It really was a pleasure last night watching the most obnoxious weasel in aussie politics, Tony Abbott, getting done over by a fired up Julia Gillard. She was pointing out that his sudden calls against sexism and misogyny could be better applied to himself. Then she spent glorious minutes detailing exactly why Tony Abbott was the last politician in Austrailia who could throw dirt using these charges.
It certainly was the top of the line entertainment for Lyn and myself last night as we hung on every new description of Tony Abbott’s misogynist sins and blatant sexism detailed with places, times, and opinion. It is pretty slow up until the 3rd minute with the weasel smiling and joking. After that it was like watching someone see their political career descend far further than it already is. It is hard to see how many women in aussie would bring themselves to vote for this dickhead after this denunciation.
The Herald-Sun described overseas reaction which has been astonished and largely admiring. I rather suspect that this demonstration in political castration may start setting a trend and a standard for dealing with misogynists in politics from this point on.
Such a defence for Peter Slipper, the subject of this debate, appears to have done what he needed to do earlier based on evidence from the court that got released into the public domain of his personal thoughts. He resigned as Federal Speaker shortly after the speech
In the UK, the conservative Telegraph described the speech as a “brilliant political pivot”, saying she had turned “defending the indefensible” (the Peter Slipper scandal) into a speech that cleverly shifted the focus of the entire news story.
“Watching a female Prime Minister tear apart the male leader of the Opposition with such aplomb, composure – but most importantly armed with a brilliantly impressive set of insults – backed up with dates and times of when each shocking comment was said – was the best card Gillard, ever the political animal, could have played in such a situation,” the reporter said.
A blogger at the influential Business Insider linked to the video, with the headline “An Australian politician shrinks in embarrassment, as the prime minister destroys him for being a misogynist”. The article became a social media hit, spreading across Twitter and Facebook.
Social media helped spread news of the speech, with “Gillard” hitting the top ten Twitter trends in Australia and also trending internationally.
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