Well you have that right Robi.  So what are we going to do about it?

Hubby sent a message to our Federal Member, [Liberal] told him if he voted to oust Turnbull we would not vote again for him.  And we won't.    Pity more of us didn't come up front and tell them.

Celia, I wouldnt find that odd if your hubby sent a similar message to Bill Shorten. 'Get rid of Rudd and you've lost my vote.'  It would mean that you sincerely want to have a say in the leadership of our political parties.

Excellent comment.

Agreed. 

Career politicians, personailty politics and narcissism are more prevalent now.  Tabloid journalism doen't help (are you watching this space, ABC?).

What happened to the days when members expressed their alternate views in the secrecy of cabinet, and argued and fought over them if necessary, but then agreed to a united front, and presented that united front to the public?

Long gone IMO. Bunch of media 'me, me, me' manipulators (tarts) now I reckon. Bugger the voters and the party that got me into power seems to be the go at the moment, both among the independents and the major party reps. Idiots Inc rules it seems.

The public service culture has won the day. It's infectious.

"The public service culture has won the day."

What do you mean by that Adrianus?

I thought it was the wacky party politicing and personal pollie ambitions that has led to the leadership challenges and Canberra Chaos of recent times.

In any Public Service workplace more time is spent on self important issues than any item in their job description. 

As the bard said via Henry V before the Battle of Agincourt:

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Doubt any of it will be about the people or actual governance Tedwalker ... sadly.

There's a persistent rumour that Malcolm Turnbull wanted to join the Labor Party but they wouldn't have him. It could be true given that until recently you had to be a member of a union to be accepted.

But there's another less persistent one, (and I rather like this one LOL), that he asked Kerry Packer for advice on which party he should join and was told to join the Liberals because they are easier to fool.

Annabel doesn't hold a candle to the old gossipy pros like Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt IMO.

So you agree with the assessment of sarcastic, gossiping Annabel, but you say that others could be worse.  

The article is good but your (mis-)use of it to imply that it somehow supports your opinion is not.

However, I dare say we both would wish that those highly paid politicians and the media would earn the big dollars they are paid and live up to the trust the public puts in them.

My reply comes across harsher than intended.  It isn't inevitable that we are slaves to our upbringing so to speak.  Some allow others to do the thinking for them and that mental laziness is a problem.

Yes, interesting article. We have unashamedly reached a point whereby reality has less importance than people's belief of reality. I think RNR is right in one way, we are like children in one sense. Like children with a new toy and we know this toy as Information Technology.

The 'meeja' report from Twitter feeds and often originating from their own kind.  So it is Chinese Whispers, where the original comment was only speculative gossip anyway.

That tactic is being deployed mainly by the left to destroy anyone whose views they might disagree with and to censor.  Disgusting tactics and the original lefties would be writhing in shame.  It was something they despised. 

So would the guests who let her into their home and kitchen, only to be the target of her not-so-well-disguised sarcastic remarks and the faces she pulls at the camera.