if you think the gaps from the likes of
Sarah Palin and Donald Trump are an
embarrassment wait until you get a load
of the former Prime Minister of
Australia the captain of the Costa
Concordia wants to know if you need any
help with your boat policy was one but
it gets stopped welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten cringe-worthy Tony
Abbott moments tonight EA Canada for
this list we’re sending off the former
australian prime minister in style with
a look back at well why he lost his job
in less than two years
number 10 baddies vs. baddies in the
midst of the Syrian civil war Tony
Abbott was on the campaign trail in his
bid to become Prime Minister of
Australia when he was asked the question
of how he thought Australia should
handle the conflict we’ve got a civil
war going on in that the knighted
country between two pretty unsavory
sides it’s not goodies versus baddies
it’s baddies versus baddies taking a war
that has resulted in hundreds of
thousands of lost lives and reducing it
to a case of baddies vs. baddies
Abbott’s words would have made far more
sense coming out of the mouth of a child
that’s to say nothing of how insensitive
some thought his choice of words were to
the many lives impacted by the ongoing
battle number 9 phony Tony what you
haven’t explained is hey you can make
one promise in one month and then
completely change it the next well what
happened in that night where you see the
explosion of the vision fair or not many
people believe that most politicians are
talking out of their asses and that you
cannot take anything they say at face
value sometimes in the heat of
discussion you go a little bit further
than you would if it was an absolutely
calm
considered prepared scripted remark yet
it is still amazing to hear a politician
just come out and say exactly that while
striving to get six months of paid
parental leave for Australia’s parents
Abbott explicitly
promised no new taxes but then a month
later introduced just that after being
called out on the action by journalist
Kerry O’Brien Abbott stated the
statements that need to be taken
absolutely as gospel truth is those
carefully prepared scripted remarks thus
confirming what many already suspected
so every time you make a statement we
have to ask you whether it’s carefully
prepared and scripted or whether it’s
just something on the fly look look
we’re just seriously this is a very
serious question
but number 8 lifestyle choice the Prime
Minister Tony Abbott is under fire over
comments he made that it’s a lifestyle
choice for indigenous people to live in
remote communities in 2014 Abbott made a
very disrespectful comment to
Australia’s indigenous people while
speaking to business leaders he referred
to the land prior to the forming of
Britain’s colonies in 1788 as quote
nothing but bush therefore many
observers were not surprised when his
government decided to cut funding to
remote indigenous communities however
his words justifying the lapse in
federal funding for indigenous Western
Australian communities astonished many
what we can’t do is endlessly subsidize
lifestyle choices if those lifestyle
choices are not conducive to the kind of
full participation in Australian society
defending the cuts by saying that it’s
not a taxpayers responsibility to fund
people’s lifestyle choices he belittled
the culture of a proud people and had
critics calling him racist and now City
which is one of the most spectacular
cities you know on our globe and in a
country which is as free as fair and as
prosperous as any number 7 the wink when
you winked yesterday I reckon the whole
of Australia could have almost seen and
realized the moment that you realized
there was a camera on you we should all
strive to show respect for our elders
but when you are the Prime Minister of
Australia and you’re listening to a 67
year old woman’s tale of woe that should
be an absolute
no brainer people are really divided
over this some think Tony is a horrible
sexist while others think he’s a sleazy
asshole if you’re a Tony Abbot and that
woman is telling you that to make ends
meet in light of recent cuts to health
care coverage she’s had to work as a sex
phone operator though then that is
apparently not cut and dry and I work on
an adult 6la night in place while
chatting on a radio show and listening
to the caller story
Abbott is seen winking right after the
woman mentions her profession I was
looking at John fine he was smiling at
me and I winked back at him I shouldn’t
have done it cow the PM’s subsequent
claim that the timing was just a
coincidence hasn’t held much water and
considering we were able to make a whole
top ten of his embarrassing gaffes we
don’t blame people for not buying it
thank you and write an LOI site label
but I gotta be honest number six
Bernie Benton what possessed you to
launch a personal attack on Bernie
Bantam that was bonkers wasn’t it it was
a mistake Bank it was an error of
