Man makes Prime Minister Gillard knit him a kangaroo

[nero_bolt]

Just how DESPERATE and out of touch  is Gillard

Great, great headline.

But more importantly, the image perfectly illustrates not just that Julia Gillard is obsessed with spin, but is so bad at it that everything screams “fake!”:

 The remarkable image, on sale tomorrow in the latest Australian Women’s Weekly, was not the magazine’s idea. Instead, the concept of a cosy PM knitting a toy kangaroo - while in the company of her cavoodle Reuben - came directly from Ms Gillard’s own staff.

The Prime Minister’s chief press officer John McTernan is credited by the Weekly for coming up with the idea.

After the magazine approached Ms Gillard’s office in April for an interview, Mr McTernan responded that the PM wanted to pose for shots as she knitted a toy kangaroo for the baby of Prince William and expectant wife Catherine.

“It was a no-brainer,” Mr McTernan told the magazine…

Ms Gillard took five hours out of her schedule on May 25 to pose for the photograph at a studio in Alexandria.

Six prime ministerial staffers, including personal stylists and make-up artists, accompanied Ms Gillard to the shoot.

The PM brought several changes of outfit but ended up choosing clothes selected by Women’s Weekly…

“I think I can explain (why I’m doing it),” Ms Gillard tells the Weekly about posing for the photograph. “If there is something I hope that I’ve done for the image of women in public life is that we can go into an adversarial environment like parliament and we can dominate it and make it our own, and we can conquer it.”

Despite being an avowed republican, Gillard said she was happy to knit a royal baby’s gift…

During the actual photographic session, Ms Gillard seemed to have second thoughts. As she took her place in the armchair and took up the knitting needles, the Prime Minister told staffers: “This feels slightly absurd.”

Slightly absurd?

• She’s a republican knitting a present for the baby of the monarch’s grandson


• She’s a Prime Minister who has spent five hours of her day- with six staff in attendance - simply to pose with knitting needles. 


• She is a modern feminist posing with the tools of a domestic lifestyle of a pre-feminist era.


• She uses stylists to pose is a dress that classes violently with the chair. 


• She is showing she is her own woman by adopting a PR stunt dreamed up by her male PR adviser. 


• She is giving encouragement to young female politicians by plying a hobby now synonymous with mad old aunts/ 


• She is showing her authenticity by pretending to knit for five yours in a photographer’s studio.

I thought the “blue tie” speech marked the nadir of her spin. Now it’s knitting the bush kangaroo.

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/andrewbolt/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/man_makes_prime_minister_gillard_knit_him_a_kangaroo/  

[meh_too]

Madame Defarge

[freakiness]

On consideration, I would suggest that the ALP's waving the 457 visa flag, and requiring that using one be subject to greater scrutiny has merit.

Could not the ALP find an Australian media  consultant who has expertise in advanced media kitsch?

I didn't question the merits or otherwise of hiring their staff.

Down here the unemployment is increasing and yet we have people on 457 visas working in areas that there are locals willing and able to work. 

[monman12]

LL: ".....politicians have no problems getting work afterward."

I wonder who will hire  Thompson?

[lakeland27]

LL: ".....politicians have no problems getting work afterward."

I wonder who will hire  Thompson?

someone will..

[not_an_eloi]

julie bishop is knittin' 'erself some steel wool underpants,

got the pattern from maggie thatcher.

[newstart2380]

Obviously you are not a knitter.  There are two ways to hold needles when knitting.  That is one of them.

Well, little do you know, I am a very competent knitter having knitted many cable, fair isle jumpers, socks etc for my family and friends.

Most experienced knitters hold the needles with the main needle (being R or L) like a pen or pencil because it is faster and enables one to have a more consistent tension.

FGS read what I actually wrote, I said she looked awkward I did not say she was not holding them correctly.

[newstart2380]

julie bishop is knittin' 'erself some steel wool underpants,

got the pattern from maggie thatcher.

That's a bit below the belt :^O

[not_an_eloi]

proud to call yourself a multitasker, news tart

lookin' like  julia gillard is a crafter, multiskilled also. 

that would be viewed by normal people as being a positive thing.

[newstart2380]

proud to call yourself a multitasker, news tart

Absolutely and unequivocally "not an elephants", you would be surprised how many tasks I can perform at the same time. :^O

[newstart2380]

oh dear must have hit another nerve, the BP done it again.