{"id":377,"date":"2007-02-27T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-27T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2007-03-01T14:11:26","modified_gmt":"2007-03-01T04:11:26","slug":"theres-more-to-your-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"There’s more to your ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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…than merely great news and entertainment, free of advertising. Your ABC may just prove instrumental in recovering the nation from the 10 year grip of HoWARd.<\/p>\n

Since Maxine’s announcement of her candidacy for HoWARd’s Bennelong seat, ABC has been playing the “Max Factor<\/a>” in ‘heavy rotation,’ at almost every newsbreak<\/a> and as a main topic<\/a> of just about every news <\/a>and current affairs program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maxine couldn’t buy in-depth media coverage like this- even if it were for sale.
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\nToady Abbott, Federal MP for Warringah, the electorate in which McKew presently resides, smirked cockily to the ABC about journalists’ proclivities for politics:<\/p>\n

Govt questions McKew’s suitability as MP<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

[…]<\/em><\/p>\n

Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott says he is surprised Ms McKew did not run against him in the Sydney seat of Warringah.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mr Abbott also says journalists do not always make good politicians and Ms McKew will be seen as a blow-in in John Howard’s electorate.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I’m sorry to be losing a constituent but she could have run against me in Warringah without leaving home,” he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I’m just a little surprised if she feels the way she does, she hasn’t done just that.” <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Father Tony ought to mind his hypocrisies. Before he was a politician…<\/p>\n

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Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n

BEc, LLB (Syd), MA (Oxon).<\/em><\/p>\n

Rhodes Scholar.<\/em><\/p>\n

Journalist.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…he was a journalist<\/em><\/strong>, for The Bulletin<\/a> of all things.<\/p>\n

The Mad Monk should be thanking his lucky stars that McKew will run in Bennelong and not Warringah. Maxine would absolutely slaughter<\/em><\/strong> Abbott on women’s issues…<\/p>\n

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\nimage: Ross Bateup for The Advertiser<\/font><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

…as if he’s not having enough trouble there already.<\/p>\n

-weez<\/p>\n

(my toon ‘New Flag at Kirribilli House’ inspired by theHippy<\/a>– thanks \ud83d\ude42 )<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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