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Nov. 23rd, 2007 12:01 amGood god Jackie Kelly's a fucking idiot. Check out the interview from this morning on Channel 9, and make sure to hang around for the end for Laurie Oakes' comments - he's normally pretty mild, but he's seriously pissed off and angry. It's amazing to see. And then listen to the stupid bint on AM trying to laugh it off and make the story about the nasty "unionists" who exposed it. I genuinely wonder what planet she's from - she actually seemed to think it was funny and she could just get away with a "well, you know this sort of thing happens" and it's only towards the end that you can hear her realise "oh fuck".
For additional laughs, watch Peter Costello attempt to claim that this is just a tiny local issue that won't have any impact outside the electorate.
For those readers not following along: Someone tipped off the ALP that Liberals were letterboxing a marginal electorate with fake letters from a non-existent Islamic organisation, praising the ALP for (amongst other things) their support of the Bali bombers. The ALP activists staked out the letterboxers, got photos and ID'd them. The story as the Liberals were trying to spin it was it was just a couple of bad apples, volunteers who got out of hand. Said volunteers included:
- A member of the NSW State Liberal Party Executive
- The husband of the current Liberal MP for the seat (the above mentioned Jackie Kelly) - who is retiring this election anyway
- The husband of the new Liberal candidate to replace Kelly.
Sounds like just a random group of people right? Oh, and the place where the 6 people involved got together to collect the pamphlets before heading out letterboxing? *Jackie* *Kelly's* *house*. But she knew nothing about it. Right. Sure.
If you are planning on voting Liberal this weekend, I would advise you not to mention it to me - I'm likely to be quite vociferous.
Initially I wanted the Liberals to lose.
As the campaign's gone on, I've also really really wanted to see Howard also lose his seat. That's not enough now.
I want to see the above, and I want to see him break down and cry during his concession speech. At that point, I will be rolling on the floor giggling with joy. You might think this is harsh, but I think it's fair. The man is scum. He has degraded our nation's politics to a point that will take years to recover.
For additional laughs, watch Peter Costello attempt to claim that this is just a tiny local issue that won't have any impact outside the electorate.
For those readers not following along: Someone tipped off the ALP that Liberals were letterboxing a marginal electorate with fake letters from a non-existent Islamic organisation, praising the ALP for (amongst other things) their support of the Bali bombers. The ALP activists staked out the letterboxers, got photos and ID'd them. The story as the Liberals were trying to spin it was it was just a couple of bad apples, volunteers who got out of hand. Said volunteers included:
- A member of the NSW State Liberal Party Executive
- The husband of the current Liberal MP for the seat (the above mentioned Jackie Kelly) - who is retiring this election anyway
- The husband of the new Liberal candidate to replace Kelly.
Sounds like just a random group of people right? Oh, and the place where the 6 people involved got together to collect the pamphlets before heading out letterboxing? *Jackie* *Kelly's* *house*. But she knew nothing about it. Right. Sure.
If you are planning on voting Liberal this weekend, I would advise you not to mention it to me - I'm likely to be quite vociferous.
Initially I wanted the Liberals to lose.
As the campaign's gone on, I've also really really wanted to see Howard also lose his seat. That's not enough now.
I want to see the above, and I want to see him break down and cry during his concession speech. At that point, I will be rolling on the floor giggling with joy. You might think this is harsh, but I think it's fair. The man is scum. He has degraded our nation's politics to a point that will take years to recover.
