The Best of 2010: Tony Abbott
There were a few great elections this year. I don’t want want to pick favourites, because every election is like a crass, embarassing, morally bankrupt child to me, but if I’ll let you in on my top three. The United Kingdom, Australia, and…. Hungary. You thought I was going to mention the American midterms didn’t you? No, those were awful…. and boring. Attila Mesterhazy’s facial hair is more interesting then anything that happened in the States this year. Fact. Australia makes the top three for one reason only: Tony Abbott. Tony Abbott is the name of an early Homo Erectus which was found in the Australian outback, preserved for millions of years under countless layers of red sand and the ash of a...
Read MoreTony on a Short Leash
Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is in high campaign mode against the newly enthroned Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The stakes are high, Gillard is Australia’s first female PM, and she may very well get Kim Campbell-ed by Abbott’s Liberals (who are actually the more conservative party in Australia). This all depends on the Liberal’s ability to contain the Father Tony’s frequent outbursts of misogyny, homophobia, stupidity, and well, honesty. The Australian Daily Telegraph has very amusing article by Claire Harvey about the lengths the Liberals go to contain their candidate, the 52 year old former priest who allows the spittle to fly freely during political speeches, who loves any occasion to take off his...
Read MorePlain Talk Australia
Australia is currently in an election. I’ve always been of the belief that Australia (which I’m not overly knowledgeable about, granted) is not unlike the United States in it’s political landscape. There are the liberal coastlines, a Red State interior, their Liberals are actually rather conservative, and there are a collection of righter-then-right-wing parties who seem to get an alarming chunk of the popular vote but luckily for everyone, split the whip-bibles-at-gay-people vote at least three ways. Another similarity between the Australians and the Americans is their love of plain talkin’ leaders. In Australia, they’ve gone so far as to hold seminars on how to speak in simple English because they find...
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Polonoscopy is a site devoted to political fluff. While I do appreciate that there are important issues out there… with respect… eh… don’t really care. Not here anyway, not now, that is not what Polonoscopy is about. Fluff. It’s all about image and perception in politics. Rather than vote for someone based on a record of public service and commitment to the meaningful issues of the day, wouldn’t you rather vote for someone who’s personality seems similar if only slightly more impressive then your own? Of course, we all would.