Comments on: Rudd's honeymoon and Abbott's one night stand

By: paul walter

paul walter — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:56:52 +0000

How about Mercurious’ comment, 209?

By: Liam

Liam — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:22:03 +0000

Interesting thread too paul. Rob Foot making one of his all-too-few appearances, J-Ro doing poetry and Casey witching about, and me being as usual spectacularly wrong. It’s got everything.

By: paul walter

paul walter — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:54:42 +0000

This Anna Winter thread from last December “Rudd’s honeymoon and Abbott’s one night stand” ought really to be viewed as a genuinely interesting document, in the wake of what’s passed since.

By: PatrickB

PatrickB — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:29:13 +0000

@230
Yes I agree that his populist xenophobia tends to pour cold water on the OPs assertion about his convictions. I expect that Abbott realises the cupboard is bare policy and talent wise so he’ll happily ramp up the anti-asylum rhetoric as it’s all they’ve got. I also bet he’s praying (if he is indeed convinced it’s power) that the oppressive conditions in the Sri Lankan camps continue to provide him with a target for he and his colleagues outrage. Oh the conviction just shines through alright …

By: paul walter

paul walter — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:24:17 +0000

Funny how no one has thought to comment further here, given Abbot’s crass reaction re refugees over the weegend. Here is a fellow who can be in emotional knots over the use of embryos for stem cell research, but finds nothing evil in the current world response to suffering refugees.
I thought of his public piety, then the Good Samaritan and Lazaras stories and walked off shaking my head.

By: amphibious

amphibious — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:25:20 +0000

MM either can’t help himself, or doesn’t care(it’s a toss off..errr..up), but his constant use of mediaeval concepts and language really scares the bejasus outa me. He’s often used the term Inquisition and not as an homage to Monty Python and on PM tonight he’s likened Krudd to Torquemada.
Way to divert attention from your religious fixations & mental geography!

By: mehitabel

mehitabel — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:35:13 +0000

Thanks for those, Anna. Very bland indeed beside your post on Abbott.

You didn’t need to take my post on extremists personally, you know. It was a general muse on the way the media works. A nutter like Mirabella gets far more publicity than someone like Pliberseck, who actually has more power than Mirabella ever has or will.

This is probably simply because nutters generate reactions, whereas middle of the roaders express opinions we expect and so are boring.

I’m just puzzled as to why we credit extremists with ‘speaking their mind’ and ‘remaining true to their convinctions’ when your average whitebread non controversial pollie is probably doing exactly the same thing.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:30:11 +0000

for the record Casey I would just like to observe that I think Tal Bachman is probably miming…

By: Anna Winter

Anna Winter — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:08:53 +0000

mehitabel: What. Ev. Er.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:05:30 +0000

Casey, Fyodor appears in that clip? wow! Also,is it true you’re a catholic? I only ask because Our Tone is a catholic and i thought that might be kinda an interesting coincidence…I don’t know any Catholics, all of my friends are practising pagans.

All this snark about what Anna said is a fascinating read after the fact especially given I thought the original post was somewhat lighthearted. Maybe I should get out more, grow some wings and practice my high wire routines. One thing for sure, we know Our Tone doesn’t have any wings