judgment on my part I shouldn’t have
done it when workers for the Australian
company James Hardie were suffering and
dying due to the results of asbestos
exposure
Bernie Benton served as the loudest
voice in the fight to get compensation
when Abbott was Health Minister victims
petitioned the government to subsidize
their medication Benton attempted to
deliver the signatures to Abbott but he
refused to meet him look at it was a
stunt let’s be upfront about this he
then further added fuel to the fire by
stating Benton didn’t have pure
intentions i know bernie is very sick
but just because a person is sick
doesn’t mean that he is necessarily pure
of heart in all things
the result was Banton labeling Abbott a
gutless creep a label with which many
agreed that was safer I’m absolutely
infuriated that this mean is so
consistently denied to meeting me number
five the suppository of all wisdom
audible gasp in the room a few people
snickering
I saw an MP a liberal MP mouthed
suppository in a list populated by many
tone-deaf and downright disrespectful
moments this entry is actually quite
hilarious and absolutely cringe inducing
I please ask you to give you a rousing
ticket applause while speaking in front
of a party of his supporters Abbott gave
a brief and relaxed speech that
unintentionally left them laughing no
one however smart however well educated
however experienced is the suppository
of all wisdom the idea holds true that
nobody is the repository of all wisdom
however the politician instead said
suppository and the term quickly became
a trending topic on Twitter and had the
world laughing at him not with him he
went on to win the election easily okay
no damage done there at all number four
repealing the carbon tax every time a
housewife switches on the iron well
that’s what she makes to understand all
the househusband
unfortunately for Australia’s women
Prime Minister Tony Abbott appointed
himself Minister for women but more
needs to be done and this despite many
prominent and average women labeling him
a misogynist with one of the most
notable people being former PM Julia
Gillard because if he wants to know what
misogyny looks like in modern Australia
he doesn’t need a motion in the House of
Representatives
he needs a mirror in 2014 he was asked
what his biggest achievement in that
role was those unfamiliar with him may
have expected him to discuss fighting
the wage gap violence against women or
other serious issues women face today as
many of us know women are particularly
focused on the household budget and the
repeal of the carbon tax means a 550
dollar a year benefit for the average
family instead he said women are
particularly focused on budgets for the
home so repealing the carbon tax was his
top move and though this is silly he
couldn’t have just said nothing goodie
he might as well have said that by
abolishing the carbon price had been
able to give women more money to buy a
better iron so they could stay home and
iron more often number three shit
happens
this was Tony Abbott’s response
in 2011 Abbot was met with the news of
Australian soldier Lance Corporal Jared
McKinney’s death in Afghanistan while
his response was one that was picked up
by a camera during a private
conversation the fact that he
nonetheless alluded to the death of a
soldier as quote sometimes shit happens
left many incredulous but he was right
when he said sometimes shit happens
it’s just when shit happens to a but
it’s usually because it came out of his
mouth as human beings we understand that
in a moment of such gravity it’s human
nature to be at a loss for words
so if he’d realized his gaffe and
apologized the controversy could have
easily subsided the bigger problem for
mr. rabbit is the way he handled the
matter when the journalists questioned
him Abbott went a different way though
and when questioned by a reporter about
the remark he scared in silent anger for
28 seconds before saying that such a
question deserved no better response
than silence
um I’ve given you the response she
deserved for a response like this we too
have no words so you got fuming silence
that’s Tony desperately trying to stop
any more shit happening
number two sir Prince Phillip Drago any
Australians more appropriate to receive
Australia’s top honour on Australia Day
then Prince Phillip with all of the many
mistakes Abbott has seemed to make
during his years as Prime Minister the
idea that he was nearly Elstad from the
role because of this action doesn’t seem
so far-fetched but apparently he did it
to suck up to the Queen which makes it
all the more awe-inspiring well I think
it’s a bit ridiculous that the Prime
Minister of Australia is giving
knighthood to royalty in a move that
even disgusted some of his staunchest
supporters like billionaire Rupert
Murdoch Abbott went behind nearly
everyone’s back to make Prince Philip a
knight Australia’s most prestigious
honour considering Australia’s
