It’s a great day for Australia, everybody.
It’s certainly no secret that we of the “lefty pinko” persuasion have the odd issue or two with the policies of the incumbent Coalition Government, and in particular with the conduct of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Certain regular commenters have made it abundantly clear that it’s a well we like to dip into with gleeful regularity.
But now it’s becoming more and more apparent that the issues causing public dissatisfaction with Abbott’s performance are not simply confined to the opposition. Liberal voters are growing more and more perturbed by Abbott’s inability to handle a hostile senate and deliver the budget measures he originally outlaid without massive compromise, as well as his inability to sell his Government’s policies to the public.
One Liberal voter in particular made his fears as clear as day during a talkback interview on 3AW this morning. A caller identified only as “Andrew” did not shy away from airing his grievances with the Prime Minister, firstly asserting that his is a “Liberal voter through-and-through,” before going on to state that he believes Abbott to be the “world’s worst salesman” who was on the verge of practically handing the keys to The Lodge over to opposition leader Bill Shorten.
As for Abbott’s response? THE WINK returned.
Yes, that same sardonic wink and smirk that was the subject of much derision a few months ago when it appeared in a very similar setting, following a call in from a terminally ill 67-year old grandmother who was explaining to Abbott that she worked on a phone sex line.
Andrew’s call concluded by stating to the Prime Minister of our nation that “I don’t particularly like you,” before Abbott asked (hell, it was almost pleading) Andrew – an ordinary citizen – to help the Government in the selling of policy.
Far be it for me to state the obvious, but if you’ve gotten to the point where you’re asking voters to go out and help sell people on your lame duck policies, then I dare say abandoning that paddle before you entered Shit Creek was a really silly idea.
