Mega Thread All things Tony Abbott

[NSWCROW]

The awkward moment when Paulie told Henry Hill that " Now i gotta turn my back " in GOODFELLAS........


Federal election 2016: Coalition would have been smashed if Abbott was still PM
Samantha Maiden, National Political Editor, The Sunday Telegraph
June 26, 2016 12:00am
Subscriber exclusive

TONY Abbott’s survival as Prime Minister would have killed the government at the election according to voters across Australia.
An exclusive Galaxy poll commissioned by The Sunday Telegraph has vindicated the Prime Minister’s decision to knife his predecessor.
It finds Labor leader Bill Shorten would have been elected as Prime Minister with a majority of 29 seats if Tony Abbott were still the leader.

Asked how they would vote in an election if Tony Abbott were the candidate, the result was a 53:47 two-party preferred split, with Labor securing a clear majority.

The Coalition’s primary vote crashed to 38 per cent when voters were asked how they would respond to an election with Tony Abbott still leading the government.

The Labor Party’s primary vote was also 38 per cent but this was an increase on the 2013 result and would still see Mr Shorten elected on preferences.

 

[aCunningPlan]

The awkward moment when Paulie told Henry Hill that " Now i gotta turn my back " in GOODFELLAS........


Federal election 2016: Coalition would have been smashed if Abbott was still PM
Samantha Maiden, National Political Editor, The Sunday Telegraph
June 26, 2016 12:00am
Subscriber exclusive




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According to the Sunday herald sun the last question has Turnbull at 77 and shorten at 9%

 

[NSWCROW]

According to the Sunday herald sun the last question has Turnbull at 77 and shorten at 9%

Article was posted at midnight last night ( at least the DT's article was )

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Now anti-Indigenous referendum and anti-royal commission about the NT child abuse.

Obviously only ever did the annual Indigenous trips for the "Tony cares" news video.

 

[Ratts of Tobruk]

Article was posted at midnight last night ( at least the DT's article was )

I'm pretty sure he's joking about how one-sided the Herald-Sun is.

 

[Dan26]

Goes to show you the character of Tony Abbott. Nothing but a team player during the election, and now offers nothing but praise to the incompetent overrated Turnbull who stabbed him in the back.

Abbott is typically generous - too generous:

Tony Abbott has offered a report card on the Turnbull government as it marks 12 months in office... Mr Abbott says “a lot of good things” happened in that time, including a Coalition election win that he attributed to his successor...

“We’ve maintained strong economic growth, strong jobs growth. We went to the election and got a mandate for a tough cop on the beat in the construction industry, for strong governance of unions similar to company governance, and obviously I was very pleased to see the end of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, which was really damaging owner-drivers.”...

Asked if he was still hurt by his dumping, Mr Abbott said: “It’s not about me. It never has been about me. It’s got to be about our country. The best thing for our country right now is to get behind the Turnbull government and help a good government to succeed.”

Contrast that with the speech Malcolm Turnbull as Communications Minister gave to the Brisbane Club, giving Abbott a whack even though Turnbull was actually a Cabinet Minister and thus even more bound to show loyalty:

Treasurer Joe Hockey’s 2014-15 Budget attempted to address these trends. Evidently by doing so it disappointed many in the community...

We – and I include myself and every member of the Government in this criticism – did not do a good enough job in explaining the scale of the fiscal problem the nation faces, and the urgency of taking corrective action.

In addition there was a deeply felt sense in much of the community that our proposed Budget measures were unfair to people on lower incomes when taken as a whole.

In my view the failure to effectively make the case for Budget repair was our biggest misstep, because it was a threshold we never crossed.

Once you’ve explained an issue often enough that people understand there is a genuine problem and “something” must be done, you can have an intelligent discussion about what that something might be - and just as importantly, your opponents will face public pressure to come up with their own “something” if they are not prepared to support yours...

It is important for the Coalition to make progress on the Budget and economic reform... At the heart of this issue is confidence. It is critical that the public have confidence economic management is in safe and competent hands...

As I have said many times, the time for spin and slogans is over. The Australian people want all of us in public life to respect them, by laying out the challenges we face clearly and accurately, not insulting them with exaggeration or oversimplification...

Let me briefly describe two instances of how I’ve followed this approach in my own portfolio...

 

[Pessimistic]

Asking people to cut back while posting outrageous personal claims and being cauught smugly puffing on fat cigars can be described as 'a poor sales job I suppose

 

[Docker Clint]

He should make a new play for his old job back considering how popular he is with the electorate

 

[Reynolds Number]

Was watching question time in the senate on the ABC and a member of government said that the resources sector is the strongest it has been since WW2. Talk about drinking too much bathwater. I bet a few on here are drunk on that same kool aid.

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[Maggie5]

Extracts of Chris Mitchell's book is interesting regarding Abbott:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2...ay-rise-after-giving-rupert-murdoch-ultimatum

Then opposition leader Tony Abbott mocked prime minister Gillard’s figure in front of fellow dinner guests, journalists Greg Sheridan and Ross Fitzgerald, Mitchell claims, according to an extract published in the Weekend Australian.

“Tony even stood up in the middle of dessert to ape Julia Gillard’s walk for us all in the middle of a discussion about Germaine Greer’s Q&A critique of the Gillard derriere,” he writes.

Shock, can't possibly imagine Tony doing this.

 

[Gough]

He's not really in a position to mock, he looks like an ape, and judging by his speedos, I think I understand why Margie always looks so underwhelmed.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

lol

 

[IKnowtheDog]

He's not really in a position to mock, he looks like an ape, and judging by his speedos, I think I understand why Margie always looks so underwhelmed.

There's more than one way to skin a cat and Tony's tongue has plenty of spice to it!!

 

[Dan26]

He's not really in a position to mock, he looks like an ape.

Is that acceptable to say, only because his skin is white?

 

[Kram]

He's not really in a position to mock, he looks like an ape, and judging by his speedos, I think I understand why Margie always looks so underwhelmed.

How can you not be a fan, what a rig

 

[Gough]

Barely a mouthful by the looks of it, no wonder the poor bastard has issues.

 

[Pie eyed]

Whenever Abbott walks near Turnbull you can faintly hear the Jaws theme............


Dah Dunnt Dah Dunnt Dah Dunnt Dunt dunt dunt dunt dunt dunt

 

[Pie eyed]

The other around Pess. If the economy is managed properly, or is perceived to be being managed properly, then the electorate will keep the libs in power and Labor out of power.

Worked for John Howard..........Oh! No it didn't.

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Barely a mouthful by the looks of it, no wonder the poor bastard has issues.

So just to get this straight, taking pot shots on gender specific anatomy in retaliation for taking pot shots on gender specific anatomies is all good??

 

[Gough]

So just to get this straight, taking pot shots on gender specific anatomy in retaliation for taking pot shots on gender specific anatomies is all good??

As Duck Dunn said, if the shit fits, wear it.

 

[Sinjin Smith]

As Duck Dunn said, if the shit fits, wear it.

So that works both ways?

 

[Gough]

So that works both ways?

I'm a random internet idiot, this guy was the Prime Minister of Australia, if you can't see the difference in what I've said, and what he's said then I can't help you.

 

[Maggie5]

So just to get this straight, taking pot shots on gender specific anatomy in retaliation for taking pot shots on gender specific anatomies is all good??

Are you saying that Abbott was wrong in what he did?

 

[NSWCROW]

So 1 year on since the COWARD was sacked by his own party.

Also the anniversary of Andrew Boltz's " YEAR OF TEARS "

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Unfortunately it's unleashed Peta Credlin on the world!!! Is this a punishment we deserved, I don't know!!