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For fifteen minutes well-spent, check out this video of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard laying a a verbal beatdown on the sexism and misogyny of opposition leader Tony Abbott. The backstory is that Abbott demanded that the Speaker of the House be fired for sending a series of sexist text messages. Gillard didn’t take too kindly to the hypocrisy of Abbott jumping on someone else’s sexism for his own political gain, and boy did she let him know it, calling him on his own attitude toward abortion, women in government, and more for a good quarter-hour while he sat frozen in the crosshairs.
Here in Canada where Parliament tends to be reduced to the childishness of Question Period followed by mundane, dull speeches read without any passion, Gillard's speech was a pleasure to watch.
It was most certainly the best parliamentary speech I've ever heard; one of the best political speeches in any venue. She tore her opponent apart.
kaythecurler
Posted on: 10/12/2012 11:53
Thank god for strong women with strong, well articulated standards and ethics.
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stardust
Posted on: 10/11/2012 14:50
Oops, I clicked "Save" in error. Here's the video:
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For fifteen minutes well-spent, check out this video of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard laying a a verbal beatdown on the sexism and misogyny of opposition leader Tony Abbott. The backstory is that Abbott demanded that the Speaker of the House be fired for sending a series of sexist text messages. Gillard didn’t take too kindly to the hypocrisy of Abbott jumping on someone else’s sexism for his own political gain, and boy did she let him know it, calling him on his own attitude toward abortion, women in government, and more for a good quarter-hour while he sat frozen in the crosshairs.
http://www.themarysue.com/australian-prime-minsiter-julia-gillards-epic-...
Aussie sex scandal
Peter Slipper http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/10/09/australia-speaker-peter-slipper-qui...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-19882153
MikePaterson
Posted on: 10/11/2012 16:07
Brilliant!
somegalfromcan
Posted on: 10/11/2012 21:52
That was quite the speech - good on her!
InannaWhimsey
Posted on: 10/12/2012 00:36
we do live in the best of all possible worlds :3
*watches MikePaterson float by on a whale shark*
Rev. Steven Davis
Posted on: 10/12/2012 08:19
Here in Canada where Parliament tends to be reduced to the childishness of Question Period followed by mundane, dull speeches read without any passion, Gillard's speech was a pleasure to watch.
It was most certainly the best parliamentary speech I've ever heard; one of the best political speeches in any venue. She tore her opponent apart.
kaythecurler
Posted on: 10/12/2012 11:53
Thank god for strong women with strong, well articulated standards and ethics.