grodscorp@grods.comNelson’s new euthanasia catchphrase
 | Posted by Scott on Tuesday 20 May 2008, 12:02 pm Categories: Politics Tags: BrendanNelson, euthanasia, LiberalParty, pensioners |
Dr Brendan Nelson has unveiled his latest catchphrase.
The most important thing is that we must be focused and disciplined as far as the government’s budget is concerned - it has pulled the plug on pensioners…
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Malcolm will be at the press club tomorrow in Canberra. He’ll be setting out a very strong case as to why the budget of the Rudd government has failed Australians, pulled the plug on pensioners…
That’s some pretty strong mental imagery there, Bren-doc. Are you sure you’d like to subconsciously suggest that Labor is forcibly euthanising the elderly? Than again, you are a doctor so I’m sure you know what you’re doing.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 12:07 pm #Wah
What the fuck did the Howard Government do for pensioners?
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 12:12 pm #The Editor
$500 bribes to shut the fuck up and vote for that nice man Mr Howard.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 12:16 pm #cosmicjester
the occasional vote liberal cheque in the mail, which of course they never extended the same courtesy to people with a disability.
I like how on Planet Brendan the pension rate only became incredibly low on the 25th of November 2007. And even though his party didnt increase the base rate after 11 years and after 6 months in opposition he doesnt have a formal policy for increasing the pension, he can still critisise Rudd for not increasing it. The mind boggles.
The question is
Is Brendan stupid? or
Does he think the Australian public are stupid?
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 12:19 pm #Ross Sharp
Wot he means is, like, wot dey’ve done, der Labor party, is dat dere runnin’ around the country pullin’ der stoppers out of der old folks colostomy bags.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 12:25 pm #cosmicjester
Ed. Here is another one i hope becomes a catchphrase. Whenever he wants to critisise Rudd for not doing something he can use this
“look, Kevin Rudd found the time to go and visit Cate Blanchett’s new baby. If he has got the time to do that, he has got the time to meet pensioners and seniors organisations including those people protesting in Melbourne and actually listen to what they have to say.”
KRUDD has time for famous people but doesnt want to meet raving lunatic stripping pensioners, oh the outrage.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 12:27 pm #dishhead
Is the opposite of “pulling the plug on pensioners” “plugging pensioners”? Is that what Dr B is suggesting he’ll do? He seems like a superbly virile specimen but there are a lot of OAPs out there. Is he gonna wear his rubber gloves and doctor’s outfit?
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 12:32 pm #The Editor
comicjester: “The question is
Is Brendan stupid? or
Does he think the Australian public are stupid?”
Yes and yes.
And I’ll keep an eye out for the visiting Cate’s baby catchphrase. That’s a goodun.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 12:36 pm #keri
He looked like one.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 2:03 pm #jimmy
Expect to see that catch-phrase repeated ad infinitum. I was just starting to get used to “groceries-in-the-trolley/petrol-in-the-car” too. Hearing Brendan say that was like slipping into a warm bath…
Seriously though, now that the budget reply is out of the way, is there anything left for him to do before getting boned ? Gippsland BYE-election maybe. Is that it?
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 2:12 pm #Ant Rogenous
… is there anything left for him to do before getting boned?
No, I’d say that’s about it, Jimmy. Problem is, Malcolm Turdbull (ooh, see what I did there?) appears to have set his own leadership ambitions back by leaking that email, so it looks like Nelson will be staying put for a while yet.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 3:01 pm #brerrabbit
Slipping into a warm bath with a razor blade, Jimmy?
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 3:55 pm #The Suit
Pensioners often complain that they payed tax for years so therefore deserve the earth. I bet when they payed tax they didn’t ask for more money to go to pensioners then.
Stop playing pokies and leave us alone.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 4:02 pm #Krypto
so one author having a conservative sock puppet and a liberal sock puppet on the same blog. There’s a novel idea. Pitty it actually shows you stand for precisely NOTHING, nada, zip, zilch.
You sir are an integrity free zone.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 4:18 pm #The Editor
I think The Suit and Hippy are different authors, Krypto. Also, they’re both playing up the stereotype a bit.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 4:22 pm #Krypto
when I see them both in the same room at the same time I’ll be convinced Ed, until then they are just figments of Andy Slandy’s imagination as far as I’m concerned.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 7:56 pm #The Suit
You Krypto are a prick. Actually on second thoughts you’re OK …
Damn, fuck this bipolar!