Before we judge her too harshly in this situation, let's remember that she has had a huge responsibility on her, has had to be on top of various situations all at the same time, be constantly in front of cameras and available to press and radio media, and has probably had damn all sleep.
I have genuinely been impressed by the way she has managed this disastrous mess and how she has mostly struck a good balance between human empathy and objective competence.
Do you really think the dentist would have done better?
I didn't see that interview but suspect such a comment might have been made in an attempt to gather herself together if she'd just succumbed to the verge of tears. I can think of plenty of instances in my own life when to cover emotion I've said something I later thought was pretty dumb.
Before we judge her too harshly in this situation, let's remember that she has had a huge responsibility on her, has had to be on top of various situations all at the same time, be constantly in front of cameras and available to press and radio media, and has probably had damn all sleep.
I have genuinely been impressed by the way she has managed this disastrous mess and how she has mostly struck a good balance between human empathy and objective competence.
Do you really think the dentist would have done better?
Originally posted by Julia 29 December 2010 QLD Flood thread
I'm sure everyone is aware of the disaster that is affecting much of Queensland at present. Much inconvenience for most of us, but huge loss for many whose homes and businesses have been inundated.
Reason for the thread is my utter disgust that Premier Anna Bligh, as a result of huge public pressure via the media, actually dragged herself back from holiday to swan about in a chopper today and declare open the "Flood Appeal", magnificently begun by the massive donation of the government of a whole $1 million!!!
How obscenely disgusting. This paltry sum is probably less than is being spent with the fireworks in Brisbane on New Year's Eve.
No wonder she has an approval rating of about 27%.
It wouldn't even be that much if the opposition had anything to recommend them.
Mmmmm! Swinging Voter Julia??
Bligh was praised both for demonstrating Queenslanders' strength in adversity, and later for her emotion when she broke down at a press conference.
All of this, to me, is bizarre. Are we so shallow that the television performances of politicians during a disaster should cause their promotion or demotion? ...
A politician's role in disaster management should not be demonstrating sufficient empathy, but to put in place policies that mitigate the disaster in the first place or prevent it happening again.
I have also revised my opinion of Campbell Newman, who I have never liked; he deserves heaps of praise for his no-nonsense let’s get on with it attitude.
They did, Daisy. They just didSadly, this was an opportunity for both Julia and Tony to drop the crap and show us who they really are and what they are made of and in my estimation, they both failed abysmally.
If leading the state was all about how well you come across on tv, then Bligh would scoop the award. The way everyone is talking, it seems it is.
I bet KK in NSW is praying for rain.
FROM being a political pariah, whipped by the media and scorned by the voters, [Bligh] had surpassed St Mary MacKillop as a model of virtue and rectitude. The transformation has been one of those rare political miracles that is just too good to be true. Much too good, and it probably isn't.
ANNA Bligh has clawed back part of the commanding lead opened up by the conservatives in Queensland under the leadership of former Brisbane lord mayor Campbell Newman, in a Newspoll that may entice her to delay a state election tipped for February.
Mr Newman's satisfaction rating levels slipped during the October-December survey, conducted exclusively for The Australian, while Labor's base vote lifted from a near rock-bottom 27 per cent, to 31 per cent, against 44 per cent for the Liberal National Party. Once preferences are factored in, the ALP trails the Liberal National Party by 12 points, 44 per cent to 56 per cent.
While Newspoll shows that Ms Bligh has narrowed the gap on Mr Newman and the LNP, Labor would still lose at least half of its 51 state seats in Queensland and be bundled out after 13 years in power.
Bligh will probably call the poll soon. Bligh, Gillard and the Stick Insect and the Labor publicity machine have been working flat out this week to revive the memories of the flood and the heroism of Bligh in rallying the faithful to save Queensland from catastrophe.
Yes, they never miss a media beat up presentation hoping the public will swallow their compassion for people who suffered in the disasters of last year. How really sincere are they or are they taking advantage of a horrible situation?
Bet they praying for a lift in the polls at the expense of somebody else's misfortune.
No sorry Gillard won't be praying, she is just preying.
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