contentious relationship with the
monarchy the choice to give this title
to the Queen’s husband a man who asked
if Australians quote still throw Spears
at each other was called into question
if you’re going to have the system let’s
give it to Australians before we reveal
our number one pick here are a few
honorable or in this case dishonorable
mentions Jesus knew that there was a
place for everything and and it is not
necessarily everyone’s place to come to
Australia
he said that women’s virginity was a
precious gift and I shouldn’t just go
throwing it about willy-nilly
homosexuality how do you feel about that
ah
I probably felt a bit threatened and I
quote I guess our country owes its
existence to a form of foreign
investment by the British government in
the then unsettled or scarcely settled
great Southland unquote they’re feisty I
think I can probably say have a bit of
sex appeal
number one housewives of Australia you
know well when I was under attack for
alleged old-fashioned attitudes towards
a
towards the female section of society as
we’ve previously mentioned Abbott’s
views on women are seen as far from
progressive the housewives in Australia
need to understand as I say beyond but
in one moment while added drycleaners he
inspired many people’s jaws to drop with
a quote that revealed his view on a
woman’s role in the household the last
election was two years ago that means
that the next election is one year away
at most that means that within a year
the Australian people will have the
chance to vote we actually think that
Abbott’s intention was to speak on a
level that women understand which is
condescending enough but what he doesn’t
realize is that no intelligent person
could relate to his old-fashioned ideas
you still believe that women do the
ironing in the home in the avid
household the dry cleaner does that work
worst of all
judging from the rest of his career and
his comments to and about women
Abbott clearly learned nothing from the
furor his comment induced since this was
made three years before he assumed
office as Prime Minister where the
ladies boy why there are some ladies in
this delegation there is which camera
look what’s happened to the light do you
agree with our list
hi sir how are you
oh really are you surprised his party’s
reaction to all of this was getting rid
of an elected prime minister in record
time for more amazing top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you don’t say anything Tony
Sarah Palin and Donald Trump are an
embarrassment wait until you get a load
of the former Prime Minister of
Australia the captain of the Costa
Concordia wants to know if you need any
help with your boat policy was one but
it gets stopped welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten cringe-worthy Tony
Abbott moments tonight EA Canada for
this list we’re sending off the former
australian prime minister in style with
a look back at well why he lost his job
in less than two years
number 10 baddies vs. baddies in the
midst of the Syrian civil war Tony
Abbott was on the campaign trail in his
bid to become Prime Minister of
Australia when he was asked the question
of how he thought Australia should
handle the conflict we’ve got a civil
war going on in that the knighted
country between two pretty unsavory
sides it’s not goodies versus baddies
it’s baddies versus baddies taking a war
that has resulted in hundreds of
thousands of lost lives and reducing it
to a case of baddies vs. baddies
Abbott’s words would have made far more
sense coming out of the mouth of a child
that’s to say nothing of how insensitive
some thought his choice of words were to
the many lives impacted by the ongoing
battle number 9 phony Tony what you
haven’t explained is hey you can make
one promise in one month and then
completely change it the next well what
happened in that night where you see the
explosion of the vision fair or not many
people believe that most politicians are
talking out of their asses and that you
cannot take anything they say at face
value sometimes in the heat of
discussion you go a little bit further
than you would if it was an absolutely
calm
considered prepared scripted remark yet
it is still amazing to hear a politician
just come out and say exactly that while
striving to get six months of paid
parental leave for Australia’s parents
Abbott explicitly
promised no new taxes but then a month
later introduced just that after being
called out on the action by journalist
Kerry O’Brien Abbott stated the
statements that need to be taken
absolutely as gospel truth is those
carefully prepared scripted remarks thus
confirming what many already suspected
so every time you make a statement we
have to ask you whether it’s carefully
prepared and scripted or whether it’s
just something on the fly look look
we’re just seriously this is a very
serious question
but number 8 lifestyle choice the Prime
Minister Tony Abbott is under fire over
