- Watergate does not get old for Woodward – http://is.gd/20gPA – he still listens to Watergate surveillance tapes! #
- …and there's a good Clinton joke at the end… http://is.gd/20gPA #
- My tap doesn't drip… RT @Chris_pinkapple: What’s the Difference Between Sex and the Garden Tap? http://bit.ly/e78Hu #
- I stole Mr @Chris_pinkapple's mouse… I think mine is the one that's slightly cleaner… #
- High Risk, High Reward – http://is.gd/20k4p – 2nd extract in Wash Post of new book on 2008 US election by Balz/Johnson. This one on Palin. #
- Palin's "pal around with terrorists" line was actually written by McCain's campaign staff – http://is.gd/20kvj – Palin read the script. #
- At Louvre, Many Stop to Snap but Few Stay to Focus – http://is.gd/20lxu – Western culture adrift in an ocean of passing stimulation. #
- Superb – RT @lyndons: Denver Post: Excellent page of high quality historic D-Day original photos for 65th Anniversary http://bit.ly/BSjkH #
- #austory Australian Story on Malcolm Turnbull -http://is.gd/20nsS – on now… #
- #austory Malcolm Farr says Turnbull can be a "quite charming bully"! #
- #austory shows Turnbull's family (wife Lucy and daughter Daisy) heavily involved in day-to-day operations. Won't impress Libs. #
- #austory Turnbull, teary, says he attached himself to his father's memory…"everything I did I did for him." #
- #austory Turnbull describes his dying mother asking his forgiveness for walking out on the family… am I watching "Home And Away"? #
- #austory Chris Uhlmann says Turnbull tried to take out the PM and the Treasurer together on the same day…"huge over-reach". #
- #austory showing how the Grech email story fell apart on that Monday June 22… an incredulous Lucy Turnbull can't understand faked emails.. #
- #austory Chris Uhlmann says Turnbull's office never got back to the ABC that day to say the story was wrong… #
- #austory Turnbull says he was "very very shocked" that a document could be fabricated inside the Treasury Department… #
- RT @nicodonnell: Still not a peep from Eric Abetz … Grech's grand inquisitor. Hmmm. #austory #
- #austory Uhlmann says it's questions of judgement that are raised by Ozcar… now no part of Turnbull's life that the govt won't attack… #
- #austory "I am the soul of indiscretion," Turnbull says, quoting his 'darling wife'… #
- #austory This was not a program profiling a future prime minister…instead it was a look at an ambitious fool. #
- RT @BernardKeane: First Australian Story I've seen with a cleavage shot. #
- RT @thewetmale: Indeed someone might argue that they weren't the only boobs. RT @BernardKeane: 1st Aus Story I've seen with a cleavage shot. #
- RT @desertgirl_2: Whoa, that's a strong conclusion. No doubt it's also accurate. OK, Turnbull must go. Who takes his place? Not Abbott? 🙂 #
- @desertgirl_2 I didn't say he must go! He probably won't go – yet. But he's most likely crippled. An election defeat will finish him off. #
- RT @thetowncrier: Sorry, I still don't see the damning case against Turnbull. Yup, overreached. Ugly. But [Labor would have] done same. #
- The damning case is the immaturity of his political behaviour. The attack was amateurish on every level. @thetowncrier #
- RT @JustinianNews: Spare me the "Buckets of charm" on Australian Story. #
- @JustinianNews Hyacinth Buckets…and just as convincing. in reply to JustinianNews #
- RT @thetowncrier: So the choice is a political amateur or a risk-averse robot?? Sorry, but Turnbull wins that contest EVERY time. #
- @thetowncrier That's a different question completely… in terms of political smarts, as Farr said, Turnbull took a spoon to a knife fight. in reply to thetowncrier #
- RT @desertgirl_2: Until some months in to his stint as Leader, Turnbull impressed me enough to look seriously at Libs for next election. #
- @desertgirl_2 Me too. I'm quite amazed at how poor he's turned out to be. See Oakes last Saturday http://is.gd/20pZP in reply to desertgirl_2 #
