Does Gillard inspire confidence?

Calliope · 6 July 2010

noco said:
She is good at dangling the carrot in front of the donkeys. She has an ulterior motive without a shadow of a doubt. She looks good in a lot of people's eyes but only if one could read what is in the back of her mind. I can't help being suspicious with this new Prime Minister of ours. Time will tell if I'm right or wrong.

Gillards's whole life experience has been service to the extreme left in its battle against the hated employers. At the top of her list of achievements is her demolition of "work choices", the good along with the bad.

Does anyone really think that now she has the power she is going to do a u-turn and become business friendly? Why should she? Her goal is to restore the unions to the power they once had, and they will hold her to it.

Of course she will put on a big act of being all things to all people...until after she is re-elected.

Then watch out!

trainspotter · 6 July 2010

My sincere apologies to my fellow ASFers for my radical statements in regards to supporting a Labor PM. I have since subjugated these extreme thought patterns after watching Q&A last night. Tony Burke Minister for Sustainable Population restored my antipathy for the Labor rats.

Julia Rudd or is it Kevin Gillard is now running the country?

wayneL · 6 July 2010

trainspotter said:
My sincere apologies to my fellow ASFers for my radical statements in regards to supporting a Labor PM. I have since subjugated these extreme thought patterns after watching Q&A last night. Tony Burke Minister for Sustainable Population restored my antipathy for the Labor rats.

Julia Rudd or is it Kevin Gillard is now running the country?

Phewww!

I thought you were a victim of Stockholm Syndrome for a while there.

Calliope · 6 July 2010

Gillard's big problem is what to do with Rudd when and if she is elected. It occurred to me that his great talents as an apologist shouldn't be wasted. This guy said "sorry" to the Indigenous People, to the Homeless People to, to the Forgotten People to the Stolen Generation and so on.

He rounded off his "sorry" career by being most sorry for himself in his farewell oration.

The problem is that he never followed up on these apologies. None of the recipients are any better off.

Gillarrd could rectify this by making Rudd the Minister for Sustainable Apologies

trainspotter · 6 July 2010

wayneL said:
Phewww!

I thought you were a victim of Stockholm Syndrome for a while there.

I don't know what happened there ??? For a moment I was off on a red tangent and actually had a miniscule amount of empathy for the teachings of the Trotskyist Movement. (a version of Reformism and Lenininsm for the uninitiated) Thought I would save the Google rummage for the proletariat.

Anyways ...... back on track now.

dutchie · 6 July 2010

Calliope said:
Gillarrd could rectify this by making Rudd the Minister for Sustainable Apologies

Classic!

Garpal Gumnut · 6 July 2010

Julia Gillard Stockholm Syndrome

Originally Posted by trainspotter
My sincere apologies to my fellow ASFers for my radical statements in regards to supporting a Labor PM. I have since subjugated these extreme thought patterns after watching Q&A last night. Tony Burke Minister for Sustainable Population restored my antipathy for the Labor rats.

Julia Rudd or is it Kevin Gillard is now running the country?
Phewww!

Reply by wayneL

I thought you were a victim of Stockholm Syndrome for a while there.

Hey, trainspotter and wayneL, I think I am a victim of Stockholm Syndrome. Being caught up in a confined space with the Labor caucus murdering poor ole Kev07, the godbothering little bastard, all the speeches, mobile phones, Vietnamese restaurants, Bill Shorten, swords, knuckledusters, NSW right Wing, numchukas, prayers, tears, blood and guts, traumatised me.

For a while until your two brave posts I have felt trapped, in awe of her power, terrified to ask to go to the dunny.

I am now in counselling and planning a class action against the ALP for the trauma caused.

Tony has the balls to get through this temporary setback. Julia Gillard is an unreformed left wing union luvvie, and will be exposed as such over the coming weeks.

gg

disarray · 6 July 2010

Re: Julia Gillard Stockholm Syndrome

she's quite a smooth operator, becoming much more polished on tv. the stylist has given her a good makeover but uses too much eyeliner.

policy wise her first few stances were to claim athiesm, say no to a big australia, settle a potentially damaging tax issue and tighten up asylum seeker laws. this settled fears of "not religious nutbugs like the liberal party", will pause the slavish devotion to growth economics, soothe ruffled mining feathers while still extracting some cash, and score points on asylum seekers. i'm quite happy to give her a vote if she keeps on being sensible and i'm a conservative.

