Some background on Jazzing Julia

I do not think the general population know much about the radical and feminist who is now Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and recently became the first woman and feminist (these two are not necessarily the same) to assume the position of Acting Prime Minister. Indeed, I did not know too much about her before her recent ascendancy within the Labor Party. What I did sniff out quickly was that Julia Gillard is a woman of the hard Left. And I observed that she constantly exerted herself to moderate her manner so that it remained hidden.

Not only did I get a whiff of a leftist/materialist political philosophy, I saw that she is a woman of quick mocking wit and cunning. Her five minute debates with honest conservative Tony Abbott on Channel Nine's Today amply demonstrated this.

We Catholic boys (I spent my final year at the same Catholic school as Tony Abbott) will always suffer a disadvantage with Gillard-leftist-type. While we are not afraid of tough arguments or making a tough stand, we were never schooled in the sort of underhanded sneer and mockery that Gillard was obviously trained in during her leftist free-for-all meetings. I can imagine there were blokes whose skin she crawled right up under and are still smarting today from the memory.

I wondered how long it will take before ordinary folk sees her as she really is. It will be the agenda she pursues that will provide the clues, though it is not likely to be direct or open.

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Comment: gerard@gerardcharleswilson.com