mozzaok wrote on Nov 8
th, 2011 at 6:47pm:
There is plenty to dislike about Abbott, his lack of consistency, his willingness to blatantly lie for political gain, his religious fanaticism, I mean, if he were a muslim consulting his mullah, or whatever their equivalent of the archbishop is, instead of a mick, then he would be condemned from dawn to dusk as a dangerous fanatic, by one and all, but all that aside, the fact that he keeps fit is a totally stupid thing for any to criticise.
If he does make it to the lodge, I just hope he is not as big an a-hole as his history leads us to expect him to be.
performance in opposition is rarely any indicator of performance in the big chair. in fact, if you look at history it is replete with examples of brilliant leaders who were crap until they became number one. and plenty of people with impeccable credentials until they became top dog and STUNK at it.
Leadership at the very top is essentially unpredictable. Gillard was decent 2IC yet she is a dreadful PM. Howard was unimpressive as opposition leader but as PM was exceptionally popular. Life is like that. Leadership is hard to predict.
Abbott has performed way better than anyone expected. He was chosen as a stopgap and nothing more. But he surprised everyone by skyrocketing the libs into almost winning an election that 12 months before could have led to their annihilation. He ended on PMs reign and is odds-on to do it to another. I think you might be very surprised at Abbott as PM. He's a dark horse that is very hard to predict. but he is already the faster vote raising leader in history.