And suddenly, as I was composing the toon above, I realised my errant ways...
The Murdoch press has already got it in one: "Tony, a man of trust..." (or whatever) — article written by none other than the man of trusted biffo and generous spruiker of Liberal core (and non-core) values, Glenn Milne himself...
And the Lama, may the universe bless his soul, made me also realise that Tony is a man of full-bore freedom, especially on the abortion issue.
If you want a political enema, Tony-makes-no-bone-about-it is the man to give it to you with a smile on his face.
And he wont flip-flop (much) about the methods he will employ, including resurrecting Howard's favourite flog-choices and other beautifully porkied policies that we had the gall of rejecting a couple of years ago — except of course Howard's ETS that Howard never had any intention of letting us have, once re-elected...
And Tony, good-for-you, keep opposing whatever is good for this country, especially if it's presented by your nemesis, Ruddy Kev, that upsmart catholic liberal, who, although a child of the pope like you, has not discovered the true flagellating value of the Jesuit ways — yet.
And suddenly too, Howard-"pass-the-mayo" made a lot of sense to heap praise on you.

Tony, may I apologise for my trespass, and for being one the Thomases who, having lived far too long, knows the value of stigma-tax and the smart spruiking-for-less-of-it, by politicians on their soap boxes...

So, my soul has been liberated from a huge dead weight, my sin, my sin of farting, now realising that it was not a sin but a natural gaseous release — that I wrongly believed that, in our religious plague procreation, was disturbing the godly balance of the atmosphere — but I'll still submit the cartoon nonetheless. There all can see how I saw, erroneously of course, someone, who instead of private soul searching for enlightenment, went for a full bore photo-op...
May I be forgiven by the Lord of the Monks as the planet simmers...