The Lizard of Oz’ Play Thing Dumped … Will Stephen Harper be Next?

It looks like the career of Tony Abbott has come to an abrupt end. with fellow right-winger Malcolm Turnbull taking the head position in Australia.

All I can say is ‘Yay!’  I never weep when right-wingers of this type face defeat and I’m even more tickled when internal party politics tear that party apart.

What’s interesting in this story is that Lynton Crosby, now quasi-illegal campaign manager for the Stephen Harper Conservative campaign, was the campaign manager for Tony Abbott.

Could it be that the people of Australia, especially Abbott’s party members, saw through the BS and decided that it was time to move on and up?

Any chance it could happen here before the election?  Sadly no, but a boy can dream …

In other ‘early retirement’ notes, I’m glad to see Rex Murphy finally hang up his headphones.  Again, could it be that he actually saw the writing on the wall with his various efforts to dig deep with speech-sponsors and supporters?  Time will tell …