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Julia Gillard is very keen to decry her critics as sexists and misogynists. Strange, then, that so many of her critics would have thrilled to another female leader.
Perhaps it really is just about character, not gender.
A very dangerous place to stand is between Julia Gillard and power. That's where Kevin Rudd found himself and where Tony Abbott currently finds himself.
The conclusion I've reached is that she is obsessed by power and prepared to sacrifice anything in her quest to both obtain and maintain power. It's a fundemantal character flaw that I think is a large contributer to Labor's policy failures. Amongst it all, she has maintained her prime-ministership and the power trip that provides her.
The question is the cost, to both the Labor movement and the the country as a whole while Labor remains in office under her leadership. This is certainly something she does not care about.
It's a character flaw and Labor has had a recent history of elevating flawed characters to leaders. Mark Latham is essentially little more than a thug and a bully and Labor's own assessment on Kevin Rudd speaks for itself.
Tony Abbott and the Coalition won't win with trench warfare if the playing field is not level. Rather than just shooting, the Coalition need to level the playing field by targeting her character weaknesses and not her strengths. Even though there have been stumblesw along the way, the past week in Parliament may be a sign that the Coalition have realised the above.
+1 to both above.She won't catagorically deny it which in itself raises suspicisions. One does not remember every transaction, but if something has been done that is naughty, one is more inclined to remember.
Her defence is simple. Produce the hard evidence. This is fine in an enquiry or a court of law, but there, people are complelled to answer questions. She's avoiding them in the hope that in the court of public opinion, she will survive. Personally, she can only lose by coming clean and she will defend herself in the above manner to her last political breath.
Labor faces a difficult choice. She is ultimately poison to the party, but her power is such that there is little they can do about it at the present time, whether they want to or not. If all else was to fail, I would hope there's are a growing number of politicians on the Labor side hoping for a shallow election defeat, enough to facilitate her removal as leader but not send the party to electoral oblivion. If Labor can't see and ultimately act on the monster it has nurtured, then it has well and truely lost its way.
Did you see Gillard on the news yesterday, being quizzed on the latest polls ? She looked very, very unsure of herself, the words were there but the face told the dstory, I think she's gone.
Asked about the impact of their view of the prime minister, 59 per cent said it made this more positive or no different, while 38 per cent said they now had a more negative view.
I didn't see parliament that day, but i did read a report about her pulling some very strange expressions.it would have been interesting to see the serve poor Tim would have received last Thursday night when he met his Julia at the door with her slippers, following her sleaze and smear tirade against Abbott that day.
The air would have been blue with all the foul language she had bottled up, but couldn't use in parliament.
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You Poor Fool. I'll See Your Pathetic Sleaze and Smear and I'll Double It.
Interesting comments from Gary Johns re the questions that should have been asked by 7.30 in their interview with Bruce Wilson.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...-questions-asked/story-e6frgd0x-1226529237757
.He didn't shed a tear, not until he was outside and in the arms of his wife Rianna. Then he broke down and sobbed
I still think she'll be politically assasinated by her own party at some point before the next election, unless she beats them to the punch with an early election.Our deposed leaders usually go out blubbering. This won't be the case with our Julia. She will depart the stage cursing and kicking and still screaming abuse at Tony Abbott.
Janet Albrechtsen sums up Julia Gillard very nicely.
I think Julia is only half samrt and will eventually fall from grace.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...-to-tricky-julia/story-e6frg7bo-1226530030131
Rather than shut down the scandal, Gillard's denials and Wilson's intervention invited former Slater & Gordon partner Nick Styant-Browne to release more sections from her exit interview.
From the above article,
On Q&A on Monday last week, Janet suggested this would happen.
Holy hell. Pack you bags everyone and lets get the hell off Earth.
Julia Gillard believes the world is about to end.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-world-is-coming/story-fndo20i0-1226531023530
Does Gillard's spoof video make you like her more?
YES.....7,603
NO....37,312
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