Prob not as honest in his political life. He was a laughing obfuscater, mendacious & a toe cutter, he got the job done & Hawke & Keating owed him big time but betrayed him in the end.
He also was tainted with many other shady money deals. He fitted right in the Labor fold.
A look through the Hawke/Keating years is not something I care to revisit. As for his comments on the Gillard antipathy in the wider community, he can only tell his experience of it as others have.
He said that he thought something had finally got through to GIllard & the realisation of it was a factor in her breakdown in Parliament. Were there tears? no, no tears were shed.
What was it that got to her? was it the realisation that her time in the Lodge was at an end, she was desperate for a legacy & disabled people fitted her bill. Was the whole thing managed for the 24hr TV news cycle? only she can answer these questions & we know they will never be asked, that's why it was done.
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Will she be remembered fondly as the first female PM of this country? does she define herself by gender as PM of Australia? no she can't because that would be sexist.
Gender is a big thing for her, has been her whip to whip up hatred for Abbott whilst ignoring the real offenders like Slipper, Thomson & Sandilands.
Will she be a much loved former PM? who knows, who will write her epitaph? & will it contain the real story of Julia Gillard?
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