- @lmdallatorre what's this about you being a media whore? in reply to lmdallatorre #
- Andrew Peacock with the style? RT @fridley: Hockey is pretty much the only option i guess… #
- I meant Andrew Peacock WITHOUT the style!! RT @fridley: Hockey is pretty much the only option i guess… #
- @thetowncrier I'm not criticising either of them over political views.. just making the point that T. has shown he lacks political skills. in reply to thetowncrier #
- RT @lmdallatorre: A friend of mine came up with a good Hockey theory – Australians tend to reject potential leaders based on girth. #
- @lmdallatorre So how come Menzies got elected once or twice?! in reply to lmdallatorre #
- RT @lmdallatorre: eg Beazley 'doesn't have the ticker to be PM' – Howard – said nothing about his courage & everything about his waistline. #
- @lmdallatorre that's also why they kept saying he had "flip-flopped"… in reply to lmdallatorre #
- RT @thetowncrier: Yeah, buggered this one up. But don't kill him for it. He has heart. Has passion. We can only dream of a like PM. #
- Exactly… no idea of how to line up a political kill… RT @Pollytics: but he doesnt have patience. #
- @lmdallatorre No, Menzies didn't LIKE television but he was a natural on camera and radio. He just held the media in contempt. in reply to lmdallatorre #
- RT @lyndons: Consider how the tables may turn if the 'real' author of 'concocted' email is publicly named 🙂 An IED waiting to happen. #
- @lyndons Yes, except it's unlikely it was anyone other than Grech. Unless Erica dictated it! in reply to lyndons #
- RT @thewetmale: Part of Mal's problem is he doesn't have a long-term hatred of Labor; what holds together Libs & Nats. #
- RT @granleese: lacking political skills doesn't = bad future gov't. Less backslapping & focus on clever politics please! #
- @granleese That's true, but a lack of political skills can stop you getting into government… in reply to granleese #
- @granleese Seriously, the "clever politics" was on Turnbull's part. It casts doubt on his temperament and judgement. Juvenile politics. in reply to granleese #
- Is is appropriate to mention at this point that I'm going to see John Howard speak on the media tomorrow night? http://is.gd/20rlR #
- RT @lyndons: In Govt Depts, never assume 🙂 If others knew Grech was starstruck with his "high" Lib connections… What would you feed him? #
- @lyndons Stop it, now you've got me salivating with anticipation! in reply to lyndons #
- Victorians owe Alfred Deakin – http://is.gd/20s5k – Alan Howe on one of the great nation builders. And he wasn't from New South Wales! #
- A very dramatic final episode of Spooks coming up now… love a good chase through London. Don't miss the last 5 seconds… #
- RT @abcmarkscott: Jonathan Holmes spoke the truth tonight. I fear tomorrow evening he will be misguided. http://bit.ly/uKKvV #mediawatch #
- Spooks: "Rain from heaven" #
- Spooks: Rain from heaven… twice blessed… the quality of mercy? #
- Spooks: "We have some exigent circumstances," says Harry. Who does he think he is: Dubya? #
- Spooks: "You hate me not because I'm a spy but because you're looking in a mirror," says Connie to Ros. Wish I could say that! #
- Spooks: Protocol Landslide invoked. And you thought YOU had problems… #
- Spooks: "I need to talk to Harry." #
- RT @a_web_designer: Watching Cory Aquino's funeral convoy. Private funeral (not state funeral) this Wed 5 August http://bit.ly/jp1VN #
- Peter Costello is appearing on Lateline in a few minutes – apparently critical of Turnbull. #
- Why is Lateline doing free plugs for 2 new chapters of a paperback second edition of The Costello Memoirs? #
- RT @TagAlongTess: @thewetmale I can't move on mentally until I find out what happens to Harry. #Lateline #Malcolmisstuffed #
- We know how that one ends… RT @thewetmale: @TagAlongTess They do a bloody good cliffhanger & I'm not talking about the Liberals/Costello. #
- Peter Costello on Lateline: I was in Israel when Ozcar broke..not the first time we've had forged documents in politics… #
