Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 16
th, 2018 at 11:03am:
Actually I'm not sure the point of Abbott being a conviction politican really stands true, he has flip flopped on a few things.
The truth about Abbott, like many politicians, he was only ever in it for himself, the power he sought, from youth until his adult life, be it politics or within the church. He would and did do or say anything that he thought would lead him to power, and it worked.
BUT, things he did or said that were never intended for a public audience that were overheard by people, such as the poo Happens comment, at least he never backed down from it and lied again to the people claiming he never said it.
Abbott's False Narrative campaign/excuse was Fake News Lite. It would have been more effective now when people seem to have no issue picking and choosing what they want to be true rather than actually relying on the truth or facts and trying to spin them a certain way.
That doesn't even happen anymore, now it's just "oh that thing you say happened and you have evidence of, fake news, nothing to see here".
It's a sad state of affairs.
Like even the premise of this very thread, "Drain the swamp". Trump is getting credit for doing so when in reality he's vastly added TO the swamp more than anything else. His policies are what "the swamp" have been trying to implement for years, but no, that's fake news and he's doing a great job.
Please...