tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post899915121181869088..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Still doubting that Gillard can win?Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-64308747040564437752011-10-29T23:41:08.001+11:002011-10-29T23:41:08.001+11:00The media here is so biased and so much is being c...The media here is so biased and so much is being censored undemocratically. Then Abbott et co lie and get away with it. Then add just how few ALP MPs are fighting back<br /><br />by SocratesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-59206857855514714552011-10-27T23:22:02.790+11:002011-10-27T23:22:02.790+11:00The problem with Tony is that he simply has no ide...The problem with Tony is that he simply has no idea how offensive he can be.<br /><br />I just watched Tony Abbott just claim that the pokies reform was "eroding the nations fabric". <br /><br />My parents came from a nation torn apart by brutal civil war. Mobs of people butchered each other in the streets, entire villages were flattened, a stagnated economy, political killings, and the emigration of hundreds of thousands of the nations best and brightest.<br /><br />That is a fucking erosion of a nation's fabric. A regulation that makes people pre-commit to how much money they can lose in an hour is not.Bobalothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09890427022642427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-87504587383562492192011-10-27T22:02:06.462+11:002011-10-27T22:02:06.462+11:00Steve and Tony, Abbott is not a bad guy but he is ...Steve and Tony, Abbott is not a bad guy but he is too weak to stop the real bad guys having their way.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-12597644785548174322011-10-27T21:58:53.991+11:002011-10-27T21:58:53.991+11:00How short are the memories of the aussie voter,don...How short are the memories of the aussie voter,dont they remember the millions spent by the tories trying to convince workers they would be better off working on master servant contracts. God help Australia if that bunch of extreme right wing conservatives ever get power,Abbott was always Howard's bover boy, Julia Gillard has had to contend with Murdoch's lies as well as the constant propaganda pumped out by the likes of Alan Jones,I hope and pray that she wins the next electionTony Watersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-88104599019722651892011-10-27T12:39:48.834+11:002011-10-27T12:39:48.834+11:00Don't forget that Gillard, for all her current...Don't forget that Gillard, for all her current aimlessness, is a working class fighter who has had to scrap and scrape for just about everything she's achieved. <br /><br />She's more than happy to go toe-to-toe with Abbott because she knows he's just a spoilt bully whose one tactic his whole life has been to scream and shout until he gets his way. Personally, I blame his parents and maybe rap music as well. <br /><br />Regardless, Keating got it spot on with Abbott: "Give me the job or I'll wreck the joint."<br /><br />Gillard knows this and is ready for a long fight. Won't be long before the internal rumblings in the Coalitino get louder - they're not happy with his 'prediction' about the pokies legislation for a start.Steve Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-55954125295560946722011-10-26T21:22:35.498+11:002011-10-26T21:22:35.498+11:00Thanks Sue and Doug. I hardly think Kirchner's...Thanks Sue and Doug. I hardly think Kirchner's sympathy vote was that big, given the youth vote and the disarray of her opponents. <br /><br />Election campaigns change votes, which is why the assumptions behind polling are silly.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-87798664625018691422011-10-26T16:39:30.883+11:002011-10-26T16:39:30.883+11:00Let's hope this comes to pass but I think Kirc...Let's hope this comes to pass but I think Kirchner was riding a massive sympathy vote wave generated by the death of her husband and predecessor as president. I don't know that it would have the same effect if Tim went under a bus. Perhaps the swing noted by Newspoll is the sign of better things to come.Doug Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00101072468101492041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-76589557835535199032011-10-26T07:32:30.919+11:002011-10-26T07:32:30.919+11:00From the article, support from the young and there...From the article, support from the young and there is dearth of alternatives, struck a note.<br />Newspoll polls based on landline phone users is not a credible base on which our news media runs the "julia is finished" news cycle.<br />And what critical analysis has been offered on Abbott that the media can assume he is electable.Suenoreply@blogger.com