The consensus on the right is that we now have a Kath and Kim PM. The media have gone into hyperbole pro Julia Gillard (Jgill) mode, with all virtually declaring that she has won the next election without a single ballot having been cast. The finest traditions of the main stream media. Suspend criticism and critical analysis and cheer for your tribal leader. This is basically the same reaction they gave to the rise of Latham. It will be short lived. Even according to the pro Nielson poll which had Jgill winning the next election by a ridiculous 10 points 2PP, she is still behind in WA, QLD, SA, NT and basically tied in NSW. She can’t win an election being behind in all of those states. Victoria is not that important in electoral terms.
Interesting that Wayne Swan has been sent to the G20 meeting in Canada. Is Jgill not up to it? Jgill probably does not understand what the G20 is. Previously Wayne Swan came out in opposition to Obama’s global bank tax. Wonder if Gillard will hold the line? Given that Jgill has been willing to publicly re-invent herself from a hardened socialist into some type of acceptable PG censored horror show, it seems she like Rudd will say anything and do just about anything to get ahead. Even if it means selling out the banking sector. Think the mining tax was a disaster? Then any move to hit the banks with an Obama tax would be doubly worse. Think of all the urbanities working or investing in the banking sector. Wonder where Ruddbank will come in all of this?
Consider her record. She stabbed Kim Beazely in the back, and for her support Rudd gave into her demands for the education and IR portfolios; Which she received along with being deputy PM. One might think that she has a power fetish. She then spent the last 30 months telling everyone who would listen that Rudd had her full support, and yet she expects everyone to believe that in the last 6 hours – prior to her ascension to PM – she changed her mind? It is just not plausible. WA Premier’s take on the issue:
Mr Barnett said Thursday morning’s spill of Mr Rudd was “a brutal exercise of power by factional leaders within the Labor Party”.
“Do I feel sorry for him? Yes I do. This is a very dramatic display of the brutality of politics.”
In order to do the deal to kill off Rudd, Jgill must have already been in bed with the ALP factions for weeks prior to the dirty deed. She claimed that Rudd’s sounding out of his support forced her hand – like she had no choice in the matter. Channel Nine and other left-wing media stooges faithfully reported her line, but the fact of the matter is that you don’t just over night muster enough support for your cause to make the sitting PM resign in humiliation and tears. The hit was long in the planning and brutal in the execution. Jgill like Rudd is driven by two things – personal glory and power. Principles? What’s that? Loyalty? Is that in the dictionary? The matter of intelligence and overall competency is another thing altogether. Just look at her childishly named Building the Education Revolution. Your not in your left-wing university degree cave anymore Jgill. It is going to get personal.