Dinosaur
I read a story yesterday from ABC News Online that highlighted some generational gappyness. Margaret Whitlam attacks Janette Howard, and from what I can see, for nothing more than being a sensible, modern woman.
Here's some quotes:
["There's Howard shaking hands and kissing old ladies in retirement homes. If you've got a wife, your wife should be there too."] Why? I could go into detail here but it would take too long. There are many why's.
[Mrs Whitlam also says it is odd that Prime Minister John Howard and his wife still hold hands.
"For God's sake, they've been married for over 30 years!" she is quoted as saying in Susan Mitchell's Margaret Whitlam: A Biography.] WTF? What fucking century do we live in? In which reality is holding hands with your lover a bad thing?
[In a speech earlier this year, Mrs Howard said: "It's not an elected position and I feel very strongly that because it's not an elected position - and particularly these days with so many women who are members of parliament - you have a very different role".
"You are not the symbol of the women's voice in Canberra because there are now very many, very talented women who have won seats in their own right and who are doing that," she said at the launch of the Mrs Prime Minister: Public Image, Private Lives exhibition in Canberra.
"But that doesn't stop you from following your own passions and interests and encouraging people in causes that you believe in."] Finally something sensible.
This isn't about the politics; I'm not going Liberal, I just think Mrs. Whitlam should keep her old-school mouth shut. Of course I haven't actually read the book, so I'm willing to retract if the above quotes are taken out of context, but time will tell.
Here's some quotes:
["There's Howard shaking hands and kissing old ladies in retirement homes. If you've got a wife, your wife should be there too."] Why? I could go into detail here but it would take too long. There are many why's.
[Mrs Whitlam also says it is odd that Prime Minister John Howard and his wife still hold hands.
"For God's sake, they've been married for over 30 years!" she is quoted as saying in Susan Mitchell's Margaret Whitlam: A Biography.] WTF? What fucking century do we live in? In which reality is holding hands with your lover a bad thing?
[In a speech earlier this year, Mrs Howard said: "It's not an elected position and I feel very strongly that because it's not an elected position - and particularly these days with so many women who are members of parliament - you have a very different role".
"You are not the symbol of the women's voice in Canberra because there are now very many, very talented women who have won seats in their own right and who are doing that," she said at the launch of the Mrs Prime Minister: Public Image, Private Lives exhibition in Canberra.
"But that doesn't stop you from following your own passions and interests and encouraging people in causes that you believe in."] Finally something sensible.
This isn't about the politics; I'm not going Liberal, I just think Mrs. Whitlam should keep her old-school mouth shut. Of course I haven't actually read the book, so I'm willing to retract if the above quotes are taken out of context, but time will tell.
posted by jnturnbull at 5:52 am
2 Comments:
And now I read on Sunrise's news bar that Mrs. Whitlam is claiming the comments are seven years old and things have changed.
Can anyone spell backpeddle?
Dig UP Margaret!
Who would have known that an old duck like that could do back flips...Very talented. :)
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