tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post284611896555710042..comments2023-10-29T21:28:41.709+10:30Comments on Pavlov's Cat: Lose on the roundabouts, lose on the swingsKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-51135064103539537502007-08-10T14:15:00.000+09:302007-08-10T14:15:00.000+09:30Holding is, I think, 34. I don't think anyone much...Holding is, I think, 34. I don't think anyone much would have trouble with the suggestion that he's not had heaps of experience. If he'd joined the public service, he'd be unlikely to have made it to management level by now. Sure some people would shout that age isn't everything (and it isn't) but they can't argue against the fact that it takes time to get experience. Being the Treasurer requires quite a bit of experience.<BR/><BR/>Why Brumby feels it necessary to equate experience with fertility is beyond me. No one's ever asked me about my sex life or contraceptive use in a job interview (thank god).katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05933494864542847343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-76584726606709944622007-08-08T15:25:00.000+09:302007-08-08T15:25:00.000+09:30Hear Hear PC!!Hear Hear PC!!meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-44873110433822073592007-08-07T17:05:00.000+09:302007-08-07T17:05:00.000+09:30Well, maybe. The likeness to the Heffernan comment...Well, maybe. The likeness to the Heffernan comments is that both are insults to every childless and/or currently non-domestic-coupled adult in the country. If 'married with children' is what qualifies you for running the country, then there are an awful lot of jailed bank robbers, heroin addicts and sex offenders I'd like Mr Brumby to meet. And after that I've got a nice bridge he might like to buy.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-2548888637575855662007-08-07T10:43:00.000+09:302007-08-07T10:43:00.000+09:30I wonder if this comment from Brumby was of "the l...I wonder if this comment from Brumby was of "the lesser of two evils" variety. Namely, the other reason was even worse, at least for Holding. The general feeling was that he didn't do a great job as Minister for Police.<BR/><BR/>A previous Opposition Leader in Victoria, Robert Doyle, referred to Holding once as a "junior woodchuck". It's not his marital for familial status that I would have focused on, just his lack of experience.<BR/><BR/>When Brumby was treasurer he was the policy guru of the government and had the reputation for being a bit of a hard-arse. Even a week or so in you can see an attempt to change that image. He went too far here. Heffernan referred to Gillard as "deliberately barren" which took that debate into very different territory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com