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Is Shorten PM material?

Is Shorten PM material?

  • Yes

    Votes: 6 16.2%

  • No

    Votes: 31 83.8%
  • Total voters
    37
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Knobby22 said:
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I don't think he sounds prissy. Maybe it's the Melbourne accent?
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No, nothing at all to do with accent. It's the tone of voice I'm referring to. Timbre: here's an explanation:
If that all sounds rather too esoteric, consider the difference between, just as one example, listening to Bill Shorten or listening to Malcolm Turnbull. The first voice is light, without distinction, and lacks stress on various words to enhance meaning.
Mr Turnbull, on the other hand, has a mellifluous, well modulated, quite deep voice, and understands how to deliver meaning in his vocal message.

It might sound irrelevant, but we form much of our impression of people by their appearance and their presentation, very much including their voices.
Others might view him quite differently, of course, but to me my overall impression of Mr Shorten is one of slightness, smallness, insignificance, born out by his voice. That might be to entirely misjudge his hitherto hidden magnificence.
 
Shorten on 730 was asked by Leigh Sales about the $106m Qantas paid in Carbon Taxes last year and why he says it had no effect on their bottom line, he replied he asked Alan Joyce and he said is didn't, what a load of crap, how can a $106m tax have no effect on your bottom line, Shorten then went on to criticize Abbott for politicising the issue THEN proceeded to knock the Govt and politicise the issue at length.

He is an unconvincing lightweight and an incompetent useless lying parasite leading a party of like persons, one hopes he never becomes PM.

He has absolutely no intellect, I really don't know how he got so far.
 
Posts containing insults deleted. Any more, and I'll be issuing infractions.

Back on topic please.
 
Joe Blow said:
So what was it, exactly, that provoked this remark?
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Joe, that remark of mine was aimed at the supporters of the ALP not at any ASF member, there's a difference.

In fact not even that it was aimed at the ALP itself.
 
MrBurns said:
Joe, that remark of mine was aimed at the supporters of the ALP not at any ASF member, there's a difference.
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As far as I'm concerned it refers to any ASF member who happens to be an ALP member or supporter.

Lift your game please. There's no need for that kind of unnecessary provocation, and I won't be dragging this thread any further off topic by continuing to discuss the issue. I've made my point.

Now... back on topic.
 
During the Beaconsfield mine collapse, Shorten, in his role as National Secretary of the AWU, the union representing the miners, played a prominent role as negotiator and commentator on developments in the immediate aftermath and the ensuing rescue operations. The mine rescue operations drew mass national media coverage, and raised Shorten's political profile ahead of the 2007 election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Shorten

The GG seems to think he is good enough to marry her daughter so why not let him have a crack at PM?
 

Strange that the SMH doesn't make mention of the carbon tax impost on Qantas and their $300m loss.
 
Shorten and Wong are losing credibility fast, as is the Labor party.
Blind Freddy can see that we have an issue that is going to result in a wage rationalisation, or a massive fall in the $Aus.IMO
 
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