On the contrary dna, I don't think Abbott's opinion of women is any different to mine.

There are a lot of good, hard working intelligent women out there.

It is a shame Australia's first woman PM has turned out to be such a disaster and led a Government which has gone from one car crash to another in its lifetime.

I happen to think the best PM Britain has ever had was a woman.

It's about the quality of the woman, not women in general.

Australia's PM has a credibility problem (Labor insiders own words), she couldn't sell a bottle of water in a desert let alone a policy, she knifed the sitting PM to gain power and she has proven to be utterly appalling at leadership.

Not exactly glowing tributes - and this has nothing to do with her being a woman. She is not a quarter of the woman Margaret Thatcher was.
What a disappointment.

I don't agree PN - there are some decent politicians out there.

Australia - Brendan Nelson for example.
USA - John McCain is a good man.

You can find them if you look hard enough amongst the crap.

Not a fan of strong-willed, intelligent women capable of leading a country to prosperity over an entire decade dna?

Ah well, each to their own.
To me that is the essence of what we/anyone needs in charge of a country.

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Oct 27^th, 2012 at 7:54am:


Nope its about the same.

SOB

Yes and I think here in Australia, our federal election in 2013, will be a lot closer than what a lot of people think.   

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Oct 27^th, 2012 at 7:57am:


My hope is, that there are, which is why I say "almost all Pollies".

That said, IF there are any "decent politicians" out there, then they have one hell of a job in front of them, to save a quickly decaying system!

perceptions_now wrote on Oct 27^th, 2012 at 8:22am:


absolute purist decent pollies cannot rise to high office

the majority of voters are too stupid and/or lack the interest to choose a decent pollie anyway eg adel, Greens, skippy etc

the votes have always come down the choosing the "perceived" lesser of the two evils

through history it has always been easier to campaign why you shouldn't vote for the other side - stigmatising, demonising and victimising has always been the forefront. This was most evident in 2007 while some will also bring forth the Tampa affair and Hewson's GST gaffe.

I've watched many elections and gotta give it to Rudd - he was the best followed by Hawke. But both were individuals who did things their own way. Showing real personality. Abbott is very much in this mode

Now we have a new bred of maggot pollies in Gillard and Swan. Sticking by the script and offering the lowest form of politics.

Her now infamous "the real Julia" comes to mind as an example of sticking to the script.

Lowest form of politics is the false character assassination style - no not the gangnum style.

The sexist card
The misogynist card
The racist card

This current government also lacks the courage to admit it's mistakes. Offering instead to blame the Opposition for the problem because the Opposition is trying to point out the mistake to the electorate.