The first question posed by Leigh Sales on the ABC when she interviewed Abbott this week. At last, some in the MSM are starting to ask questions about Abbott's competence.
But, as he so often does when he's goofed in some way, Abbott yesterday tried to play the terrorism card. Once again, his poor judgement was on full show as he was attacked by lawyers for possibly jeopardising a case against would-be jihadists in Australia:
"On Thursday Tony Abbott read from a transcript of a video, which was seized when two men were arrested in Sydney earlier this week and charged with plotting an imminent terrorist attack.
"Criminal lawyer Adam Houda echoed concerns raised by prominent barrister Robert Richter QC about the possibility that Mr Abbott's comments could prejudice a future trial.
"'He wants to milk this situation politically for all it's worth," Mr Houda said.
"And the unfortunate result is that it will also bring unfair prejudice to the matters now before the court and also undermine the court process."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/pms-comments-could-still-prejudice-trial-says-legal-community/6090058
Yet Abbott sails blithely on, oblivious to all but his own sense of self-importance. He even ended Question Time yesterday by telling the chamber that he'd just given a "magnificent" answer to a question from the Opposition. He has clearly never read any of the fables of the ancient Greeks, or he might know something about hubris.
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