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First Dog On The Moon

The joy of an ordinary wife: the Margie Abbott Story

Sitting down for breakfast with the Abbotts, the real political power story of the Opposition Leader is revealed ...

First Dog On The Moon

Oct 08, 2012

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  1. klewso
    October 8, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    [With apologies to Tammy Wynette (Kids say the darndest things):-
    MP’s say the darndest things…
    Have you ever listened close to the games they play or the little songs they sing,
    Last night I recalled Tony’s shameless dishin’ mud –
    Now his Margie’s tellin’ all us voters “he’s just a cute and cuddly stud”?]

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  2. ianjohnno1
    October 8, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    The depressing thing is that a lot of voters will love this honeyed tripe.

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  3. copywriter
    October 8, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    Tammy Wynette not Loretta Lynn

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  4. Venise Alstergren
    October 8, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    Meanwhile, on the Alan Jones front, AJ has told the head of Mercedes Aust what he can do with the free car they’ve taken away from him. “I didn’t want it anyway,” states the world’s greatest whinger. Which is probably why he was photographed riding in it all the time??????

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  5. First Dog On The Moon
    October 8, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    LEAVE LORETTA LYNN ALONE!

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  6. izatso?
    October 8, 2012 at 4:19 pm

    …. tho’ their disapprovin’, Rawhide ….. ! Yair !

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  7. ernmalleyscat
    October 8, 2012 at 4:43 pm

    Toni Abbott

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  8. Holden Back
    October 8, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    I hope he’s wearing an apron.

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  9. Chris Johnson
    October 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm

    Do Margie’s turd sandwiches come in pinwheels, triangles or squares?

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  10. Andybob
    October 8, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    But if you love him you’ll forgive him
    Even though he’s hard to understand

    But I’m a father with two daughters, and I neither love him nor forgive him.

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