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Mega Thread All things Tony Abbott

Who will be the next Prime Minister of Australia

  • Malcolm Turnbull

  • Julie Bishop

  • Scott Morrison

  • Andrew Robb

  • Someone from the LIberal Party other than those above

  • Bill Shorten

  • Someone from the Labor Party other than Shorten


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Maybe. Or maybe, just maybe, the PM made a mistake. Hence why we have a 13 page 'gaffe' thread.

If he was referring 'out of manners', would he have used 'Mike'?

Why do you feel the need to defend Abbott so stridently??
Lol, next time I walk into a lefty circle-jerk I'll just back out slowly rather than introduce some facts.
 
You do know that's his real name, yeah?

It's not. It's Michael. Or Mile.

Lol, half the footballers on the planet are known by names not their own. You think they introduce themselves in formal settings with their moniker? Maybe, just maybe he met the PM and introduced himself by his real name, and out of manners he refers to him as such?

Again, it's Michael. Not Mike.

Oh, I don't know, Croation heritage maybe? Why do Brazilians et al use nicknames as their football moniker?

What fact was introduced here?
 

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Now he has a double dissolution trigger we'll see the real Tony Abbott,the gutless, backing down, cowering sook.
 

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Now he has a double dissolution trigger we'll see the real Tony Abbott,the gutless, backing down, cowering sook.

No, he is a bully. Sociopaths have no empathy & will force their own way. Abbott has had Leitnant Eric Abetz, (Iron Cross, 2nd class:p) Holding the front in the Senate. The fun & games starts now the Fuhrer has returned.
 
The Mad Monk isnt interested in the future. He looks in the rear vision mirror for inspiration. No car industry, like in the 1930's. Bringing back Knight & Dame honours like the last century. More Coal & less renewable energy like last century. Yes the Monk sees our future in the last century, Yee hoo!!!!

Plus no internet as well. The internet is the work of satan.
 

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You have to laugh at the left and their clear wish for Abbott to have stuffed up abroad. They really are a low bunch, who have no desire to see what's best for the country, even for something as bi-partisan as Australian foreign policy. Sadly, for them, he didn't stuff up, he handled himself with integrity, class, and made a couple of terrific speeches. His speech in Texas was a cracker.

Basically, whenever a newly elected conservative goes overseas, there are calls from the left that Australia will be "embarrassed." They said it with John Howard, they said it with Tony Abbott and it never happens.

Gillard on the other hand.... remember her cringe worthy Aussie rules handpass in the oval office? Rudd's "waving" to George Bush on the other side of the room in a facepalm moment, not to mention his rudeness to the Chinese.

Whether you like Abbott's politics or not, he is a few things going for him in foreign relations. One he is extremely likeable face to face. He has NO enemies in the Liberal party (just because Turnbull, Morrison and Hockey have leadership ambitions one day doesn't make them enemies.) His lack of enemies is the one reason he became the leader.

And he is incredibly humble (unlike Rudd) and this comes across well in foreign relations. Kim Beazley said quite openly that the Americans were intrigued by our free-trade negotiations in Asia. He is also a very respectful person. He reminds me very much of John Howard in those aspects.

So, despite the lefts wish that Abbott would be an embarrassment, he handled himself incredibly well, and did Australia proud. Hopefully his stance on climate change with the Canadian PM, will inspire other countries, who are "doing something" about climate change to instead do nothing, and stop wasting money on worthless gestures, that have no empirical evidence to support them.

I give his trip a 9/10
 

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