I wrote last year about how to spot an adult: They're the ones who don't feel the need to brag that they're an adult.
Now, nearly six months into the job, Tony Abbott's next great claim is that his immigration minister is not a wimp. Really, Tony? After what can only be described as an utter balls-up, is that all you've got? Australians don't want a wimp?
To quote the classics, It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate; It takes guts to be gentle and kind. Strength is self-evident. If you have to boast about it, then you ain't got it.
Show me someone who brags about being grown up and I'll show you a petulant child.
Show me a grown man in a position of great power who still feels the need to prove he's not a wimp, and I'll show you a pathetic little WIMP.
You protest too much, Tony. And so do all the gang behind you.
By the way, one Catholic to another, Jesus was a "wimp."
During the 1988 American elections, George HW Bush was behind in all the polls. Then he told Dan Rather or some other wax figure that he was not a wimp. His numbers immediately rose and he won, paving the way for the next generation of horror.
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