Is this the same Smarty Pants Billy Shorten that declared:"I...

Is this the same Smarty Pants Billy Shorten that declared:

"I haven't seen what she's (Gillard)said, but let me say I support what it is she said."

Is this the best person that the Labor Party can present to the Aussie voting public as a potential leader of the nation? If this really is the case, than the ALP will be dumped into the political wilderness,for at least a generation. But can it really be that politically dumb?