Comments on: Opinion polls turn nasty for Turnbull

By: Christine Johnson

Christine Johnson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:15:26 +0000

You only watch Rove when SBC or the PM are on! Here’s an afterthought. Maybe Rudd’s more relevant than Turnbull because he surrounds himself with a youth machine?

By: David Sanderson

David Sanderson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:40:39 +0000

Commenting on Rudd on Rove would require watching Rove. And that is just too painful. Very cruel and unusual pain.

By: Christine Johnson

Christine Johnson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:10:26 +0000

I thought the PM was far more at ease on the show than Malcolm Turnbull could ever have been. SBC’s clearly a hysterical class act Kev fully appreciated. A comfortable participant in all the friviolous banter the PM topped off a brilliant week showing his popularity goes beyond the parliamentary role.

By: Simon Watts

Simon Watts — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:17:38 +0000

What do people think about K-Rudd’s performance on Rove?

He clearly bristled when the blow-dryer came up early. There was a beautiful comic moment that turned dark when Rudd laboured the point “It was a fabrication….I was in the middle Afghanistan, of course there was no hair-dryer” - and Peter Helliar from the back-seats piped up with “…and that’s why you were angry”. Rudd shot a look at the scruff on the couch and cattily said “you’ve never used a hair-dryer have you”.

Hang on - is our Prime-Minister having a go at someone for not using a hair-dryer? Was he channelling Bruno? The nasty nerd is undeniably vain as well.

By: David Sanderson

David Sanderson — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:52:08 +0000

Tom, ‘odd’ is the most polite word to describe your views. ‘Very bloody peculiar’ if we are being perfectly frank.

By: Tom McLoughlin

Tom McLoughlin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:31:20 +0000

My preliminary view before checking the press etc later today, based on the AFP having so far decided to NOT charge Godwin Grech (meaning he is not the forger, if indeed it is forged?), is:

The electorate are angry at being told their symbolic spouse, has breached faith, been unfaithful etc. The electorate “don’t believe it” as per Martin OShannasey of Newspoll on radio earlier today.

But that doesn’t mean the spouse is not having an affair. Affairs happen every day - just ask Mr Sanford.

The question is what the electorate will believe after the AFP fat lady sings, auditor general too.

And what are the stages of a ‘truth’ that dare not be spoken?

1. anger (the polls today)
2. denial
3. bargaining
4. acceptance.

Bring on the AFP charges for who did in fact send the Treasury email. ALP hack or not ALP hack? I wonder.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:27:04 +0000

Abandon ship, News Ltd., women and children first.

By: David Sanderson

David Sanderson — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:15:38 +0000

Not mentioned here but Paul Sheehan has one of his characteristically myopic pieces in the SMH today. According to Sheehan Labor are a pack of animals for counter-attacking and returning fire against Turnbull.

Next he’ll be calling Labor a pack of Muslims with innate rapist tendencies. As QE2 might say: “Who is that silly man?”