"This will backfire on him, mark my words." at 10.53 am today.
bwahaha - didn't take long!
In one fell swoop Abbott has:
A - shown himself do have been disingenuous in negotiations and really only interested in taking power (not stable government unless it is his own) - this will not go down well with voters (except the hardcore Libs that will back him no matter what).
B - disgraced himself to the Independents and totally destroyed any chance of winning them over.
C - exposed his lack of people skills
D - not even achieved the destablising outcome he was aiming for!
Thumb me down all you want doesn't change the reality!
And why has no Lib supported still responded to this I wonder...
------------------ But could at least one of you have the honesty/decency to admit that Abbott would be supporting the pairing if he won the election with a one or two seat majority?? Come on now...I almost feel emabarresed for you.