The Main Problem is Dumb

You know the main problem is "dumb" when the *blues* leader Tony Abbott can get away with spruiking sugar coated bullshit to Australians and his opinion poll ratings go up!

Which is what happened this week.

He has the worst of all possible climate change solutions - and a range of other bogan policies - and his approval ratings increase. Duh?

Well it's quite simple really - he is speaking to the *blues* "base" which is mainly comprised of the lower to middle class - and who are mostly grumpy and angry old white men. Did I mention they are also dumb?

They are this way because for quite a while now they have been left out of the decision making process. These are John Howard's "battlers". The dipsticks who respond to talkback radio and who write letters to their local newspaper and who have opinions about and solutions to every problem known to man.

Their solutions usually involve society regressing back to the 1850's with large doses of capital punishment - and digging up more stuff - and creating more environmental problems. But apparently we need to respect their opinions.

They are used to being the people who were listened to by Australian Governments and whose pig ignorant opinions are often the basis of conservative party policies. Since Kevin has been in charge they have been ignored - and they have been getting a bit tetchy.

But Tony has made them "feel good" again - after all he is one of them ;-)

One small problem (for them) is that they are all heading for 80 and all we have to do is wait a bit.