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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: One Angry Aussie!
We believe the Prime Minister of Australia has a right to be angry. Julia Gillard, elected the first female Prime Minister in June 2010, has endured for more than two years insults, rude remarks far outside the norm of the political realm from the leadership and members of the Opposition Party.
The Australian system, though different than the one in the US is similar because it is bicameral with an executive, the Prime Minister.
We believe, like the US President Barack Obama, being the first black man to hold the office of President of the United States, being the first to achieve any high level of leadership in government or commerce has its drawbacks, not enough to cause any person to forgo the desire to pursue and be successful in an endeavor where someone who looks like you has never been before.
This video is evidence of what happens when being polite is no longer a workable, nor tolerable strategy.
“I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man … Not now, not ever … If he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he does not need a motion in the House of Representatives – he needs a mirror,” ~ Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia
Meanwhile in the US, at a college campus in Danville, Kentucky, Thursday night’s debate between Democrat Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin representative, Republican Paul Ryan, proved a tad more exciting than last week’s first meeting of incumbent President Barack Obama and the GOP/Tea Party candidate Willard Romney.
Perhaps both camps will view the video for pointers on how to effectively communicate in a parliamentary setting…White House aides please note the language used by Ms Gillard to combat crude remarks and untruths spoken by the Opposition in describing Madam Prime Minister.
We believe Julia Gillard has a right to be angry. Despite the fact some may find Ms Gillard speaking up offensive, as in nobody likes an angry white woman, just as no one wants to deal with an angry black man, she communicates in a capable, effective and competent manner; she makes it very clear she will no longer contend with the attempts to abuse her and nor will she continue be “Ms Nice Gal” in the face of the disrespect shown her as leader of the national government in Australia.
In politics as in business, be conciliatory when appropriate; speak up when necessary to protect and defend your position especially when you find yourself the object of unprovoked political and personal attacks. It’s a quality we all should be seeking in our national leadership.
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