tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post4634737860243336740..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-50046462071078992072010-02-01T12:32:34.972+11:002010-02-01T12:32:34.972+11:00I wish you'd read my post before commenting on...I wish you'd read my post before commenting on it.<br /><br />Let's pretend you're a morally conservative person, Andrew. OK, so Abbott is concerned about his daughters - that's nice. What's he going to do about people over 16 exploring their sexuality in consensual ways? Er, there's not much he can do, really. <br /><br />Morally conservative Australians don't like all-talk-no-action politicians any more than any other group of voters does. <br /><br />Never mind the US for a moment: can you think of a time when Australian moral coservatives had a telling impact on an electoral outcome? RU-486? I note that abortion is still safe, legal and rare in this country. No point truckling to a constituency that won't come through on election day. While there are "a lot" of moral conservatives, there are a lot who aren't, and politically they pretty much balance one another out. Politics as usual.<br /><br />This isn't an argument for compulsory porn for 12 year olds. It's a call for the Liberals to do something other than press a few buttons and do nothing in policy terms. Real moral conservatives keep in touch with their daughters and don't harangue them via the media.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-1602045186950631802010-02-01T12:03:48.879+11:002010-02-01T12:03:48.879+11:00Abbott knew exactly what he was doing. He was lett...Abbott knew exactly what he was doing. He was letting the Weekly's readers, and the electorate, know where he stands on these issues. He wants to be PM and he knows there are a lot of morally conservative people, women as well as men, who will agree with his views and vote for him because of them. Politics as usual.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-21554383235711882942010-01-29T17:09:48.723+11:002010-01-29T17:09:48.723+11:00Sure - like all right whinge Liberals he assumes h...Sure - like all right whinge Liberals he assumes he can sally forth in an area which Labor have not only anticipated him, but can match him. The same thing happens at state level with Laura Norder scares.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-42784993595455530742010-01-29T09:48:01.522+11:002010-01-29T09:48:01.522+11:00"He's running for Prime Minister, not Nat..."He's running for Prime Minister, not National Dad For All Women."<br /><br />What are the odds he doesn't see a difference?<br /><br />Also, given Rudd's (and Howard's before him) penchant for inserting his own two bits into [Moral Panic/Controversy of The Week] isn't it fair to say that there is now this impression of the PM as some kind of daggy paterfamilias for the nation?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13697178094533270137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-72796896098786398052010-01-29T01:30:50.450+11:002010-01-29T01:30:50.450+11:00Why do I have to set my course according to The Ag...Why do I have to set my course according to <i>The Age</i>, Matt? Why is Katherine what's-her-name more representative of that paper than Gabriella Coslovich? <br /><br />My post stands. Women's sexuality is their own affair (as it were), a good father does not lecture his daughters through the media, and a sensible politician does not enter a fight he cannot win, but the very fighting of which loses him thousands of key votes.<br /><br />Probably - no, definitely time you reconsidered your opinion of Abbott as a sensible person and a clever tactician.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-54480891721761223342010-01-29T00:10:53.747+11:002010-01-29T00:10:53.747+11:00When you find yourself to the left of the age it&#...When you find yourself to the left of the age it's probably time to revisit your prejudices. <br /><br />http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-monk-might-make-sense-20100127-mz0v.htmlMatt Cnoreply@blogger.com