Abbott Ministry: 6th Worst Representation of Women in OECD

[pietillidie]

I know, I know; it would've unfair for him to overlook the great long list of brilliant, talented men in his party, like Genius Joe, Bumblehead Brandis, and Whiny Pyne



"Look, you know what women are like: Yap, yap, yap. You can't shut them up, let alone ban them from appearing on Q&A, or command them not to talk about us paying off people smugglers."

[Wokko]

So who should be a minister who's not already?

[Culprit]

Nobody is shocked by this revelation. The Party of the 50's

[Tannin]

[swoop42]

PTID's much loved Korea isn't fairing to well.

[pietillidie]

[watt price tully]

[Wokko]

[Dave The Man]

There 2 Complete and Utter Morons and Only There to Line there Own Pockets

[David]

[Tannin]

The trouble with politicians, David, is that they need to be two things: (a) talented and (b) willing to use those talents for the public good rather to in the service of their wealthy masters, and/or for lining their own bank accounts and/or for the mindless accrual of power for its own sake.

Or, to put it briefly, (a) talented and (b) decent. It doesn't hurt if they are also (c) well-informed and intelligent enough to understand the fundamentals of evidence, logic, economics, science, and social action, though you might regard those as merely something you have to master to qualify as (a).

I'm not aware of any current Liberals who qualify on both counts. There may be some - you'd think there would be - but I suppose they keep a low profile because since about 1980 or so the Liberal Party has been ruthlessly eliminating deep thinkers and moderates and actual liberals and replacing them with hard-line goons like (for example) Christiansen and Brandis and our old friend Senator Bestiality. The fact that Pyne - Mr Hardline Wreck-the-education-system Overnight himself - is regarded in the Liberal Party as - of all things - a "moderate" shows just how extreme they are. Are there any decent Liberals left now that Turnbull has shown his true colours?

In the Liberal Party led by Menzies, Holt, Gorton, Snedden, Fraser, Hewson, McMahon and Peacock, Pyne would have been regarded as a hard-line right-winger better suited to the DLP or some unelectable fringe group.

It's a pretty fair bet that there are no decent and talented female Liberal senators or MHRs. None at all. But then there don't seem to be any decent and talented male Liberals either anymore, so at least you can say that they don't discriminate on gender anymore.

[ronrat]

Where is tokenism when you need it?Too busy attacking Bronnie or Julia Bishop I suspect.

[swoop42]

From what little you see of them the women of the Liberal party appear to have the same smug born to rule personality of there make counter parts anyway.

There overall look and demeanor also gives off a certain vibe that I don't get from female politicians of Labor and the Greens.

A lot of them wouldn't look out of place as a "Toorak" wife for instance.

[Dave The Man]

[Pies4shaw]

When I am attacked by crocodiles and ripped limb from limb, it will be important for me to know the gender of each of my attackers.