comments he made that it’s a lifestyle
choice for indigenous people to live in
remote communities in 2014 Abbott made a
very disrespectful comment to
Australia’s indigenous people while
speaking to business leaders he referred
to the land prior to the forming of
Britain’s colonies in 1788 as quote
nothing but bush therefore many
observers were not surprised when his
government decided to cut funding to
remote indigenous communities however
his words justifying the lapse in
federal funding for indigenous Western
Australian communities astonished many
what we can’t do is endlessly subsidize
lifestyle choices if those lifestyle
choices are not conducive to the kind of
full participation in Australian society
defending the cuts by saying that it’s
not a taxpayers responsibility to fund
people’s lifestyle choices he belittled
the culture of a proud people and had
critics calling him racist and now City
which is one of the most spectacular
cities you know on our globe and in a
country which is as free as fair and as
prosperous as any number 7 the wink when
you winked yesterday I reckon the whole
of Australia could have almost seen and
realized the moment that you realized
there was a camera on you we should all
strive to show respect for our elders
but when you are the Prime Minister of
Australia and you’re listening to a 67
year old woman’s tale of woe that should
be an absolute
no brainer people are really divided
over this some think Tony is a horrible
sexist while others think he’s a sleazy
asshole if you’re a Tony Abbot and that
woman is telling you that to make ends
meet in light of recent cuts to health
care coverage she’s had to work as a sex
phone operator though then that is
apparently not cut and dry and I work on
an adult 6la night in place while
chatting on a radio show and listening
to the caller story
Abbott is seen winking right after the
woman mentions her profession I was
looking at John fine he was smiling at
me and I winked back at him I shouldn’t
have done it cow the PM’s subsequent
claim that the timing was just a
coincidence hasn’t held much water and
considering we were able to make a whole
top ten of his embarrassing gaffes we
don’t blame people for not buying it
thank you and write an LOI site label
but I gotta be honest number six
Bernie Benton what possessed you to
launch a personal attack on Bernie
Bantam that was bonkers wasn’t it it was
a mistake Bank it was an error of
judgment on my part I shouldn’t have
done it when workers for the Australian
company James Hardie were suffering and
dying due to the results of asbestos
exposure
Bernie Benton served as the loudest
voice in the fight to get compensation
when Abbott was Health Minister victims
petitioned the government to subsidize
their medication Benton attempted to
deliver the signatures to Abbott but he
refused to meet him look at it was a
stunt let’s be upfront about this he
then further added fuel to the fire by
stating Benton didn’t have pure
intentions i know bernie is very sick
but just because a person is sick
doesn’t mean that he is necessarily pure
of heart in all things
the result was Banton labeling Abbott a
gutless creep a label with which many
agreed that was safer I’m absolutely
infuriated that this mean is so
consistently denied to meeting me number
five the suppository of all wisdom
audible gasp in the room a few people
snickering
I saw an MP a liberal MP mouthed
suppository in a list populated by many
tone-deaf and downright disrespectful
moments this entry is actually quite
hilarious and absolutely cringe inducing
I please ask you to give you a rousing
ticket applause while speaking in front
of a party of his supporters Abbott gave
a brief and relaxed speech that
unintentionally left them laughing no
one however smart however well educated
however experienced is the suppository
of all wisdom the idea holds true that
nobody is the repository of all wisdom
however the politician instead said
suppository and the term quickly became
a trending topic on Twitter and had the
world laughing at him not with him he
went on to win the election easily okay
no damage done there at all number four
repealing the carbon tax every time a
housewife switches on the iron well
that’s what she makes to understand all
the househusband
unfortunately for Australia’s women
Prime Minister Tony Abbott appointed
himself Minister for women but more
needs to be done and this despite many
prominent and average women labeling him
a misogynist with one of the most
notable people being former PM Julia
Gillard because if he wants to know what
misogyny looks like in modern Australia
he doesn’t need a motion in the House of
Representatives
he needs a mirror in 2014 he was asked
what his biggest achievement in that
role was those unfamiliar with him may
have expected him to discuss fighting
the wage gap violence against women or
other serious issues women face today as
many of us know women are particularly
