grodscorp@grods.comPolitical style over substance
 | Posted by The Editor on Wednesday 26 September 2007, 1:15 pm Categories: Australia Decides '07, Media Tags: Boothby, CelebrityCandidates, Labor, NicoleCornes, radio, WorkChoices |
This is exactly the kind of shit that the ALP’s style-over-substance preselection of celebrity candidates produces:
ALP federal candidate Nicole Cornes has stumbled on radio while trying to explain her party’s industrial relations policy.
[...]
Asked by ABC 891 morning announcer Matthew Abraham about Labor’s alternative to the Federal Government’s WorkChoices, Ms Cornes stumbled and went silent…
“AWAs allow for over $100,000…,” she said before inexplicably going silent.
Abraham was forced to ask “what do you mean, sorry?”
Ms Cornes tried to recover.
“AWAs take away penalty rates, WorkChoices…”
Abraham again had to ask “what do you mean by they allow for over $100,000?”
Ms Cornes said: “They don’t allow for people to negotiate over $100,000.”
But, finally, Abraham had to rescue her.
“Federal Labor believes workers earning under $100,000 per year should be protected in the workplace by a strong safety net,” Abraham said.
Ms Cornes agreed: “They should be.”
(source)
There goes a couple of hundred more swinging voters who were considering voting Labor — and who can blame them?
GrodsThink Ep.29 (26/8/08)
Wednesday 26 September 2007, 1:30 pm #brokenleftleg
Who cares if she can’t remember policy? She’s football royalty, can ski jump with the best of them, has a killer three point shot, was lead singer in an 80s rock band, and presented sports news on TV.
Vote 1 ALP. Australia Loves Personalities.
Wednesday 26 September 2007, 1:39 pm #The Happy Revolutionary
Cornes’ non-contribution is at least balanced by the ALP’s candidate in Bennelong. Go Maxine!
Wednesday 26 September 2007, 1:40 pm #Bruce
Labor’s not going to lose that many swing voters over Nicole Cornes no matter what she does. Either they are voting for her (in her seat) because of her celebrity (in which case her ability matters naught), or for her in spite of them already having her number as they have had for a while. Either that or they were never going to vote for her (and hence not swing voters).
I don’t see this interview changing anyone’s opinion. Nicole Cornes has been a known quantity for a while in SA.
Wednesday 26 September 2007, 3:16 pm #Bridgit Gread
The celebrity candidate for the seat of Boothby was having a bad morning, having just woken up to an Advertiser poll showing she faced a humiliating loss in her bid to take the seat from the Liberals’ Andrew Southcott.
All I can say is “good” - I don’t know anything about Andrew Southcott but I’m not partisan enough to wish for the election of morons. Run her in Mayo against Downer for a laugh maybe.
Wednesday 26 September 2007, 4:43 pm #Bruce
Boothby hasn’t been a Labor seat since the 1940s. I’ll try to curb my disappointment. ;-)
Wednesday 26 September 2007, 5:16 pm #strider
Let’s bring back some of the real quality old style ALP pollies:
Keith Wright
George Orkopoulos
Bob Collins
Top blokes all of them, no?
Wednesday 26 September 2007, 7:12 pm #Bruce
That Bob Collins one is a bit low Strider.
A tale that can never have closure in the public record, not for the alleged victims nor his Collins’ loved ones and here you are drawing conclusions for a piss-poor joke*.
I’m not entirely opposed to joking about the newly deceased, but geez, it takes some talent and thoughtfulness to pull it off. Steve Irwin and sunscreen was better than this.
*I’m being charitable with my use of the word “joke”.
Thursday 27 September 2007, 12:29 pm #John Surname
I’d tap that, that’s all I’m saying.
Thursday 27 September 2007, 6:41 pm #Bruce
I’d tap that, that’s all I’m saying.
You would tap Bob Collins?
See Strider, that’s how you make a Bob Collins joke.
Thursday 27 September 2007, 6:42 pm #The Editor
Boom, TISH!
Thursday 27 September 2007, 10:41 pm #Mikey
Does she come with the car?
(hee hee hee, oh you)
Thursday 27 September 2007, 11:34 pm #Bruce
You and your Simpsons quotes Mikey. ;-)