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[AxeMan]

Ah. Tony Abbott, the gift that keeps on giving.
He said the loss of jobs under the previous government was a 'holocaust'

'There was a holocaust of jobs....'

https://twitter.com/dannolan/status/565747010553147392

Smooth moves TA, smooth moves

 

[ivysaur12]

What's that woman behind him saying? "Oh shit…"?

 

[Delta Assault]

Dude's exaggerating like he's Brian Williams or something.

 

[HK-47]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKhuvA8oSlw

 

[Beaniedude]

Classic Tony.

 

[Admiral Bone to Pick]

He should have at least been more cheeky about it.

"The last government's actions cost our economy many jobs. You could almost say they...holocaust us."

 

[ivysaur12]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKhuvA8oSlw

It's so good. So fucking good.

 

[Cohsae]

Because his approval rating wasn't low enough already. My god he's an embarrassment to this country. What an arsehat.

 

[Toxi]

At least it's not boats.

 

[AxeMan]

It's so good. So fucking good.

I love the interview with him just staring. You can see him trying to think of something to say but his mind just isn't up to it

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

LOL I don't know why I find this funny, must be that Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.

 

[Permanently A]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKhuvA8oSlw

Oh lawd. If Jesus was here today everyone knows he'd be anti immigration.

 

[Saintguine]

tone pls stop

 

[Sojgat]

LOL, Tony.

Just a dickhead making full use of the English language.

 

[Jintor]

He should have at least been more cheeky about it.

"The last government's actions cost our economy many jobs. You could almost say they...holocaust us."

god help me, i laughed

 

[ivysaur12]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/us-think-tank-asks-is-tony-abbott-the-most-incompetent-leader-of-any-industrialised-democracy-20150211-13cda6.html

A leading United States think tank has published a piece posing the question, "Is Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott the most incompetent leader of any industrialised democracy?" and answering, quite comprehensively, in the affirmative.

Published on the Council on Foreign Relations website before Mr Abbott survived a spill motion on Monday, the piece argues that he has proven so "shockingly incompetent" that he deserved to lose his job.

"Abbott has proven so incapable of clear policy thinking, so unwilling to consult with even his own ministers and advisers, and so poor at communicating that he has to go," wrote the CFR senior fellow Joshua Kurlantzick, a US specialist in south-east Asian politics.

Mr Kurlantzick argued that Mr Abbott's failure to consult with senior ministers about key issues had made it harder to pass critical legislation, and that Mr Abbott had what appeared to have "one of the worst senses of public relations of any prime minister in recent Australian history."

According to Mr Kurlantzick, Mr Abbott's "coarse rhetoric" had embarrassed Australia at major economic summits and that his decision to knight the "notoriously gaffe-prone and fusty Prince Philip" had gone down poorly even among his most conservative supporters.

 

[HowZatOZ]

See its all part of the Australian comedian and media's plans. Keep Abbott in power and the source for hilarious 1950's conversation and terribly outdated policies that will push Australia backwards is never-ending.

 

[HK-47]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/us-think-tank-asks-is-tony-abbott-the-most-incompetent-leader-of-any-industrialised-democracy-20150211-13cda6.html

Thats Tony Dumdum for you.

 

[magenta]

Malcolm Turnball has got the next leadership spill in the bag.

 

[Textured Monk]

I really want to be surprised that he somehow arrived at the conclusion that that was a good line ... But I'm not. The reactions around him were great.

 

[Yrael]

I love the interview with him just staring. You can see him trying to think of something to say but his mind just isn't up to it

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ9y1c73-IM

I love how at one point you can even hear a cricket.

 

[plasmawave]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/us-think-tank-asks-is-tony-abbott-the-most-incompetent-leader-of-any-industrialised-democracy-20150211-13cda6.html

Shakes My Head. com?

 

[metalslimer]

Um...wtf Australia how did this guy get elected?

 

[toastyToast]

Um...wtf Australia how did this guy get elected?

He happened to be the other option.

 

[saunderez]

Um...wtf Australia how did this guy get elected?

Stupid people went with the "it can't possibly be any worse" option. Unfortunately for them, it can and it did. Ol' Tones is going to ensure the LNP get a long long walk in the political wilderness once their term is up.

See its all part of the Australian comedian and media's plans. Keep Abbott in power and the source for hilarious 1950's conversation and terribly outdated policies that will push Australia backwards is never-ending.

He's definitely given Shaun Micallef enough material for a season or 3, that's for sure.

 

[Chichikov]

Shakes My Head. com?

 

[markot]

He needs to learn to concentrate.

 

[danm999]

Um...wtf Australia how did this guy get elected?

People didn't pay attention and voted for his party after the previous government fell apart.

I also don't want to undersell how much he lied his fucking arse off to get into office though.

 

[HowZatOZ]

Um...wtf Australia how did this guy get elected?

He wasn't Gillard/Rudd.

People didn't pay attention and voted for his party after the previous government fell apart.

I also don't want to undersell how much he lied his fucking arse off to get into office though.

LNP won't be in power for some time once their term is up, if they even make it that far.

 

[saunderez]

I also don't want to undersell how much he lied his fucking arse off to get into office though.

Absolutely. Only way the LNP won even with Labor in a shambles. If they'd told the truth about even 1/4 of the shit they were planning to implement it never would have happened.

