Happy Birthday, Mr Prime Minister.
Earlier this week Tony Abbott celebrated his second anniversary as our Prime Minister — and what a couple of years it’s been.
Two years on, Opposition MP Jason Clare has celebrated all of Tones’ “achievements” in the top job in this 90 second speech, which has now, quite rightfully, gone viral.
You can watch the full rant here:
Debt and deficit have gone up along with unemployment, taxes and the flag count, he says.
While investments in healthcare, schools and sustainable energy solutions have gone down.
“The Attorney-General George Brandis told us that people have a right to be bigots, the treasurer told us that poor people don’t drive cars, the minister for agriculture Barnaby Joyce threatened to kill Johnny Depp’s dogs — poor old Pistol and Boo — Prince Phillip got a knighthood, the Speaker got a helicopter and the Prime Minister ate an onion, or two,” he said.
“You know that taste you get when you bite into an onion? Well, that’s the taste that’s been in the back of the mouths of the people of Australia for the last two years.”
What was your favourite moment of the last two years? You can read what he’s achieved as Minister for Women .
Lest we forget.
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Thank you Jason Clare. Summing up what the majority of Australians think of the current government. Very poor effort.
What is it with the friggen onion? Ok, so he ate a raw onion or two when visiting an onion farm or packing place. I eat raw onion all the time ... salad rolls, sandwiches and even on my Subway when I get lunch there. Raw onion is fan-bloody-tastic with salad, tuna, mashed potato and many other things.
I have a new definition for "one-eyed idiot". It's anyone who makes or made a big deal out of a politician from a party you don't like, eating a raw onion or something else that ordinarily isn't that big of a deal. The test of this is to imagine a politician that you like doing the same thing and what your reaction would be .... if it is the same disgust as before then you might be onto something ... if it's ANYTHING less, then you are a "one-eyed idiot".
Verbally hammer him over the policies you disagree with (I do) or tell us all about what you think he and his government can do better but please don't make a big deal out of the trivial stuff or I'm just going to ignore everything you say because "one-eyed idiots" opinions can not be trusted one iota.
As for Jason Clare, well I don't think I will every take any words that come out that man's mouth seriously after the "Blackest day in Australian sport". The probe that was supposedly going to reveal personal relationships between professional athletes and organised criminal identities and groups that ''may have resulted in match fixing and the fraudulent manipulation of betting markets''. Instead it just took Craig Thomson off the front pages and put a black cloud over our two biggest winter sports for several years that resulted in some minor infractions that to this day haven't really been proven to be illegal in those two sporting codes let alone Australian Law.
Indeed. Can you imagine the headlines if it was the beloved JG who did it. We'd all be hearing about the PM so tough she could eat an onion with ot shedding a tear.
On the onion thing, it's not normal to eat an onion the way he did. It paints a very odd picture of a already very silly man.
Joe, I would have thought that Tony Abbott eating an onion paled into insignificance when one considers that Bill Shorten, looking all serious and concerned, went on National Television, and talked about the tragic photo of a 'little GIRL'S body' on the beach, when it was patently a little boy's, as we know.
Imagine the furore on Twitter if Tony Abbott had made such a huge gaff; but no, it did not raise a ripple, no once cared.
That incident showed the malice and vitriol which is daily fare for the Prime Minister.
Not in the Murdoch press or 2GB