The Gillard Government

[MrBurns]

Get off your soap box Burns.

We have all heard your opinion on Gillard about a billion times.

Give it a rest.

There's always room for one more for you Macquack

 

[drsmith]

One thing that bothers me is why is Julia Gillard talking to 'shock jocks' in the first place, i.e. she is pandering to the above. But, nonetheless, questioning the sexual preference of our PMs partner is very grubby.

I note Howard Sattler started with a feeler question,

S: Can I test a few out?

Julia Gillard at that point could have turned the discussion to policy if she wanted to, but didn't. That doesn't justify where Howard Sattler subsequently went, but it does illustrate where Julia Gillard was happy for the public discussion to stay.

 

[MrBurns]

Get off your soap box Burns.
We have all heard your opinion on Gillard about a billion times.
Give it a rest.

Why don't you go round telling everyone off on here who doesn't like Gillard, not just me. ?

You'll be very busy.

 

[Macquack]

Why don't you go round telling everyone off on here who doesn't like Gillard, not just me. ?

You'll be very busy.

You are a serial offender.

 

[MrBurns]

You are a serial offender.

Ummm you may not have noticed but so is everyone else in here is

 

[dutchie]

Ummm you may not have noticed but so is everyone else in here is

I'll drink to that.

(there is an ignore facility)

 

[drsmith]

Niki Savva offers some insights on when Barrie Cassidy got his tips,

In the middle of the stampede Barrie Cassidy triggered on Sunday by declaring Gillard's leadership over, after he had received two phone calls a half hour before ABC1's Insiders went to air, another of the Prime Minister's staunchest defenders was adamant she wouldn't be going anywhere, so Shorten -- or whoever -- could expect a hammering if he had the ticker to front her and tell her to quit. "She would knee him in the balls, kick him in the head and throw him out the door," he said. Right. Now that was unequivocal and ferocious.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...n-bill-as-brutus/story-fnahw9xv-1226662758915

 

[MrBurns]

Niki Savva offers some insights on when Barrie Cassidy got his tips,

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...n-bill-as-brutus/story-fnahw9xv-1226662758915

That's exactly how I see it now, she's furious with men because she isn't one so tries to butch it up as much as possible I could see her knee sinking into Shortens crotch and her giving wimpy Kev an uppercut all in the one move.

 

[MrBurns]

(there is an ignore facility)

And deny me the pleasure of watching a Gillard tragic go down with the ship ?..................never

 

[sails]

I note Howard Sattler started with a feeler question,



Julia Gillard at that point could have turned the discussion to policy if she wanted to, but didn't. That doesn't justify where Howard Sattler subsequently went, but it does illustrate where Julia Gillard was happy for the public discussion to stay.

As I said in the other thread, I wonder if this interview wasn't yet another McTernan styled set-up to distract from the real political issues that so desperately need answers...sigh. I read somewhere that Sattler had cleared his questions with the PMO - can't find that now so can't vouch for the accuracy.

 

[drsmith]

More likely to me, Howard Sattler was just trying to do something to improve his flagging ratings and Julia Gillard went with the flow.

I doubt this was a set-up.

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With regard to Chef David Carter and that menu, I wonder if the tweets are becoming too much for him,

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[sails]

As I said in the other thread, I wonder if this interview wasn't yet another McTernan styled set-up to distract from the real political issues that so desperately need answers...sigh. I read somewhere that Sattler had cleared his questions with the PMO - can't find that now so can't vouch for the accuracy.

This from Sattler:

He said he asked Ms Gillard those questions because her office had agreed to a "candid" interview.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/17596593/sattler-suspended-over-pm-gay-interview/

 

[sails]

More likely to me, Howard Sattler was just trying to do something to improve his flagging ratings and Julia Gillard went with the flow.

I doubt this was a set-up....

Trouble is, what isn't smoke and mirrors with this government? It seems any distraction to keep people from talking about the real issues of debt, unsecured borders and leadership woes which she wouldn't want to discuss, etc, etc.

 

[noco]

Trouble is, what isn't smoke and mirrors with this government? It seems any distraction to keep people from talking about the real issues of debt, unsecured borders and leadership woes which she wouldn't want to discuss, etc, etc.

+1. It is all show staged even the interview with Sattler. Gillard was the one to set it up.

 

[bellenuit]

I think Kennett is spot on......

http://media.theage.com.au/news/national-news/kennett-labels-gillard-an-embarrassment-4486518.html

 

[Calliope]

Get off your soap box Burns.

We have all heard your opinion on Gillard about a billion times.

Give it a rest.

I agree with you Macquack. Too many of us have gone overboard in our criticism of Ms Gillard. It is in the interests of all of us, including you, that we go to the polls on 14 September with Julia as PM. Her presence could make the difference between a comfortable Coalition victory and the wipeout Labor deserves.

 

[sptrawler]

More likely to me, Howard Sattler was just trying to do something to improve his flagging ratings and Julia Gillard went with the flow.

I doubt this was a set-up.

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With regard to Chef David Carter and that menu, I wonder if the tweets are becoming too much for him,



https://twitter.com/chef09876

I agree with you doc, Sattler went over East and flopped, came back to W.A and only has rusted on 80yr olds listening to him.
He made the big play and took the fall. IMO he was paid to do or just too stupid to realise he was out of his depth.
None of us question Julia's brains, just her motivation and morals. On those we have made a decision and carving up burnt out shock jocks just reinforces the belief.

 

[Macquack]

Too many of us have gone overboard in our criticism of Ms Gillard.

Can you have a word to that person/thing, Burns.

 

[sails]

I agree with you doc, Sattler went over East and flopped, came back to W.A and only has rusted on 80yr olds listening to him.
He made the big play and took the fall. IMO he was paid to do or just too stupid to realise he was out of his depth.
None of us question Julia's brains, just her motivation and morals. On those we have made a decision and carving up burnt out shock jocks just reinforces the belief.

Was Sattler simply expendable? Was he deliberately set up?

We might never know, but with the antics that have gone on in the past (and as recently as the last couple of days), anything is within the realms of possibility.

 

[sptrawler]

Was Sattler simply expendable? Was he deliberately set up?

We might never know, but with the antics that have gone on in the past (and as recently as the last couple of days), anything is within the realms of possibility.

It does all seem very convenient, doesn't it?