The Late Tony Abbott?

I know that many would revel at the thought of the demise of the Abbott, me included, and given time that will happen.  This is simply about the sad reality that we have a PM that has little or no understanding of diplomacy, propriety, good manners or respect.

Watching him make a speech is an exercise in gross embarrassment, as he um’s and ah’s and er’s, his meandering way through,  apparently thinking about every word that dribbles from his disconnected mouth (disconnected from his brain that is), in a monumental effort to not place both feet firmly in it, and kick his own tonsils to death.

Being able to say “we told you so” to all those sadly misguided souls who voted for the LNP, in the vain hope that they would be the “Adult” and “Crystal Clear” government promised prior to the election, gives little satisfaction, as he actively trashes our reputation on the world stage.

When Abbott said that we should not act beyond our station, that should have been a hint for those preparing to vote for the LNP, that he had no freakin idea WTF he was doing.

And true to form, in his first foray into international relations he has portrayed us on the world stage, as a rude and ignorant diplomatic back water, who voted for a PM who can’t even be on time for important  meetings with world leaders, cos it was more important for him to be chewing the fat with a mate and likeminded right wing nut-job.

I suppose that we should be grateful for the fact that he didn’t also fall asleep like he did after arriving late for a delegation of Aboriginal elders, who travelled for three days,  to meet with a parliamentary committee that he was a member of.    He didn’t even apologise for being late, just found his seat and dozed off.  As reported in an article on IA.

Or like the time that he was 30 minutes late for a debate with Nicola Roxon, at the National press club during the 2007 election campaign.

He also missed the debates on pieces of key legislation in the parliament during his time as LOTO.

So Abbott has form in being late, or not turning up at all, but I think that being 20 minutes late for a formal meeting with world leaders, and making the host, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and the Russian President Putin, start without him, is the height of arrogant rudeness.

During the election campaign, (His entire term as LOTO) he was late or a no show, when it came to;

• Policy detail and costing.
• Honesty.
• Decency.
• Integrity.
• Answering questions.
• Being an “Adult”.
• Being “Crystal Clear”.

So, should we be surprised that we now have the same ignorant, rude and gutless political bully and thug, as PM, that he was as LOTO?

Should we automatically respect a man (?) who was sold to us by the MSM as the best option for PM, with no regard for his ability or skill (or lack thereof) to do the job, when he set the example of no respect to the previous and first female PM?

Should we expect more from our elected representatives, or should we just accept the fact that we now have a government that is morally, emotionally and brain dead, led by the most morally, emotionally and brain dead of them all:

The late Tony Abbott?

Do you remember the tirade Julia Gillard received from Alan Jones (and the community at large) for being 10 minutes late for an interview? Here’s some of the transcript, which appears tame in comparison to the sting that was heard in the shock jock’s voice:

The interview had started poorly, with the Prime Minister arriving about 10 minutes late for her 7.10am slot.

“Ten past 7 is 10 past 7 isn’t it?” Jones said to Ms Gillard.

“I can understand you may not want to come on or you can’t come on but surely courtesy has to be part of the way in which the public are treated,” he said

To those who can remember hearing the now famous outburst, I’m sure you can recall the vile filth Jones lashed at the then PM. You may remember too, the lashings she received from the right-wing cheer squad who added her unforgivable tardiness to their long list of reasons why she was the most evil being on planet Earth.

Well I wonder what they’d have to say, including Jones, to Abbott being 20 minutes late to his first APEC meeting:

Arriving noticeably late to the first session of the APEC leaders meeting in Bali yesterday – where 21 world leaders gathered to talk about important matters – Mr Abbott appeared to be snubbed by the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

And don’t you just love news.com, where that story is from? Tony Abbott was noticeably late; no mention that it was a whole 20 minutes. Tony Abbott was snubbed; yes, the headline to the story was “Did Russian President Vladimir Putin snub our Prime Minister Tony Abbott?” Of course, Putin is the bad guy.

But wait, there are more bad guys:

Explaining his tardiness to journalists this morning Mr Abbott blamed officials for not alerting him to the start of the meeting.

Yep, I guess that lets Tony of the hook. After all, he’s not well known for being able to fend for himself.

Meanwhile, do you remember when Julia Gillard was late for an interview with Alan Jones? Do you also remember the outcry?

Do I detect the stench of double standards from our media?

Nice theatre Wild One. From the author's website:

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I think you'll find more blatherings from "Truth Seeker" stating that Abbott is unelectable etc.

What I like about Australia is that we have no law against masturbation. I would hope that people don't do it in public.

salad in wrote on Oct 10^th, 2013 at 6:31am:



Has the law been change so we can only post articles from right wing site now.

If so when was the law changed?

John S wrote on Oct 10^th, 2013 at 7:14am:




THEY LIE......

you believe it ..

but then you are probably waiting for Halleys comet to return..

cods wrote on Oct 10^th, 2013 at 7:24am:


I know this might be a stupid idea, but, go through that article, specifically presented for this piece, and highlight the lies.

After all, Julia Gillard was late to the Allan Jones interview was she not?

Allan Jones did publicly try to berate here did he not?

Media joined the circus, did they not?

Mr Abbott, our current PM was 20 minutes late to his first APEC forum, was he not?

Main stream media has had nothing to say about this being disrespectful behaviour have they not?

So, was it more disrespectful for our former PM to turn up late to a tawdry shock jock's tawdry show than it was for a current PM to turn up late for what is in effect a Global summit?

And I haven't even begun on taking NO responsibility for his tardiness....

It is note worthy that most of the other delegates turned up on time.

cods wrote on Oct 10^th, 2013 at 7:24am:



Seriously at least his waiting for something THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS









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Really Cods, I don't expect you to bad mouth Abbott but your increasingly shrill defense of the man is embarrassing.