Lmao

And now he's PM... how things have changed, hey?

Abbott and Senator Tuckey were the ones actively against Turnbull. Abbott got a motion passed to spill the leadership. hockey then entered as a third candidate behind Turnbull and Abbott. In the firt round of voting Hockey was eliminated and the fight was on between Turnbull and Abbott!! One farken vote victory....not good for stability.

No he didnt afro he has said a few times now that he does harbour the ambition of leadership but would never seak it if it meant de throwning Turnbull whom he is loyal too, we can only speculate as too how he voted in the split but I for one believe he voted for Turnbull who he was close with and has displayed loyalty to

If he hadn't challenged Turnbull's leadership, Turnbull would still be in charge. He challenged, hence the vote. He just neglected to find the support that was necessary to take charge of the party.

Hockey was loyal in neglecting to challenge Turnbull's leadership and run he has admitted that he has desires to run and would run for the top job but not if it meant challenging and running against Turnbull who he supported

Very true. Hockey showed loyalty to Turnbull and that made him really unprepared and probably a tad too close to Turnbull to swing those voting against Turnbull for the sake of a change. abbott has trouble showing loyalty to himself never mind others.

Fredsta, if Hockey was loyal to turnbull there wouldn't have been the leadership challenge. Instead it would have been a vote of no-confidence.

But Hockey will be leader by the time the election rolls around anyway. Abbott will get sunk before then. Something will come up. Like that he supports the kiddy-fiddling priests or something.

Hockey was loyal to Turnbull thats why he isnt leader now, he would never have cahllenged him but Abbot is another story, he owes no such loyalty to him

Abbott won't last. Turnball is gone. So as Abbott makes an ass of himself in parliament, more and more of his supporters will turn to Hockey as the answer to their problems. Clearly the leadership spill was a tad too early for Hockey and he wasn't really ready mentally and with the necessary numbers. he will be leader in under two years.

I'm surprised the media got it all wrong!!

Christmas came early for Krudd

Abbott is electoral suicide, surely. Personally, no-one I've ever met likes him.

Almost choked on coffee yesterday when I read that Abbott was elected.

Some moron would squeal.

We could always say it stood for "Federal Fortitude Trust" Party.

actually I doubt they'd know even if we told them what fft stood for

Nothing would be safe with KA around :lol: We'd totally win the election, as long as we never told them what FFT stood for :P

FFT party... mmmm do you think they'll dig out that cahill story? :LOL:
and the dish out the dirt on KA ;)

The FFT Party. We could take over australia.

Invite an hotblooded ranga from queensland? :lol:

Actually anyone who doesnt agree with the reporter normally does quite fine, I think we're quite due for an emo pm, cutting himself when he finds out the US wants to invade some random country

Now we just need to find a way to spread our new party :-k and a way to publicise our policies.

[size=9]BINGO!!![/size]

Edited by Ultimate: 1/12/2009 09:29:16 PM

If you could tap into those independant votes, you'd be made. People are largely voting for the independants because they don't want to vote for the two major political parties with their lunacy.

lol, actually it came out in the last election that the independents are getting more votes...
We could just draw names out of a hat and invite ben cousins and jarryd hayne to pose infront of the camera...

Hey, it works for Labour :P

We're in a pretty good political climate to bring in a third party right now. Turmoil in the established parties. Easy to make a good impression on the voters.

*Quickly hops on to google it*
:lol: it still exists doesnt it? I mean pauline was going to sue the gov...
Ohhh wait One Nation ;)
Sure lets vote for the same random party en bloc

Bring back the United Australia party 8-[

This, I mean honestly labor is almost elected by default... Its embarressing

Abbott are u serious what a joke!
Glad I supprt Labor anyway

Australia needs a legitimate thirt party, the Liberals are fucked with Abbott in charge anyway.

Pretty incredible fuckup by the Libs.

I have a number of moderate Liberal friends who have repeatedly said they'll vote Labor if Tony Abbott is opposition leader: here's their chance. All of them have been disconsolate today.

And to be honest, I'm pretty pissed with the Libs for fucking up a) any chance of being anything but an obstructionist, token opposition party and b) the best chance for a leader (in Turnbull) to progress the Liberal party into the 21st century, and take into account the views and priorities of a majority of their voter base. Tony Abbott is a 19th century choice for what is quickly regressing into a 19th century party.

This is not good news for Australian democracy: I want a functional opposition party. We've seen what happens when we don't have one in WorkChoices, Gunn's, etc...

Well I doubt he will still be leading come elction time and if he is he wont win anyway so it doesnt really matter does it? Ruddy is too popular for now and it will take people a while to realize he is no good