"I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now. Not ever!"

[Electric Monk]

Women should look good, and shut up, that's the impression male throwbacks like Tony Abbott give. (He might change his policies at the drop of an opinion poll but that's one thing he's fairly solid on.) He'd also do stuff, like campaign in front of posters bearing the slogan "Ditch the witch".

Something had irked Abbott, or - more likely - he saw an opportunity to score another cheap political point, something to do with the Speaker's demeanour. It doesn't really matter what now - but Abbott decided that the House needed a lecture on sexism.

Enough was enough. Gillard rose, and famously declaimed (with more passion then she'd exhibited in her previous three years in charge): "I will not be lectured on sexism and misogyny by this man; I will not". She then proceeded to tear him apart, every which way.

(continued... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017181771
with video and set to music... )

EPIC

[sheshe2]

1. Brava Gillard!

Excellent video!

Epic indeed Electric Monk.

[Electric Monk]

2. Kicking this back to page one for visibility :)

[hfojvt]

3. setting it to music made it unlistenable for me

Kinda hard to hear any substantive argument

just a repetition, repetition, repetition of variations on the title.

[Electric Monk]

4. eggplant posted the original un-edited footage in the other thread

here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017181771#post4