Wednesday 19 May 2010

"Read my lying lips"


Well Oz Opposition Leader 'Phoney Tony' Abbott certainly made the headlines this week after admissions in an ABC TV 7.30 Report interview.
But don't just believe what the print media says, go to the interview and enjoy being told by Abbott that voters are expected to know when he is not being truthful!

TONY ABBOTT: Well, again, I think that most of us know when we're talking to people or when we're listening to people, I think we know when we can put absolute weight on what's being said and when it's just the give and take of standard conversation.
[From transcript of 7.30 Report interview
Abbott quizzed on mixed messages aired on 17th May 2010]
The man's a classic drongo......

Abbott under fire for 'gospel truth' gaffe
ABC Online - Lyndal Curtis
Tony Abbott has come under fire after saying only his 'carefully prepared scripted remarks' could be taken as ...
Don't believe everything I say - Tony Abbott
Herald Sun - Phillip Hudson
TONY Abbott says voters should not believe every pledge he makes unless it is written down, in which case it's the "gospel truth". ...
Only believe me if it is 'scripted': Abbott
The Australian - Samantha Maiden
KERRY'S curse has struck a second political leader venturing into "7:30 report land" with Tony Abbott last night admitting he didn't always tell the "gospel ...
Don't believe all I say, Abbott admits
The Australian - Brendan Nicholson
TONY Abbott has declared to a national television audience that he sometimes promised too much in the heat of a debate and only his formal, scripted remarks ...
Abbott admits you can't always believe him
The Age - Michelle Grattan
TONY Abbott has admitted that what he says in the heat of the political moment can't be taken at face value or believed as a commitment. ...
Read my lying lips: Abbott admits you can't believe everything he says
Sydney Morning Herald - Phillip Coorey
In an extraordinary admission last night, the Opposition Leader said his only utterances that should be regarded as ''gospel truth'' were carefully prepared ...
TVNZ - In a political own goal, conservative leader Tony Abbott, a former university boxer who once trained for the Catholic priesthood, told a television ...

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