tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post4545987194348406408..comments2024-01-22T05:10:11.938+11:00Comments on I am a liminal being: JULIA GILLARDwandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-71946957483336440162013-07-01T20:28:58.625+10:002013-07-01T20:28:58.625+10:00Got back on the weekend.Got back on the weekend.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-69642990244668689562013-06-29T11:38:07.314+10:002013-06-29T11:38:07.314+10:00Incidentally, when will you be back in our sunny (...Incidentally, when will you be back in our sunny (more soggy just now) land?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-60662907427732835432013-06-28T06:10:43.936+10:002013-06-28T06:10:43.936+10:00It is really very complex isn't it, and endles...It is really very complex isn't it, and endlessly fascinating as a document of the state of the country. I thought the link above was the best analysis I've seen so far (and the cement is far from dry) plus I wanted to date state it. wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-2418557978758593592013-06-28T00:33:17.410+10:002013-06-28T00:33:17.410+10:00That is the mystery, isn't it: how Julia lost ...That is the mystery, isn't it: how Julia lost her authenticity mojo once she became PM. (Mind you, Keating had a similar problem.) <br /><br />I think it is a mass-media thing, because in the flesh when I saw her at Hazel's "do" she positively glowed amidst her phone-camera-snapping admirers.<br /><br />And the converse of the mass media thing is crazy Mark Latham's famous comment about Rudd (liked by people who have never met him).marcellousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-65333307755759024592013-06-27T15:25:44.756+10:002013-06-27T15:25:44.756+10:00Good question, and hard for me to comment from thi...Good question, and hard for me to comment from this funny little town in Bavaria, but as far as I can see, it was just more relentless viscous attacking. Damned is she does, damned if she doesn't. That said, it (the photo of her knitting for the royal baby) did look completely out of character, except as the journo above points out, one of the problems is/was no one really knew much about her character at all.<br /><br />If, say, it had been the previous prime minister's wife, the dreadful 'keeping up appearances' Janette Howard, oh, then the mob, and the Murdochs, would have loved it all, clucking on, forelocks tugged.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-75967788089377850042013-06-27T07:59:53.802+10:002013-06-27T07:59:53.802+10:00What's 'the knitting controversy' all ...What's 'the knitting controversy' all about?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.com