Is this Australia’s best politician?
As we begin to hand out our annual gongs, let the debate begin …
(You can still vote for the person of the year and Crikey‘s dishonourable arsehat: there’s plenty to choose from.)
Crikey says: the top gong for the top dog
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Abbott, striving for mediocrity …hoping to achieve it one day.
Abbott is NOT my Prime Minister. I didn’t vote for him, and will never accept that he won the race fair and square. Ltd. News won it for him!
Ly*ng bloody hound. Manipulating bloody press. Both as bad as each other.
‘the top dog’ – as in mongrel?
Best? Hardly.
Most prominent in terms of producing a train wreck – true!
In a heavily crowded field, Kevin Rudd leads by a country mile for arsehat of the decade. So, why isn’t he on the list?