focused on the household budget and the
repeal of the carbon tax means a 550
dollar a year benefit for the average
family instead he said women are
particularly focused on budgets for the
home so repealing the carbon tax was his
top move and though this is silly he
couldn’t have just said nothing goodie
he might as well have said that by
abolishing the carbon price had been
able to give women more money to buy a
better iron so they could stay home and
iron more often number three shit
happens
this was Tony Abbott’s response
in 2011 Abbot was met with the news of
Australian soldier Lance Corporal Jared
McKinney’s death in Afghanistan while
his response was one that was picked up
by a camera during a private
conversation the fact that he
nonetheless alluded to the death of a
soldier as quote sometimes shit happens
left many incredulous but he was right
when he said sometimes shit happens
it’s just when shit happens to a but
it’s usually because it came out of his
mouth as human beings we understand that
in a moment of such gravity it’s human
nature to be at a loss for words
so if he’d realized his gaffe and
apologized the controversy could have
easily subsided the bigger problem for
mr. rabbit is the way he handled the
matter when the journalists questioned
him Abbott went a different way though
and when questioned by a reporter about
the remark he scared in silent anger for
28 seconds before saying that such a
question deserved no better response
than silence
um I’ve given you the response she
deserved for a response like this we too
have no words so you got fuming silence
that’s Tony desperately trying to stop
any more shit happening
number two sir Prince Phillip Drago any
Australians more appropriate to receive
Australia’s top honour on Australia Day
then Prince Phillip with all of the many
mistakes Abbott has seemed to make
during his years as Prime Minister the
idea that he was nearly Elstad from the
role because of this action doesn’t seem
so far-fetched but apparently he did it
to suck up to the Queen which makes it
all the more awe-inspiring well I think
it’s a bit ridiculous that the Prime
Minister of Australia is giving
knighthood to royalty in a move that
even disgusted some of his staunchest
supporters like billionaire Rupert
Murdoch Abbott went behind nearly
everyone’s back to make Prince Philip a
knight Australia’s most prestigious
honour considering Australia’s
contentious relationship with the
monarchy the choice to give this title
to the Queen’s husband a man who asked
if Australians quote still throw Spears
at each other was called into question
if you’re going to have the system let’s
give it to Australians before we reveal
our number one pick here are a few
honorable or in this case dishonorable
mentions Jesus knew that there was a
place for everything and and it is not
necessarily everyone’s place to come to
Australia
he said that women’s virginity was a
precious gift and I shouldn’t just go
throwing it about willy-nilly
homosexuality how do you feel about that
ah
I probably felt a bit threatened and I
quote I guess our country owes its
existence to a form of foreign
investment by the British government in
the then unsettled or scarcely settled
great Southland unquote they’re feisty I
think I can probably say have a bit of
sex appeal
number one housewives of Australia you
know well when I was under attack for
alleged old-fashioned attitudes towards
a
towards the female section of society as
we’ve previously mentioned Abbott’s
views on women are seen as far from
progressive the housewives in Australia
need to understand as I say beyond but
in one moment while added drycleaners he
inspired many people’s jaws to drop with
a quote that revealed his view on a
woman’s role in the household the last
election was two years ago that means
that the next election is one year away
at most that means that within a year
the Australian people will have the
chance to vote we actually think that
Abbott’s intention was to speak on a
level that women understand which is
condescending enough but what he doesn’t
realize is that no intelligent person
could relate to his old-fashioned ideas
you still believe that women do the
ironing in the home in the avid
household the dry cleaner does that work
worst of all
judging from the rest of his career and
his comments to and about women
Abbott clearly learned nothing from the
furor his comment induced since this was
made three years before he assumed
office as Prime Minister where the
ladies boy why there are some ladies in
this delegation there is which camera
look what’s happened to the light do you
agree with our list
hi sir how are you
oh really are you surprised his party’s
reaction to all of this was getting rid
of an elected prime minister in record
time for more amazing top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you don’t say anything Tony
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