LNP won't be in power for some time once their term is up, if they even make it that far.

Yup, another decade in opposition at both Federal and State levels. That's all the right wing of the LNP are good for.

 

[Ban Puncher]

 

[EatChildren]

Um...wtf Australia how did this guy get elected?

Australia has a few "options", but ultimately it comes down to two: Liberal vs Labor. Labor had a six year run and fucked it up with internal bickering and leadership spills that mangled their public perception at the time beyond repair. The Liberal party took advantage of this in the last election by emphasising the oppositions internal instability and coupled this with a fear campaign riddled with lies about economy, asylum seekers, unemployment, education, and so on to give the impression the country was on the verge of collapse because of the former (or then current) government.

Australians in all their collective foolishness bought into it mostly, I feel, as a "well I'm not voting for the current mess", viewing the Liberals as the lesser of two evils and surely not possibly as bad as everyone says.

Only they are.

 

[Omni]

When's the next election again?

;_;

 

[PhantomZone]

Tony Abbott vs Mark Riley

:-D

When's the next election again?

;_;

I don't want Labor back in, none of their leaders or current policies are inspiring... better the devil you know than the devil you don't!

 

[THRILLH0]

Now he just needs to blame employers for being so niggardly with job opportunities.

 

[Jintor]

Just today:

- Abbott uses 'holocaust' wording when talking about job losses
- Abbott details alleged evidence against terror suspects in parliament, possibly jeapordising chances for a fair trial
- Abbott claims that a Report on Children in Detention is "Blatently political", says the Australian Human Rights Comission "should be ashamed" and actually should congratulate former Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on locking up all those kids in fucking terrible conditions

This TWO DAYS after Abbott survived a leadership challenge 40/60 with NOBODY ACTUALLY RUNNING AGAINST HIM

 

[KAP151]

Um...wtf Australia how did this guy get elected?

Dont blame me, I voted for Mr Sheen.

I have such a deep hatred for Abbott. In fact my entire family and my wife's family share it.

Quite possibly the worst 'leader' we have had in my lifetime.

 

[Cohsae]

Just today:

- Abbott uses 'holocaust' wording when talking about job losses
- Abbott details alleged evidence against terror suspects in parliament, possibly jeapordising chances for a fair trial
- Abbott claims that a Report on Children in Detention is "Blatently political", says the Australian Human Rights Comission "should be ashamed" and actually should congratulate former Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on locking up all those kids in fucking terrible conditions

This TWO DAYS after Abbott survived a leadership challenge 40/60 with NOBODY ACTUALLY RUNNING AGAINST HIM

MAYBE Tony is actually secretly a political mastermind who has devised a perfect method to annihilate the Liberal Party from the inside out.
Or he's taking his revenge on the party for challenging him.
Or he's a massive wanker.

 

[Jintor]

He also admitted to breaking a promise about defunding the ABC but then said basically that that promise should've been broken anyway

 

[GreedZen]

What's wrong with what he said? Was he exageratting about Australia's employment issues?

 

[Candeldandel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKhuvA8oSlw

This is HILARIOUS

 

[DBT85]

What's wrong with what he said? Was he exageratting about Australia's employment issues?

People now only associate the word with the Jewish holocaust from WWII.

Though the word in the context he used was accurate, people can't see it meaning anything else now, so using it for anything that isn't on a similar scale of death and destruction is seen as wrong.

 

[ivysaur12]

What's wrong with what he said? Was he exageratting about Australia's employment issues?

You don't compare the systematic state-funded butchering of 11 million people to anything. Unless it's a systematic state-funded butchering of 11 million people.

 

[CryptiK]

Just today:

- Abbott uses 'holocaust' wording when talking about job losses
- Abbott details alleged evidence against terror suspects in parliament, possibly jeapordising chances for a fair trial
- Abbott claims that a Report on Children in Detention is "Blatently political", says the Australian Human Rights Comission "should be ashamed" and actually should congratulate former Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on locking up all those kids in fucking terrible conditions

This TWO DAYS after Abbott survived a leadership challenge 40/60 with NOBODY ACTUALLY RUNNING AGAINST HIM

This guy is a complete fuckwit. While Labour wasn't the greatest they were doing far better than this yobo. I wish the whole party was removed along with him from the Prime Minister position, its happened before .

 

[coleco]

The word holocaust is used regularly without referencing the WWII massacres. Don't really see the problem.

 

[ivysaur12]

The word holocaust is used regularly without referencing the WWII massacres. Don't really see the problem.

Where.

 

[akira28]

What's that woman behind him saying? "Oh shit…"?

nah, but you gotta love the side eye from the yesman sitting to his right, and the woman on the left wanted to nod but ultimately thought against it.

 

[Stinkles]

The word holocaust is used regularly without referencing the WWII massacres. Don't really see the problem.

It is?

 

[Jintor]

Regular usage of holocaust does happen, but I usually see it in reference to other massacres or of the environment.

Usually not of jobs.

 

[Yagharek]

People think that gif is simply looping, but he went on like that for almost a minute

Where.

The only context Ive seen it used in is a hypothetical nuclear holocaust. Other than that, whatever the origin of the word it almost always refers to the crimes the Nazis committed to Jews and other groups in WW2.