Re your lead post which included; "... Abbott >>> dry, methodical, principled, ..."
Your opinion is noted.
Your fantasising re-write of recent Australian political history is as delusional and exaggerated as what hear every day from Tony Abbott.
Even you statement about Whitlam's financial management is wrong and totally out of context. Whitlam ran surplus budgets during a period of runaway global inflation sparked by the oil crisis.
