Bias?

I realize that my seemingly repetitive lampooning of Tony Abbott may lead some readers to believe I am biased against the current opposition becoming the government next Saturday week. Actually, if I'm biased against anything, it is the prospect of either the ALP or Coalition having the right to govern this nation after the appalling behaviour we've witnessed from virtually all federal politicians over the last couple of decades in general and, the past 3 years in particular.

I would really like to see the lot of them banned from eligibility for public representation to clear the way for candidature of people with a real interest in using their talents to better the lot of all Australians, without being corrupted by pursuit of the lurks and perks their predecessors have manufactured whilst losing sight of the fact they are supposed to be in parliament to represent US, not themselves.

Of course, it's a forlorn hope, because the party system has been designed to achieve the opposite ... and, is concreted into the 'system'. Luckily, I'll be dead and buried in the not-too-distant future, so the 'winter of my discontent' is a finite period to have in prospect. But, that doesn't assuage the fact that I'm gob-smacked by the 'Liberal' party's dogged belief that Tony Abbott is a credible leader to place in the position of Prime Minister. The man is an arrant fool who can barely articulate his half-baked ideas in plain english, so best of luck when/if he is representing the whole of the nation in international forums.

For a person who graduated from Sydney University as a Bachelor of Economics and Laws, then re-inforced those degrees with an MA in Politics and Philosophy at Oxford, his public persona as a parliamentary representative/leader doesn't place me in awe of tertiary education standards in either this country or England. Who needs a BEc, LLB, or MA to devise and propose "I'll buy all their boats" as a viable solution to the perceived 'people smuggling' problem when you've got access to a Suppository (sic) of knowledge?

A public buffoon is a natural attraction to other buffoons who like to lampoon their brethren.