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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
less likely to go after Turnbull
Slightly less. Maybe. Not sure what would suit him best, and whether Turnbull's cabinet could take the weight of another numpty.
Its bad enough we've got Petato Dutton anywhere near ... well, anything. But another vacuous party spawn like Abbott?
Fuck. Might as well give Christensen the Foreign Affairs portfolio.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Politics:
@antipodean and we get Katter too. You're welcome Australia... oh, and that other fat fuck Palmer who has now finally sunk.
You can't get anything through the senate. By the time you keep everyone happy, it's been so watered down it barely resembles what was mooted, and then the opposition just pile in with "weak! can't even get legislation passed!". And that's not a shot at the ALP, the other mob would/did do the same thing.
It has become my belief that this country is ungovernable.
I don't know nuffin about Aus politics as I refuse to watch the commercial tele but, has my recently departed all time hero and his mate hit the nail on the head...again?
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@NTA said in Aussie Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
less likely to go after Turnbull
Slightly less. Maybe. Not sure what would suit him best, and whether Turnbull's cabinet could take the weight of another numpty.
Its bad enough we've got Petato Dutton anywhere near ... well, anything. But another vacuous party spawn like Abbott?
Fuck. Might as well give Christensen the Foreign Affairs portfolio.
Despite his obvious flaws, Abbott was a more than capable cabinet minister. Certainly more capable than the vast majority there now. Dutton is actually one of the better ones.
The point is that by making him a cabinet minister, Turnbull could keep him on leash. Abbott also is not Rudd and isn't the kind of person who will deliberately destroy the party. It was a stupid move and one which he'll probably shortly regret.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
Abbott also is not Rudd and isn't the kind of person who will deliberately destroy the party
But at the same time, he's clearly not a man of his word. He also said he wouldn't be sniping or carrying on like a pork chop. Yet here he is.
I take your point though.
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@NTA said in Aussie Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
Abbott also is not Rudd and isn't the kind of person who will deliberately destroy the party
But at the same time, he's clearly not a man of his word. He also said he wouldn't be sniping or carrying on like a pork chop. Yet here he is.
I take your point though.
C'mon, there is a limit to how much shit someone can take. Only a farking saint could stay silent when the guy who steals your job then continues to crap on you.
Don't mistake that for an endorsement of Abbott or a desire to have him back. No way, I wish he'd piss off. But it further highlights how incompetent and shit Turnbull is.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
If he was a cabinet minister he would be tainted by association and also less likely to go after Turnbull. In other words, Turnbull should have treated him better rather than treating him like shit. Very bad move.
I don't believe that. I reckon he'd be just as duplicitous, just as destructive. Probably more so.
He's a hypocritical fluffybunny hell-bent on destroying his own party.
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@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
If he was a cabinet minister he would be tainted by association and also less likely to go after Turnbull. In other words, Turnbull should have treated him better rather than treating him like shit. Very bad move.
I don't believe that. I reckon he'd be just as duplicitous, just as destructive. Probably more so.
He's a hypocritical fluffybunny hell-bent on destroying his own party.
Nah, he's no Rudd. He's just an ex-PM with too much time and not enough love.
The last part is a slight exaggeration don't you think? Turnbull and co are doing their very best to destroy the party themselves. They don't need Abbott's help.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
If he was a cabinet minister he would be tainted by association and also less likely to go after Turnbull. In other words, Turnbull should have treated him better rather than treating him like shit. Very bad move.
I don't believe that. I reckon he'd be just as duplicitous, just as destructive. Probably more so.
He's a hypocritical fluffybunny hell-bent on destroying his own party.
Nah, he's no Rudd. He's just an ex-PM with too much time and not enough love.
The last part is a slight exaggeration don't you think? Turnbull and co are doing their very best to destroy the party themselves. They don't need Abbott's help.
Turnbull, Morrison and Bishop aren't shitting the nest like Abbott is. Remember he's the shitbiscuit that said he wouldn't snipe like Rudd did.
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@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
If he was a cabinet minister he would be tainted by association and also less likely to go after Turnbull. In other words, Turnbull should have treated him better rather than treating him like shit. Very bad move.
I don't believe that. I reckon he'd be just as duplicitous, just as destructive. Probably more so.
He's a hypocritical fluffybunny hell-bent on destroying his own party.
Nah, he's no Rudd. He's just an ex-PM with too much time and not enough love.
The last part is a slight exaggeration don't you think? Turnbull and co are doing their very best to destroy the party themselves. They don't need Abbott's help.
Turnbull, Morrison and Bishop aren't shitting the nest like Abbott is. Remember he's the shitbiscuit that said he wouldn't snipe like Rudd did.
Shitbiscuit? I'm sensing more than a bit of Abbott derangement syndrome here.
I would remind you that Turnbull did far more damage to Abbott when he was PM than vis versa. My whole point (for about the 4th time now) is that Abbott may not have started sniping at all if Turnbull had given him a decent job and stopped paying him out in the press. And btw, Abbott is not the reason for the govt being shit and unpopular. That's 100% on Turnbull and his ministers.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:
If he was a cabinet minister he would be tainted by association and also less likely to go after Turnbull. In other words, Turnbull should have treated him better rather than treating him like shit. Very bad move.
