This is from an article in The Age about how cartoonists have been portraying Meg Lees. Notice they don't give me any credit for inspiring the Tandberg cartoon? (the only non-sexist cartoon, apparently) ;-) Trudy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ``The cartoon has a life expectancy of about seven seconds, in fact instantaneous, and the important thing is to get your message across quickly,'' Leak says. ``Here was a woman who up until a few months ago was in a powerless position ... and this little wimp John Howard ... to me that is the perfect parallel as a metaphor for it.'' In one recent cartoon, Senator Lees is conspiratorially leaning over the side of a double bed, hunched over a mobile phone and (presumably) whispering, ``He found my GST spot''. A hairy-chested Mr Howard, hands behind head, smiles next to her. A bra is draped over the padded bedhead. Ms Macklin says she has found only one cartoon so far that resembles a ``level playing field'' scenario. It is by The Age's cartoonist Ron Tandberg, and shows Senator Lees and Mr Howard engaged in a card-game. The novice Senator Lees has four aces, but Mr Howard comes up with a 10 high. ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
