Comments on: Tony Abbott: Ironman or running joke?

By: SBH

SBH — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:35:48 +0000

geez gillby, which politician does. Although Alan Stockdale spent plenty of time with Peter Collins’ wife

By: gillby

gillby — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:21:32 +0000

Does Abbott spend any time with his wife?

By: SBH

SBH — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:31:42 +0000

my newest pedals wiegh 186 grams

By: Cripes...

Cripes... — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:47:20 +0000

Which hero would you follow?

a) intellectual ironman

b) pink jargonmaster

By: MarisolStewart27

MarisolStewart27 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:06:15 +0000

Make your life more easy get the credit loans and all you want.

By: Venise Alstergren

Venise Alstergren — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:16:16 +0000

I’m stuffed if I can understand all the pious ‘good on him’ junk coming from the commenteriat. If Tony Abbott did all of his cycling, swimming, whatever-in spite of hating it; this would make him heroic. But he does it for glory, personal glory.

Spare me the equally pious “And he gives it all to charity” Does anyone have the wit to ask themselves: ‘What if he didn’t do it for charity?’ Which one amongst you would be silent if he was doing for himself? Gotcha!

By: david

david — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:56:51 +0000

BillyBlogs, you were saying about Abbott clawing back poll points??????

By: Matt Longworth

Matt Longworth — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:55:02 +0000

There once was an Ironman Triathlon
in which nobody noticed the nobody who won.
Instead, everybody looked at a somebody and,
even though that somebody
talked about every other Ironman body,
nobody noticed anybody but the somebody.
And then everybody starting talking
about the somebody so much so that till this day
nobody knows anything about anybody else who
once was in the Ironman Triathlon.

By: BananaPrincess

BananaPrincess — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:28:37 +0000

Abbott is up there with Keating- ” The pasty Beaurocrat” - too funny!

By: napoleon dynamite

napoleon dynamite — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:45:19 +0000

anyone that can do this, let alone at 52 years of age, deserves to be acknowledged.

I hate Rudd but I might even chuck some respect his way (but I know he has a bad pump).

By: Tomboy

Tomboy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:12:38 +0000

Joe Hockey for Ironman in 2011! C’mon Joe, start with the lunges…just be careful not lean to the right too much when lunging.

By: Bullmore's Ghost

Bullmore's Ghost — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:32:24 +0000

I vote for running joke.

By: Rocket Rocket

Rocket Rocket — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:08:13 +0000

Newspoll has spoken.

By: djhmoore@gmail.com

djhmoore@gmail.com — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:09:54 +0000

This is no running joke. Politically I prefer the other mob, but if you are out there on your bike every day, as many of us are, continuously menaced by red necks in four wheel drives, that’s no joke. And that is Tony’s constituency! Surely his example might make them think twice before next time they try to run you off the road. I could be Tony! This is game changing for us.

By: Gail

Gail — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:52:54 +0000

Ironman or Peter Pan?

By: skink

skink — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:46:21 +0000

has nobody quoted Forrest Gump yet?

‘that boy sure is a running fool’

By: Gratton Wilson

Gratton Wilson — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:55:40 +0000

What is this fetish of displaying physical activity? John Howard used to go “power walking” to for the public to “look at me: look at me” just as Tony Abbott is doing now. John Howard and Tony Abbott could have used the gym at Parliament House (provided by the taxpayers at considerable expense) when in Canberra and had a walking machine on the back verandah just and Tony Abbott could have an exercise bike and any other gear he wanted to keep himself fit but both of them are hungry for an audience to watch them - and hopefully admire them. As for Kevin Rudd, I understand that he used to play tennis which does require a level of fitness but I don’t know that he has the time now, I sincerely hope that when he does have time away from affairs of state that he keeps in touch with his family and doesn’t just turn up at home to have his washing done.

By: chinda

chinda — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:52:00 +0000

I’m sure people love Tony Abbott the celebrity, but I’m also positive they won’t vote for him as Tony Abbott, the alternative Prime Minister.

PM (or Leader of the Oppostion, for that matter) is a serious mega full-time job. It is not a fun side-line while you keep yourself super-fit courtesy of the Australian taxpayer.

By: thistler

thistler — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:03:39 +0000

But Tony Abbott IS Iron Man http://pollyrofl.com/peanut-cup/tony-abbott-is-iron-man/

By: beachcomber

beachcomber — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:43:45 +0000

It can now be revealed. Tony “Ironman” Abbott is not John Howard’s ideologcal love child with Bronwyn Bishop. He may share his taste in unfortuante sporting outfits, but the real father is Wilson “Ironbar” Tuckey. The same brain, the same strategic planning, the same compassion, the same witty jokes, even the same heavy metal.

By: Johnfromplanetearth

Johnfromplanetearth — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:34:09 +0000

I am IronMan,
Has he lost his mind,
Can he see or is he blind,
Can he walk at all,
Or if he moves will he fall

Considering what a bunch of fat slobs Australians are turning into i think he is setting a good example. Obesity is a big problem, why are we knocking a poly who is actually fit?

Has anyone ever noticed that Mcdonalds ad campaign “Im Loving it” is an anagram of Ailing Vomit? Get off the happy snacks people and run with Tony!

By: Holden Back

Holden Back — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:07:29 +0000

But John, the Adventures of Ironyman might prove more popular. Episode # 237 ‘The Triumph of Authentic Style over Substance’ is particularly alluring.

By: daveliberts

daveliberts — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:06:19 +0000

As a rusted on Labor voter and former fairly fit cyclist now unfit couch potato, I think Crikey has got this one wrong. Being fit definitely helps your mental capacity. It also gives you time to think, which as Paul Keating remarked is a vital thing for being a leader. Bash Abbott for his policy decisions and public comments, but you’re wrong to bash him for his involvement in this event or his fundraising for the McGrath Foundation.

By: John

John — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:58:01 +0000

The Iron Monk
Will not be sunk
By jealous wimps
And laughing chimps.

By: shepherdmarilyn

shepherdmarilyn — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:46:53 +0000

Why is it even news, that is the question. Who the hell cares beyond a bunch of who?