I don't believe that. I reckon he'd be just as duplicitous, just as destructive. Probably more so.
He's a hypocritical fluffybunny hell-bent on destroying his own party.
Nah, he's no Rudd. He's just an ex-PM with too much time and not enough love.
The last part is a slight exaggeration don't you think? Turnbull and co are doing their very best to destroy the party themselves. They don't need Abbott's help.
Turnbull, Morrison and Bishop aren't shitting the nest like Abbott is. Remember he's the shitbiscuit that said he wouldn't snipe like Rudd did.
Shitbiscuit? I'm sensing more than a bit of Abbott derangement syndrome here.
He's earned the title. This isn't "derangement". I remind you he said he'd behave one way and has acted the complete opposite. I actually think he's excellent in opposition. He has an astute political sense. He was just hopeless as PM.
I would remind you that Turnbull did far more damage to Abbott when he was PM than vis versa.
Examples?
My whole point (for about the 4th time now) is that Abbott may not have started sniping at all if Turnbull had given him a decent job and stopped paying him out in the press.
All we have to go on is what he actually does.
And btw, Abbott is not the reason for the govt being shit and unpopular. That's 100% on Turnbull and his ministers.
I'm not solely blaming Abbott. I thought I made it clear the problem is the Senate and a duplicitous Shorten/ ALP.
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Abbott would not have destroyed the party like Rudd if in cabinet. Abbott is too much of a party loyalist and has too much respect for party elders who would have brought him into line if he had been remotely destructive.
I do think he would have leaked one some issues though if he felt that the party was veering away from whatever he perceived as core values for the Liberal party. These are the same topics he seems to speak out about and cause issues. But so what, the Nationals and several other fringe Senators likely do the same thing.
The good thing about the Liberal party to Labor is has been a relative meritocracy when it comes to appointments - they've moved away from this under Turnbull leaving Abbott out, pushing out Robb, Ruddock etc.
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@rotated said in Aussie Politics:
The good thing about the Liberal party to Labor is has been a relative meritocracy when it comes to appointments - they've moved away from this under Turnbull leaving Abbott out, pushing out Robb, Ruddock etc.
I happy to entertain the concept of keeping your enemies close and having Abbott inside the tent pissing out, but saying Andrew Robb was pushed out is utter nonsense. And Ruddock was in his 70s, having sucked from the public tit for 42 years.
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Oh shit I just saw the new Shorten Labour ad.
Firstly it's pretty bullshit. But the end is all Australia First. Hilarious.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Politics:
Oh shit I just saw the new Shorten Labour ad.
Firstly it's pretty bullshit. But the end is all Australia First. Hilarious.
Western Democracy: slowly painting itself into a corner using the brush of populism.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Politics:
Oh shit I just saw the new Shorten Labour ad.
Firstly it's pretty bullshit. But the end is all Australia First. Hilarious.
I googled. Not found. Any link?
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Keep that shit on the back burner - I only just caught up on this fabulous story about our politicians supporting jobs n growth in Australia
GEORGE Christensen is the latest politician to reveal his weight loss struggles, choosing to go under the knife in Malaysia in order to drop the kilos.
The 38-year-old weighed 176kg and is known as âBig Georgeâ among his colleagues â but maybe not for much longer.
The Queensland federal Nationals MP spoke about his radical surgery in Malaysia to remove 85 per cent of his stomach after returning to Australia this week.
âThe last couple of years I really began to notice the health impacts of being overweight,ââ the MP told The Australian.
âAnd when you reach the size I did, exercise just becomes Âexcruciating.
âI eventually found this company â they specialise in this sort of procedure â and last month I went over to Kuala Lumpur and underwent the surgery.â
Mr Christensen joked that it âsounds like I went to Malaysia for a boob jobââ and he did have misgivings about the procedure.
âWhen I was being wheeled into surgery I thought about reaching out from the gurney and holding onto to the door jambs to stop me going into the operating room.â
But Mr Christensen did go through with the surgery, losing 5kg during the procedure and another five since. He is expected to lose about 80kg in the next 18 months thanks to the Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy operation.
It involved turning his stomach from a âball into a sleeveâ and then putting a gastric ring on it so it canât expand.
Mr Christensen said he had tried âevery diet under the sunâ but has piled on the kilos since he won the seat of Dawson in 2010 thanks to the politicianâs lifestyle of constantly being on the road and rarely eating at home.
Thanks to the surgery he will only be able to eat four to five spoonfuls of food, five or six times a day, for the rest of this life.
âI wanted to ensure, like my grandfather, I could reach 96 years of age,â he said.
âBut at the rate I was going, I wasnât going to reach half of it. I was on my way to giving the Turnbull government a by-election if I didnât undergo the surgery.ââ
Mr Christensen is not the only politician to publicly battle with his weight. Former Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer has shed almost 60kg in eight months, dropping from 153kg to less than 95kg.
Mr Palmer has attributed his weight loss to LiteâN Easy meals and portion control.
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Sounded like he'd tried everything other than applying some will power and commitment to not overeating!
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