Bill Shorten's support page - Not !

[vicr3000]

I see Billy boy popped over to Iraq for a quick visit to see the troops

There doesn't seem to be any access to bill's surprise trip photos... all very contrived and tightly controlled by Bill's office.

Where was the independent media photos and video ?

Then again, if it is unsafe for a few Australian media then it is unsafe for the Opposition leader of Australia, he shouldn't have went there either.

But the more I look at those last pics, the more fake they look. Were the real free press allowed to go to the RAAF / Army photo shoot?

What I haven't seen is the usual pics of soldiers enthusiastically cheering him on... Is that in any of video ?

Then again, there was talk about him recording a speech in a Labor room so crowd could be added later.....   who really knows ?

Anyway, the troops do NOT look very happy about him being there.

One asleep, a few looking VERY bored and not one smile.

[debra9275]

Did Shorten go over there? Obviously it wasn't a big hoop-la propaganda stunt like abbott's trip was because I didn't even see anything about it

[***super_nova***]

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Shorten usurp the PM in front of troops ?

Now that's a laugh.

The PM at 50+ can hack it with soldiers half his age and they said so, they said they were impressed.

Shorten would die in 10 minutes, that is if he had the balls to give it a go.

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I personally prefer somebody with brain to somebody with brawn. 

[***super_nova***]

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@debra9275 wrote:
Did Shorten go over there? Obviously it wasn't a big hoop-la propaganda stunt like abbott's trip was because I didn't even see anything about it

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It does not look like he brought whole plane full of journos for the trip.

[gleee58]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Shorten usurp the PM in front of troops ?

Now that's a laugh.

The PM at 50+ can hack it with soldiers half his age and they said so, they said they were impressed.

Shorten would die in 10 minutes, that is if he had the balls to give it a go.

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I personally prefer somebody with brain to somebody with brawn. 

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Exactly.  Who needs a buffoon who wants to throw his weight around every where  he goes? 

Why does he always lean into and grab the arm of other people when shaking hands for a photo op? 

It's a really agressive stance that he should have been trained out of before he got the top job.

[icyfroth]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Shorten usurp the PM in front of troops ?

Now that's a laugh.

The PM at 50+ can hack it with soldiers half his age and they said so, they said they were impressed.

Shorten would die in 10 minutes, that is if he had the balls to give it a go.

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I personally prefer somebody with brain to somebody with brawn. 

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I don't think Mr Shorten is well-endowed in either area.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Shorten usurp the PM in front of troops ?

Now that's a laugh.

The PM at 50+ can hack it with soldiers half his age and they said so, they said they were impressed.

Shorten would die in 10 minutes, that is if he had the balls to give it a go.

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I think someone needs to buy you a thesaurus Vic.

Usurp (oust, overthrow, unseat,  depose, dethrone) does not mean the same thing as upstage. (outdo professionally or socially, overshaow, outshine) and the word I used was upstage

Moreover,  I did not suggest  that Shorten either could or was trying to upstage the PM. I suggested that if more photos videos etc of his visit had been shown, then you would have accused him of trying to do so.

[vicr3000]

Defence is bi partisan so no, probably not.

In any case, he needed Abbott to arrange the visit anyway LOL

I was just criticising Shorten with the same words you lot had used to criticise Abbott, that's all.

And of course you all jump to his defense.

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:
Did Shorten go over there? Obviously it wasn't a big hoop-la propaganda stunt like abbott's trip was because I didn't even see anything about it

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me neither lol obviously nobody really cared.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@debra9275 wrote:
Did Shorten go over there? Obviously it wasn't a big hoop-la propaganda stunt like abbott's trip was because I didn't even see anything about it

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me neither lol obviously nobody really cared.

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The OP obviously did.

[gleee58]

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Defence is bi partisan so no, probably not.

In any case, he needed Abbott to arrange the visit anyway LOL

I was just criticising Shorten with the same words you lot had used to criticise Abbott, that's all.

And of course you all jump to his defense.

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Who is "you lot" ?