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Alleged writer and Crikey politics editor. These days mainly here for the greyhounds.

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crikey.com.au
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    Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 11 Feb 2015

    Normally I'd think Abbott's "Holocaust" reference was unintentional. But on the rest of today's performance, it was clearly quite deliberate

    8:27 PM - 11 Feb 2015
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      1. DIANNE ANNA BAY‏ @beestydi 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane @Darthspoog Distraction....??????

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      1. Lucien Ey‏ @PollHereford 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane @Darthspoog Tony Abbott: Prime Minister, Rodeo Clown.

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      1. yarekidsindetention?‏ @contriteshadow 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane Discussed this theory with husband, who considered a moment then said, "Nah, he's an idiot; simplest explanation." @TasGreg

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      2. OverMyDeadBodyMack‏ @mandymcn 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane The purpose of that and the extreme response to HRC report? Just to shift focus from the contents of the report? @MinhKular

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      3.  🍌Fair Dinkum Troublemaker 🍍‏ @MinhKular 12 Feb 2015
        Replying to @mandymcn

        @mandymcn @BernardKeane Yes attack the 'person' not the problem Tony? Not fit for office.. #auspol

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      1. Jo-Anne Weiss‏ @weissjoanne1050 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane He's unscrupulous and will use anything he can grab at the time and then apologise later for wiping his arse with your cat

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      1. Amanda Tattersall‏ @AmandaTatts 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane @tcookAU It's all about good government. He is just contrasting his government with worse performing governments in the past.

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      1. Walter Dixon‏ @WalterDixon2 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane @BridgetOFlynn He is a cold calculating rat cunning shit who planes his strategy in concert with Jones & Hadley.

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      1. Peter‏ @itwittagain 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane like saying Gillards gov had died of shame?

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      1. Ken Jobling‏ @rkjobling 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane Yes. Tony is the master of distraction. #LookOverThere #LibSpill

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      1. C. F. Kennedy‏ @seefkay 12 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane @Maxed100 Ya gotta love this jerk.@TonyAbbottMHR ...he's the gift that just keeps on giving. A quintessential mouth-breather.

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      1. Dr Tina Kulski‏ @KulskiTina 11 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane @AussieRoz Unintentional? You give him too much credit/leeway

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      2. Dirk Gently‏ @envirorealism 11 Feb 2015
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        @bernardkeane I suspect he knocked one out while watching the "death cult" video in the morning. Was still on a high in #qt. #auspol

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      3. Daily Terroir‏ @johnnybridge2 11 Feb 2015
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        @envirorealism @BernardKeane that'd be right

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      1. Fran Hoy‏ @HoyFran 11 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane Holocaust remark is the tail of the rattle snake diverting us from HRC on kids, subs and indig fails. A poisonous shrewd govt.

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      1. iainwith3is‏ @IainnB 11 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane Seems like some kind of political seppuku.

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      1. Dame Nellie Ex-Muppet‏ @woolkebb 11 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane he is now desperate and showing his true colours http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/us-think-tank-asks-is-tony-abbott-the-most-incompetent-leader-of-any-industrialised-democracy-20150211-13cda6.html …

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      1. Toni Toaster‏ @toni_toaster 11 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane @TheMurdochTimes I don't think anything he says or does is unintentional.

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      1. Tracey Henderson‏ @tandah 11 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane why do you think calculated? Can't see any upside and any target forgotten in backlash.

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      1. Ian Black‏ @jamian62 11 Feb 2015
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        @BernardKeane It looks like that. Another effective diversion from the 'real' news of the day. Sadly it'll probably work.

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