The attraction of Tony Abbott

[silverfaun]

The reason why Tony Abbott will pull off the election of a generation is because he has drawn Australians back to the sensible centre of politics.

He is also only the 2nd opposition leader who narrowly won then lost  an election then led the party to a win the 2nd time.

Labor has lost all the so Called blue collar Howard battlers, the backbone of Labor voters & they have also lost the so called inner city latte voters who have deserted Labor for the Greens.

Abbott is now in the position of having to outline how he will manage the economy after he inherits  an economic landscape devastated by Labor,  littered with unexploded mines while Rudd has said little of substance running a dishonest scare campaign.

When all else fails for Labor we are confronted with  the re emergence of the misogyny wars after the demise of Julia Gillard. The outcry of the "sex appeal" by the elitists has backfired & gifted Fiona Scott the prize seat of Lindsey seeing the exit of David Bradbury. A innocent remarf blown up out of all proportion is just he type of thing fair dunkum Australians see nothing wrong with & are fed up with the interference & PC of a meddling government.

We are then presented with a PM who has the ability to lie to Australians by manipulating the crisis in Syria for political gain & expecting Australians to swallow it. He expects us to fall for the  staged photo op in Canberra with no minister for defence or any high level advisers, this done because the cooking show was leaked.

The straight talking honest campaign speech Tony Abbott delivered yesterday was the lifeline Australia needs, no grand cash splashes, no verbose overblown rhetoric we are so used to from Rudd & even worse under Gillard, no repetitive "moving forward or  A new Way " rote Australians were subjected to all the while seeing through it.

Australians will reject Rudd, the sophist, & it's not just the flick of the hair, the lick of the lips, it's his ability to lie with a straight face.

This election can be compared to watching a horse race with Black Cavier in it & Labor hoping she can't win.

[the_hawk*]

As atractive as a cane toad

[crystal-gems]

One of my many concerns with having Tony Abbott as PM is.........will he be exercising his personal regligious beliefs in this role?

He has already demonstrated that his religion rules his opinions on many issues.

Considering that his religious group is only about 20% of the population (per census) v similar for non-believers/atheists, is he going to be at odds with the majority of the population?   I would like him to make a reassuring statement on this issue.

I have no issue with anyone's beliefs.....but I think this should be clarified.

[***super_nova***]

TA attracts voters with his 3 word bogan slogans.  The LNP & Murdoch press were telling people how badly off they are, and they believe it; well they will see what "badly off" really is when TA is in charge. 

[izabsmiling]

I hope that we aren't paying for Tony Abbott's botox

[crystal-gems]

Tony Abbott was my Member and also a close neighbour a few years ago.

I assure you there is nothing attractive about him, physically or otherwise..

[windrake]

It's a shame your piece only attracted one liners & name calling.

In an election that is vital for Australia at this time I wonder where the left stand on truth in election policy that I believe this country deserves & how Mr Rudd intends to manage our economy into the future.

I don't want to hear his overblown rhetoric & voters want the truth, the truth is nothing less than they deserve. I think many voters are heartsick & disillusioned at the way they  been treated & they are waiting for something, anything, that can inject some hope into their aspirations for their families & their work future.

[izabsmiling]

I want the truth and I want to know why it is that our news media isn't telling us about the Legal matters which currently relate to Tony Abbott ...an MP who is very soon to stand for Federal election .He could be our next PM ...this isn't a joke...what now seems even more obvious and more of a joke is the imbalance of media attention ..

Finger pointing,accusations and comments that such and such said that Julia Gillard being investigated ....over and over and over 

Where is our news about Tony Abbott's legal matter ? 

That doesn't matter ,we don't need to know ..because it's ...Tony Abbott ????? OMG ...I'd laugh if this wasn't so important 

[izabsmiling]

It's not a democracy if our political  news is edited to that extreme extend .

[**meep**]

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@crystal-gems wrote:

One of my many concerns with having Tony Abbott as PM is.........will he be exercising his personal regligious beliefs in this role?

He has already demonstrated that his religion rules his opinions on many issues.

Considering that his religious group is only about 20% of the population (per census) v similar for non-believers/atheists, is he going to be at odds with the majority of the population?   I would like him to make a reassuring statement on this issue.

I have no issue with anyone's beliefs.....but I think this should be clarified.

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That is great that you have no issues with anyone's beliefs.

Mr Abbott has been questioned about this on more than one occasion and has given his position.  Here it is again:

Asked whether he could guarantee he would not invoke his Catholic Faith in policymaking, Mr Abbott said:  "Yes I can"

"Faith is important to me.  It's important to millions of Australians.  It helpd to shape who I am.  It helps to shape my values.  But it must never, never, dictate my politics......"

and just FYI, 61% of Australians are Christian (incl 25% being Catholic)