Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20150313055759/@comment-24152851-20150502101748

Yep, and I'm well aware you're not gonna warm up to them that easily, and it will take a lot more for them to prove themselves, but it's a start. Let's just hope it keeps going in the same direction as it's currently headed. That's the one upside of a delayed release, and it really should be used for checking. Even if that wasn't the original reason for the delay, they best be using that opportunity for this anyway.

Mmhmm, I'll look out for it.

Judging from this, that's his current rating. He's tried to deny he's a misogynist, but a lot of people are having doubts. I honestly can say he isn't any better than Bush. Only thing that might make Bush worse is Abbott didn't randomly start a war on another country due to some internet rumor. Hmm, yes and no. I agree that Bush definitely does not hold enough intelligence for that job, and Abbott does have poor views to begin with, but I wouldn't call him wise in decision making either. Burning bridges is pretty much exactly what they're doing now. Not gaining supporters is one thing, but cutting off what little support you did have is something else altogether. Yeah, I had an idea of the immense incompetence Bush brought in during his time. I don't recall him accomplishing anything worthwhile in his two terms, and only managed to drive the country's economy into the ground in-time for Obama to clean up. Obama's a bit of an ace when it comes to politics, he knows what he's doing, his intentions are mostly in the right place, and he's really great with the people being one of the most sociable/connected Presidents. It was simply no contest for what he was up against, McCain and Romney.

There's a lot of speculation that it's a matter of time, but so far his party are either mostly loyal or too afraid. Oh really? I thought since the U.S. had Presidential candidates rather than the party leader it worked a bit differently.

Well, that requires a lot of explanation and covering of the drama we've had in the last decade of politics. It all started in 2007 with the victory of Kevin Rudd, the first Labor Prime Minister in 3 terms. He won in a landslide victory against John Howard (the guy I mentioned earlier), who had probably overstayed his welcome a bit. I think many will agree Rudd knew what he was doing, and was quite popular with the public for a while. He did get a lot of stuff done. Problem was, although he was popular with the public, he wasn't on goodterms with his own party, being known to have anger problems and often lashed out. However his cabinet tolerated this due to his popularity. However that all changed with a little something called the "Mining Super Tax". Under advice from his cabinet he implemented a very big tax on the mining industry, which made his popularity suffer a major blow. All those within his party not happy with him took full advantage of this incident, and had him ousted. His challenger was Julia Gillard, our first female prime minister. However her instigation as Prime Minister did not help the party in the polls. She won the election by a hairbreadth. To the point where it was a hung parliament as neither party got majority vote, and they had to negotiate with independents in order for one-side to get full power. With the election over, Gillard's leadership wasn't received well, and she begun what would be a taste of what Abbott dished out. Having the implementation of the funding cuts from universities and putting them into elementary/primary schools (a very poor decision, as she just alienated many potential voters over the age of 18). However, Kevin Rudd wasn't out of the picture, and he remained a shadow in the Labor Party always there as a presence. When the opportunity he came, he challenged her not once, but twice, and was victorious on the second challenge. But by then, it was too late, even his return couldn't save how far the Labor Party had plummeted. When the election hit a few months later, Abbott won in a landslide. Me and a few others believe, he only managed to get chosen because the public were under the belief that he was the "lesser of two evils". Turns out that couldn't be further than the truth, I'm curious just how many regretted their decision.

So that's in a nutshell how the last two prime minsters came and went. Kevin Rudd actually could accomplish things, but he made too many mistakes and created too many enemies. While Julia Gillard just does not seem to get what the public wants.