at trying to justify it.
Well I'm not going to justify it with long and meaningless explanations so as to satisfy the argumentative side of some on OLO.
The reason I dislike her, with a passion, is that she dared to presume herself to be of Prime Ministerial material, (and she's ugly).
There are words like arrogant, ugly skank, and so many more along the same line to describe her but I am above all that so I won't.
Not here and now at least.
So to those of you barking for a fight, I did not call her an ugly skank. (I said, 'she's ugly)
There is no denying she was a 'bad look' as a PM, and arrogant,so arrogant.
Totally inept for the job.
She was a perfect point in case for my 'anti-female in high office' campaign.

Armchair Critic said "She said there wasn't going to be a Carbox Tax, and then she went and did EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE"

Answer- One of my views on that subject were to give her a pass. Of note- John Howard did the same with the GST after the election with the help of Meg Lees. The argument for a carbon tax is- if a price is put on the release of carbon less people will release it. The situation with the Greens was interesting- they held out for 20%- the ALP believed they could only get 10% through- in the end the Greens didn't get anything.

Hey ALTRAV,
Personally, the matter of her gender and looks didn't matter to me, all I really cared about was her ability to do the job and make good decisions as our nations leader.

Hey Canem Malum,
"One of my views on that subject were to give her a pass..."

Nope, not me. Never. Not a chance in hell.
I won't give a single one of them a pass for lying to the citizens.
You see If I tell the people a whole pack of lies to get elected then once voted in I do whatever the hell I like, that's not democracy.
I don't care about the argument for or against the Carbon Tax, or whatever particular issue in question is.
I care about our leaders staying true to the positions they held when they were campaigning for our vote.
I think if they are to propose going against campaign promises then that issue must wait until a new election, meaning they would have to announce their new position and let the people vote for that new position first before it can be implemented.
I also think that 'If they make the rules for us, then we should make the rules for them'.
If they are allowed to make the rules for themselves then there's no real balance of power, and once again it's not really democracy.

It's more like 'Democracy Lite' I suppose;
which is probably a nice way of saying 'Rigged Democracy';
And which, when you look at it isn't really a democracy at all.
Just the appearance of such.

//But I hated Julia Gillard for one reason and one reason only.
- She was a lying sack of crap -//

Well how does that make her any different from every politician ever?

I'm sure you've all heard the old joke:

Q: How can you tell when a politician is lying?
A: Their lips are moving.

People claim Gillard's dishonesty as the reason for their dislike, but it's clearly just an excuse rather than the reason or they'd have similar levels of dislike for all politicians on both sides of the fence.

Hey Toni,
Yes they all do seem to lie and decieve to some degree, (maybe that's a generalisation) but I accept your point.

Julia Gillard did it blatently though, in a way that showed utter contempt towards the nations citizens.

First she stabbed Rudd in the back,
Then she stabbed us in the back.
And then she carried on like nothing had happened.
And then she screamed misogyny, and took the focus off more important issues;
(Not saying some of the women's arguments aren't without any basis)
Whist giving Hillary 130 million.

- But that's my opinion.

Armchair Critic- Thanks for your feedback