Beoz

I doubt it .... I can't stand Gillard being on my TV ...... That improvised bogan accent and the patronising tone she takes with just about everyone .... It's not women in power - it's Gillard in power

Dorothy

I think Tony Abbot would struggle with women period.

JoeBloggs80

Of course he does. He's old school aussie.

Him getting chucked out of parliament the other day was hilarious. He was like a petulant little child. It'll be a sad and pathetic day when he inevitably becomes PM.

GarryP

Tony struggles with anyone having the power he so desperately craves.

You could have a cross between Jesus, Gandhi, King Arthur and Winston Churchill as PM and Tony would still say they were a failure and unfit to govern.

brissybee

No, I don't think Abbott struggles with women in power...

I think that kind of claim is a pathetic last resort used by bitch women who aren't getting their own way.

I really hate it when women use the old "it's because I'm a woman" stunt.

I'm not saying there isn't sexual discrimination against women... there is and it's often directed towards pregnant women and women with children.

But in this instance, I think it's a rather lame attempt at a distraction.

Pathetic IMO.

Amazulu

As long as his clothes are cleaned and ironed, his dinner is on the table when he gets in and he gets serviced in bed, who gives a shit.

brissybee

Note to self. Do not laugh. Do not encourage.

moneypenny20

Does Tony Abbott struggle? Yes, yes he does.

DadAgain

To be honest I think Tony Abbot struggles to tie his own shoe laces...

The man is the scariest of fools. To think that Australians are reasonably likely to vote him into power could be one of Australias most shameful acts of the last 224 years.

GarryP

Oh contraire, he's got enough brains to keep shtum about what his real planned policies are - speaking only in platitudes that won't scare the voters. "Market flexibility" rather than "they can fire your arse, with no redundancy, because the boss didn't get laid last night".

He's smart enough to do that.

knockoff nige

It's a catch 22. Do you want a PM who will continue to lie, create more taxes and be incredibly annoying to listen to? Or do you want a monkey?

If only we didnt have a government who were too soft to handle Kevin Rudd.

knockoff nige

Eh? So he's hid this from everyone but somehow you know about it?

GarryP

I have a politician to english translator.

If you don't you'll just have to work with the alternative; you know a politician is lying because their lips are moving.

knockoff nige

I think you're being a little presumptuous. If you fear Tony Abbott getting into government because of what he might be lying about, I refer you to your last statement.

GarryP

It's actually kind of obvious. If you look at his past policies, he's tended to be on the other side from the angels.

Now, he's obviously trying to avoid putting forward any substantive plans - it's all just waffle. Yet when things do slip out, it tends to be to the detriment of the worker and the benefit of the boss (Hockey's gaff for one).

You have two possibilities:

1. He doesn't really have a complete and integrated set of policies - he's just making it up on the hoof. Given what he does say this is not good - he tends to be a slash and burn right winger. But it also means he's not fit to stand, because he hasn't done the groundwork to create a viable set of policies.
2. He does have a complete and integrated set of policies - so why isn't he describing them? Why does he only talk in platitudes and negatives? Well obviously he must think to actually spell out those policies it to mean they have less chance of implementation - because the voters would desert him.

Either way, you don't want him anywhere near power.

Add in his blatant negative politicising (he was originally a proponent of the carbon tax) and you arrive at a whole package that is almost a textbook example of the type you don't want anywhere near power. Two faced, lying, hidden agenda, not smart enough, power crazed, and in the pocket of rich men who fund him.