Opposition leader Brendan Nelson (who’s a doctor) commenting on Labor’s proposed changes to legislation that discriminates against homosexual people.
…we believe very strongly that no Australian by virtue of his or her sexuality should pay a dollar more in tax or receive a dollar less in social security.
The Editor taking advantage of the Liberal Party’s invitation to suggest question time tactics.
Ideological bantamweight Tim Blair has ridiculed youth minister Kate Ellis’ performance in Parliament today, and in doing so has linked to a completely unrelated photo of her in air-force kit. Go figure.
Anyway, in keeping with the tone of irrelevance, I have a question: who looks more ridiculous tarted up in battle fatigues — Kate Ellis…
… or Timmeh’s adorable little mate, Right Wing Commander Andrew Bolt?
GrodsCorp can today exclusively reveal that the Liberal Party has been acquired by Australian company Southern Star Endemol, producers of Australian Idol and Big Brother. Southern Star Endemol have been tasked with breathing life into a tired old format and have hit the ground running with two bold initiatives.
1) Party leader selected by popular vote
Under a proposal supported by you’ve-got-to-be-kidding leadership aspirant, Christopher Pyne, every Liberal Party member will get to vote for the leader of the Party. Members will need to SMS the first name of their preferred candidate (e.g. WILSON) to a 1900 phone number for 55 cents. It is believed that many strongly anti-Liberal voters are considering taking out a Liberal Party membership just so they can play their small part in electing to the leadership somebody completely unelectable (e.g. BRENDAN).
2) Audience participation during Question Time
Fresh from cheapening Parliament by using the Kardboard Kevin incident to accuse the ALP of cheapening Parliament by sitting on Fridays, the Liberal Party is further cheapening Parliament by opening it up to anyone who wants a crack. The Liberal Party website has a page where punters can submit questions that they’d like Brendan Nelson or another clown to ask of the government. Some commentators have noted that MPs are elected to think of these questions themselves and if they can’t even manage that then they deserve their sub-polar Newspoll ratings.
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GrodsThink Ep.31 (16/9/08)