- Costello: The Lindsay leaflet was the final knockout blow in 2007. We lost more seats because of it. #
- Costello on the fake email allegations: "It wasn't a success." #
- Costello: If I was into damage control, I wouldn't have had TV cameras crawling all over my office when it happened… #
- Costello: Time for Turnbull to move on… asked if it was a sign of Turnbull's inexperience… cites 2007 fake documents Ralph Willis had… #
- Costello: It pays to go through your records before you…Turnbull should have done more due diligence, with the benefit of hindsight… #
- Jones asks Costello about Turnbull's body language the day (June 15) that Costello announced he was retiring… #
- Jones: Did your impending departure embolden Turnbull over Ozcar? Costello: It was more peaceful in Ramallah that week… #
- Costello: I wasn't prepared to give a speech that day… I saw Rudd and Turnbull gleaming… #
- Costello and Jones joking about boys on broomsticks… #
- Costello: Malcolm has been very fortunate…won a ballot against Brendan…has been absent of anyone having designs on his position… #
- Costello: Like a test cricket team, it's harder to get out of politics than into it… #
- Costello: Very few people walk away from politics…even Howard was taken out by his constituents… #
- This is so disingenuous of Costello… he was "taken out" by the voters just as Howard was… #
- Costello asked if his very presence was a threat to Turnbull's leadership: No, I could have put up my hand for the leadership on any day… #
- Costello asked if he has really explained his reasons for leaving. Aren't you just avoiding an inevitable defeat at the next election? #
- Costello restates his argument about being rejected by his party…time for renewal…Nelson had a go…Malcolm's had a good go… #
- Costello: I knew what it was like to be bunched in on the rails, one back… #
- Jones asks Costello about an unpublished Liberal Party report on the 2007 election loss… Costello says apparently everything's fixed! #
- Jones asks Costello about banning all donations apart from individuals, as Turnbull has proposed. "He's entitled to his position." #
- Costello talks of Liberal members who need to assert themselves against the "cult of leadership"… #
- Costello says Liberal Party organisation should make itself heard. The party can't rely on the parliamentary wing in opposition… #
- Costello is arguing that Liberal Party grass roots members are being ignored and shouldn't be treated with contempt… #
- Costello: the party and its ideals will live for a long time and it should be respected… #
- Costello Lateline interview ends… a none too subtly coded shot across Turnbull's bow. #
- @lmdallatorre Stopping union donations is the SOLE aim of the Turnbull proposal. Fanciful nonsense. in reply to lmdallatorre #
- How To Write a Good Blog Title for High Website Traffic – http://ff.im/-66nAx RT @MikePaetzold: #
- ALP in power is happy to be boring – http://is.gd/20Acf – good discussion of realities from Phillip Coorey. #
- RT @ABCMediaWatch: Kyle & Jackie called MW "fun police". Last week they showed us their style of fun – exploitation: http://bit.ly/DiFgV #
- What are they spending your tax dollars on? http://is.gd/20Cje – I'm assuming the figures are accurate…interesting little site. #
- Godwin Grech admits to faking OzCar email: http://is.gd/20Eok – direct from a psychiatric ward in Canberra… #
- Malcolm Turnbull faces renewed calls to resign – http://is.gd/20EQ4 – Dennis Shanahan says "Turnbull's star witness has turned". #
- 'Good public servant' feels betrayed – http://is.gd/20F9b – it appears that John Howard is the last man still prepared to defend Grech. #
- Treasury official driven to ill-health by workload – http://is.gd/20FA6 – the most complete account to date of Godwin Grech's medical woes. #
- Rudd in clear over Ozcar but spotlight on Grech – http://is.gd/20FZa – apparent leaks from the Auditor-General's inquiry into OzCar. #