Before I leave this discussion I'd just like to share
the following with you all - on the subject of "politics."

A little boy goes to his father and asks - "What is politics?"

"Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the
breadwinner of the family, so lets call me capitalism.
Your mother she's the administrator of the money, so lets
call her the government. We're here to take care of your
needs, so we'll call you - the people. The nanny we'll consider
her the working class. And your baby brother we'll call him
the future."

"Now think about that and see if it makes sense."

The little boy goes off to bed thinking about what his dad
has said. Late that night he hears his baby brother crying so
he gets up to check on him. He finds his baby brother has soiled
his nappy. The little boy goes to his parents room and finds
his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her he goes to the
nanny's room. Finding the door locked he peeks in through the
keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny.

He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think
I understand the concept of politics now."

His father says, "Good son, tell me in your own words what
you think politics is all about."

The little boy replies:

"Well, while capitalism is screwing the working class,
the government is sound asleep. The people are being ignored,
and the future is in deep s#*t."

Politicians are like bananas, I read on an American site, when they start in politics they are green but turn yellow and there is not a straight one in the bunch.

Foxy,

Your complete failure to condemn the abuse of KK simply because it is done by your idols is a stain on you.

All we can conclude is that you condone the abuse of women by other women.

Trying to somehow equate the sexual assault of Tame and Higgins with internal political factional matters is more than strange.

Unlike Kitching and the "mean girls", the other two were grossly mistreated and physically abused by men but like Holgate and many others they were treated as matters of political convenience by the government and discarded.

If you want to see true political bullying on a personal level at work then just remember what was done to Gillard and not behind closed doors but with the collusion and participation of a very hostile media and the same group are at work now.

From a factionalised system that operates on this level on both sides and from a PM whose own preselection was tainted, the hypocrisy is staggering.

Dear rache,

Thank you.

Well said.

I don't see any connection either. But that Higgins was "grossly mistreated and physically abused by men (or a man)", is definitely not "well said". The accused has not been to trial yet, and he intends to plead not guilty. Given the pre-judging by our PM and the media (I don't think rache's ignorant comment will figure), it will not be a great surprise if the matter never comes to trial.

I'm wondering what, at the coming election, the average Australian woman voter will do about one of the 'ghastly girl's' (and a lesbian at that) appalling comment about Senator Kitching not having children.