party machinations on the other hand are just embarassing and it speaks volumes to the ill character of the system and the people in power.

noco · 6 July 2010

Is Julia Gillard for real? Does she think she can pull the wool over our eyes that easily by using East Timor to process offshore asylum seekers?
It is nothing more than a mirror of the Howard Pacific solution which she refused to accept in 2007, 2008, 2009 and even as late as 2010.
I can't believe this Prime Minister of ours has the hide to now say this is the solution. For a start, East Timor does not have the facilities and it would take months to establish with a huge injection of Australian tax payers money. Why does she not be honest and say we now intend to use the Coalition's policy?
What will be her next hare brain scheme to sway voters before the election?

http://blogs.news.com.au/couriermai...iermail/comments/gillards_boat_people_speech/

trainspotter · 6 July 2010

Re: Julia Gillard Stockholm Syndrome

I believe GG we are caught up in her duplcity and like the good Machiavellain she is, she has seduced us to the dark triad way of life. I concur that her Lefty leanings will be exposed eventually but alas it will be all too late to save the House of Tony. The people have spoken and their voice is gaining a crescendo that will elevate her to the highest office. Similar to Medusa it is hard to look away and not be wrapt in the charms of the Gillard juggernaut.

Rat cunning at work IMO

trainspotter · 6 July 2010

It would appear noco she has the ability to react and meld her way to the psyche of the nation without recourse. Once again the media are caught up in the sway of groundswell that will see Julia Gillard rise above the baying of the hounds. I am reminded of Alice Cooper in this situation.

"Welcome to my nightmare
I think you're gonna like it
I think you're gonna feel... you belong
A nocturnal vacation
Unnecessary sedation
You want to feel at home 'cause you belong"

Julia · 6 July 2010

Re: Julia Gillard Stockholm Syndrome

I'm not sure it's actually a case of Stockholm Syndrome, gg, but she is certainly gathering some followers who are surprised to find themselves being impressed.
Trainspotter has been an interesting example.

I confess to being somewhat unsure myself about whether she is believable.
I'm finding myself comparing her and Tony Abbott: Gillard comes across as very calm and assured, whilst Abbott has been quite thrown off his stride by her ascension. He had Kevin Rudd's persona worked out and had found a valid way to attack him. He seems to be floundering and looking very nervous in the wake of Ms Gillard.

There's a big difference between Ms Gillard's "calm and assured" and Kevin Rudd's arrogance. She is clearly going out of her way to let all the varied groups of voters know that she hears them and understands their feelings.
It's all very emotive stuff, but I reckon it will be working well on many.

Going back to Pauline Hanson (perish the thought), the upswell of support for her came when voters heard someone expressing their own fears (justified or not, doesn't matter) about 'foreigners' overrunning Australia.

Ms Gillard is appealing to that same sector in assuring them they are not being racist etc for being concerned about boat people.

She probably thinks at least half of what she's saying is utter rubbish, but she has carefully considered the results of the polls which suggest 80% of Australians are worried about 'boat people' and is phrasing her rhetoric accordingly.

trainspotter · 6 July 2010

Re: Julia Gillard Stockholm Syndrome

Julia Gillard is certainly playing the "middle of the bat" to the punters. She is addressing everything the carpers have been bleating about. RSPT has been renamed MRRT and the lowered tax threshold has induced the big naughty mining companies to become compliant. Boat people are now to be housed on East Timor which in itself is not a solution as there is no infrastructure there but is being SEEN by the voting public to address the issue. She herself claimed that this is not a "Pacific Solution" but is to be used as a stop gap to inhibit a "piling up of unauthorised arrivals to Australia".

Cannot see the difference myself now that I have taken off the rose coloured glasses.

Her ability to not promote incendiary language has taken the media by storm. The media thusly has placed her firmly in the box seat and the odds have sortened at Centrebet. How I wish this madness would end.

We will see if Vincent Price has got it right: -

And here, my prize, the Black Widow. Isn't she lovely?.. and so deadly. Her kiss is fifteen times as poisonous as that of the rattlesnake. You see her venom is highly neurotoxic, which is to say that it attacks the central nervous system causing intense pain, profuse sweating, difficulty in breathing, loss of consciousness, violent convulsions and, finally.. death. You know what I think I love the most about her is her inborn need to dominate, possess.

Calliope · 6 July 2010