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Piers Akerman: stand-up comedian

Sunday 2 March 2008, 10:25 am

The Editor

Categories: Media, Politics

Tags: Australia2020, GeorgeMegalogenis, Insiders, LenoreTaylor, PiersAkerman, sorry

Lordy lord, I’ve never before laughed so hard on a Sunday morning. First Piers Akerman goes close to picking up the Insiders prop coffee plunger and chucking it at Lenore Taylor because he’s so angry about WorkChoices, Labor’s community cabinets and the “sad” Sorry business; I mean, this guy had spittle on his lips and had turned redder than a beetroot. Then a couple of minutes later he goes on to accuse Cathy Harris, the former head of Affirmative Action, of having “anger management issues” because she suggested there weren’t enough women chairing the Australia 2020 summit.

Laugh? I nearly spewed with mirth.

And that was only one of the ways that Piers made a flying cockhead of himself. He also accused Lenore of arguing that women should be selected to the Australia 2020 summit purely on the basis of gender when she had actually argued the exact opposite, and he said that almost 50% of Australians didn’t agree with the government’s apology and was slapped down by George Megalogenis quoting actual Newspoll statistics (69% really agreed). That’s just what I remember off the top of my head. Anybody else see this brilliant Sunday morning comedy routine?

25 Comments

Ant Rogenous (Sunday 2 March 2008, 10:40 am) #

DAMN IT! The one Sunday I sleep in…
Damian (Sunday 2 March 2008, 11:19 am) #

I hope someone puts this on Youtube. I love it when fuckwits show their true colours like that.
The Editor (Sunday 2 March 2008, 11:25 am) #

YouTube would reject it as unsuitable content. Likely to offend.
Damian (Sunday 2 March 2008, 11:33 am) #

But what about Piers’ RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH?!1!!
The Editor (Sunday 2 March 2008, 11:34 am) #

Totally curtailed. I expect a complaint to the Press Council.
Aaron (Sunday 2 March 2008, 11:41 am) #

OMG… Piers’ perfunctory performance this morning was hysterical.

I especially loved his dismissal of the Ideas Summit, suggesting that the Australian people should just shut up now because we made our democratic choice last November and we should just accept everything the Rudd Labor Government does.

I shall have cause to remind him of this next time he opens his fat mouth.
The Editor (Sunday 2 March 2008, 11:44 am) #

That’s right, Aaron — that was brilliant.
Steve D (Sunday 2 March 2008, 12:00 pm) #

I almost turned off when I saw Piers was on - his ‘contributions’ are almost always cringeworthy. Watching Bolt and Marr jump at each other like two dogs chained just out of reach is much more entertaining.

BTW. I can’t stand Lenore’s voice. So damn whiney!
The Editor (Sunday 2 March 2008, 12:08 pm) #

But she slapped Piers down good and proper.
EC (Sunday 2 March 2008, 12:13 pm) #

Damian they eventually go up on the Insiders site http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/
magic bellybutton (Sunday 2 March 2008, 1:23 pm) #

I loved that when Barrie corrected him and said “Ms” Harris, Whackerman pretty much had a hissy at the thought that a married woman would go by “Ms” rather than “Mrs”.

Cockhead.
joe2 (Sunday 2 March 2008, 1:46 pm) #

Jabba does not need anyone to slap him down. He can easily make a perfect goose of himself without trying. He is a man under siege and needs a executive off screen promotion before he explodes.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/JabbatheHuttROTJ.jpg
Captain Wacky (Sunday 2 March 2008, 3:14 pm) #

Say what you will about Piers AKERMAN, but at least he can spell.
Damian (Sunday 2 March 2008, 3:17 pm) #

Better get that red pen out, Ed.

(Alternatively you can just delete the post, try again, disallow any future comments on the matter, and pretend nothing happened at all.)
The Editor (Sunday 2 March 2008, 3:18 pm) #

Ahh, well. Live and learn. (Fixed.)
Wah (Sunday 2 March 2008, 3:48 pm) #

Damn I missed it. I’m glad he had Lenore and George to keep him straight - the fat fuck.

I question my faith when I think Matt Price was taken and that prick is free to breath our air.

Apparently Bolt’s nickname at News Ltd was Piers Light.
The Editor (Sunday 2 March 2008, 4:30 pm) #

Apparently Bolt’s nickname at News Ltd was Piers Light.

For when you want to partake in rightard commentary but still be sane enough to drive home.
Ant Rogenous (Sunday 2 March 2008, 4:37 pm) #

Hmmm. And here I was thinking it was a reference to their physiques, Piers literally being twice the wingnut Bolt is.
The Editor (Sunday 2 March 2008, 4:42 pm) #

By the way, he was wearing the same shirt/ jacket combo as seen here.
Mikey (Sunday 2 March 2008, 6:38 pm) #

Slept through it.

I was wondering how Akerman would cope with a Federal government that at minimum has a sheen of human decency to it (actually, it’s not a sheen, it is decent).

And the simple answer is … he isn’t!

Delightful. Let’s hope he doesn’t medically push himself too far with the barely controlled rage…

PS Ever been to his blog? His lickspittles are even more toadying, and I use that term deliberately, than Bolt’s. If that’s actually possible.
Ant Rogenous (Sunday 2 March 2008, 7:39 pm) #

Mikey, first sentence of Piers’ latest b(l)og:

AFTER just 99 days of the Rudd government, Australia is in the worst political position it has endured since the crisis days of the Whitlam government 33 years ago.

Hear that? That’s the sound of one last, desiccated shred of credibility doing a nudie run out the door.
Ant Rogenous (Sunday 2 March 2008, 7:40 pm) #

Oh, and second comment down:

Piers thank goodness your back, we all need some objective reporting on this facade of a government.

My sides!
The Editor (Sunday 2 March 2008, 7:44 pm) #

Is a “velvet steamroller” like a Cleveland Steamer?
Ant Rogenous (Sunday 2 March 2008, 7:54 pm) #

Very similar. The difference is in the smoothness of the roller’s arse.
Mikey (Sunday 2 March 2008, 8:09 pm) #

Hear that? That’s the sound of one last, desiccated shred of credibility doing a nudie run out the door.

Gold. He certainly knows how to push the hyperbole envelope.