The cold dead eyes of Julia Gillard

[Mattus]

The is the darkest hour of Australian political history. A cynical, convicationless power grab. This is not forging a new labor in response to the public polls, they merely provided the opportunity, the justification for play. There is no change in the cabinet.

And the policies? Good christ, the pacific solution? Really? You have to be kidding. This is Meg Lees signing the GST. This is the betrayal of the party faithful. Sacrificing the soul of the left. Tearing the country to the right. Yanking us back to Howardian nonsense, and for what?

For votes? No. I think not. Felating the mining interest and adopting the policies of the old enemy will not even stop the haemorrhage of Labor Unity. It's certainly not going to win votes. If anything votes will be lost as the heartbroken socialist left (I include myself) reignite our romance with the greens or, Christ dare I say it, the dems (No.. no.. surely there's something else for us lost and departed?)

Then perhaps she did it for power? Perhaps... perhaps there was a surge of backing from the Unions cheering her on as she dropped on bended knee to grope beneath the sagging belly of primary industry. But even she must know the power is fleeting. That she will exit the same way she entered, with tears on the steps (and blood on the floor) of the house.

They maybe she beleives it's the right policy? No?

Or is it to distance herself from Rudd? Yes, there's an imperitive to distance herself from his fetid stench of failure. To been seen to cut away the rotten flesh. Sever the digit to save the limb. Yes, this is good medicine. But there's a difference between turfing the policies of the vanquished and embracing the laws of the enemy. Pacific solution was Howard's. It still has the old man's stink on it.

Sadly I think it's none of these. I think the reason she's adopting the pacific solution is simply because she doesn't have the brains to think of something better. She's more suited to ringing up dog biscuits at the local IGA than formulating original adminitrative thought, so she's copied the answers from the old bloke. I guess she figures he had a good run, that 11 years at the stick is good enough for her, so she'll just plagiarise his essay. Never mind that he played for the other team.

A sour day. The end of a love affair for this, once was, poitical animal.

[Jovial Monk]

Grow up.

Hmmm, The Refugee Council supports the Timor solution on ABC TV News. Julia has managed to walk the line, Abbott has long ago fallen off. Julia 2, abbott 0

Refugee Council of Australia president John Gibson said the proposed centre on East
Timor was a positive change and had been suggested by the council for some time.

"From our perspective this is a positive thing," he told ABC TV. "This is aimed to essentially reduce the flow of boats so that people will not need to get on to boats to come to Australia because they will go to this regional processing centre.

"They will be processed under international guidelines and with the assistance of the UNHCR and then one assumes steps will be taken to ensure at some time in the future they will be resettled in third countries.


Mr Gibson said the opposition proposal to reject asylum claims of those who destroyed their travel documents had been considered by the Howard government and withdrawn.

"I don't know why they are now thinking of re-introducing something which they themselves considered would not work and would be contrary to the convention," he said.

Mr Gibson said the Howard government's temporary protection visas actually proved to be an incentive for women and children initially refused entry to board boats to come to Australia.

[mantra]

What else was Gillard supposed to do? When she was offered the job as PM - should she have said no? She's not a Christian - she's a politician.

She beat Abbott to the punch by linking up with East Timor, a place worthy of our assistance and vice versa. Nauru is run down and isolated - at least East Timor is a little more civilised.

Gillard has to try and beat Abbott at his own game if she wants her party re-elected.

I don't like some of the concessions she is making - they are far too Liberalish, but a campaign has started and she has to fight back any way she can.

[Rainbow Moonlight]

Gillard Labor is better than Abbot Liberal - agreed?

[mantra]

Abbott or Gillard - not a hard decision for some. The flak she's copping is worse than Rudd or Howard ever received and I think it's because she's a female. We're still a sexist nation, no matter how hard we pretend not to be.

[HIGHERBEAM]

Policy on the run, NZ AND East Timor have not even agreed yet but here we have Australia trying to dictate to other nations that this is what will happen remind you of any other country ( America ).If they did this you clowns would be baying for blood but because they have this policy painted in red it is alright

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... 947443.htm

EVEN THE LAW COUNCIL ARE RUBBISHING THIS POLICY ON THE RUN

[boxy]

This policy, intercepting refugees before they pay people smugglers to put them on throw away boats to the Aus mainland, is designed to stop the boats instead of Abbott's stupid "turn the boats around" rhetoric. It was the way that immigration from Asia was handled in the past (Fraser years), and will keep things orderly and our borders secure, without putting our defense personnel in danger.

It's pure win, if only the govt could organise the chook raffle

[HIGHERBEAM]

It's pure win, if only the govt could organise the chook raffle

Yes we know they cannot organise a chook raffle let alone foreign policy and boat people without using other parties policies and calling it there own.It's good to see you contribute comrade boxy and not hide beneath your rock like a rock spider does that mean you can vote.

[sprintcyclist]

gillards eyes are like a dead sharks

look at how she knifed rudd

[boxy]

gillards eyes are like a dead sharks

look at how she knifed rudd

Abbott's ears are like a deformed elephant's.

Look at how he trampled Turnbull.