NATHAN REES: I’m not sure that anything I say would persuade you, would it?
PROTESTOR: Well, no. Just gimme an answer.

Turnbull doesn’t need all us to dredge up conspiracy theories – he does a pretty good job of shooting himself in the foot without help from anyone.

As The Australian newspaper reports today:

“According to the Fairfax polling, Mr Costello received 37 per cent support, Mr Hockey 21 per cent, Mr Turnbull 18 per cent and Tony Abbott, who loyally defended the Liberal leader on television yesterday, 10 per cent support.”

Well, not a lot of good Mr. Costello’s 37 per cent support is doing the Liberal Party. Not that any of the Media’s “rear vision” interest in leadership has been of any value at all for the Coaltion’s long-term fortunes. Rather, it exposes the Media as having little collective imagination beyond their search for the ideal leader (which they insisted was Malcolm Turnball, until he actaully got the gig).

The circus of the previous week’s Parliament, while certainly entertaining, was very near a policy-free zone. On the issue of policy, the fact is that Joe Hockey, while far from being considered “ready to lead” by our various collective of media editors, panels and couch potatoes, has been across a range of portfolios since John Howard elevated him to the front and centre of policy debates.

I’m not much of a conservative myself, especially with a Labor family voting background such as mine. Yet I don’t take the typical progressive politics of our time at face value either and consider it quite important that Labor’s next election win, must it be that way, is a hard fought battle.

The Liberals need to put faith in a “long-term leadership prospect” that will have to produce much policy and personality profile output, even at the expense of making short-term media impacts. Then accept that even that only works in alignment with the Government of the day slipping up or growing tired or untrustworthy.

…From Justin

Continue on, Patricia WA.

sounds more like GatesOfHell from the unsettling morsels you’re dropping here.

Maybe 30 years ago, every NSW politician, judge, cop, crook & businessman could be linked through casual connections, ask Nifty..so it wouldn’t surprise me, if we are going back, way back in terms of casual connections, as to the other stuff, yr talking political dy-no-mite with a capital D.

Or am I the only one who is not getting that the above is some satire thang gorne really weird. Big possibility.

But the Gatto assassination attempt goes beyond politics. Again I cannot name my sources, but “the Cat” was a threat to Turnabout on his home turf well beyond drugs and influence peddling. Though don’t forget it’s a matter of public record that he is very hooked on the ultimate aphrodisiac, power!

And Ginja please keep our feline friends out of this, they don’t deserve to have their names associated with political scandal. I think that Bullatagategate has been suggested and hits the right note.

“As far as finding out – took up morning tea to a boardroom. I was told I always had to knock on a door before entering when told! Having a tray full of cups, tea and cake, I balanced tray and opened door with other hand……behold, men in fishnet stocking, and nudity..my..bottles of drink. Leading brothers were there plus women. I actually dropped the tray-splosh. Someone came up from downstairs and helped clean it up. I was terribly shaken. More happened later.”

Now out with it. What is behind Turnbull’s boardroom door? Speak now or be silent forthwith. Comeon don’t be a scaredy gatto.