Doonegate

The blogsphere and the media are going nuts over Doonegate. This is a major scandal in the world of politics.

However, it's not a scandal of the public eye. In the view of the average punter it's this sort of carry-on that cheapens politics. The average punter thinks, "Okay - she lied. But she is a politician, and they all lie so what's the difference."

Watergate didn't capture the public imagination until the successful impeachment (in Congress) of Nixon. Paintergate and the Yelich affair never caught on the public mind as there was no legal sanction that obviously effected the Prime Ministers position. (She still stayed on as PM.) As Doonegate has the same nil effect on the PM, it will die out of public conscienceness next week.