Tony Abbott is the Prime Minister so get used to it

[nero_bolt]

Tony Abbott is the Prime Minister so get used to it

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/tony-abbott-is-the-prime-minister-so-get-used-to-it-20131111...

Much of the political and media comment over the weekend suggested that quite a few Australians want Tony Abbott's ''stop the boats'' policy to fail. Not because they support people smugglers or because they are sympathetic to the Indonesian government. But because they have yet to accept the reality that Tony Abbott is prime minister and that his election-winning policies might work in government.

the Q&A program has its uses. If only in demonstrating how out of touch ABC producers and audiences are with the majority of Australians who have just elected the Coalition to one of the biggest victories in Australian political history.

Currently Labor, with the support of quite a few journalists, maintains that Abbott's ''stop the boats'' policy has failed. Yet, according to available statistics, there has been a reduction in unauthorised boat arrivals of 75 per cent since the Coalition was elected and Indonesia has accepted two out of four boats turned back by Australia.

Which suggests that the Abbott-has-failed line is premature at best and probably based on wish-fulfilment.

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/tony-abbott-is-the-prime-minister-so-get-used-to-it-20131111...

[icyfroth]

[monman12]

A3: "The Latest Newspoll survey showed that dissatisfaction for Mr Abbott went up four percentage points from 34 per cent to 38 per cent; while satisfaction rating had plummeted from 47 per cent to 45 per cent."
Plummeted, 2% ?

Some history for those Myopics who longingly cling to the  past days of circus, and the two clowns.

Newspoll poll 2013:
Among other poll findings, Ms Gillard personal satisfaction rating was 26 per cent, while her dissatisfaction rating was  68 per cent.

Now that is what I would call a plummet, and a rocket.
But what's in a name when you are a Cyclopian looking through rose (red) coloured glass.

[acacia_pycnantha]

Abbott's doing all the nasty stuff now so that later on he can bring out the bread and circuses and hope that we have short memories.

[topsidesoul]

^^^^^^^^

Did you practice that before you typed it ?

[spotweldersfriend]

The real nasty stuff will happen in 2014,