Comments on: Open thread 4-5 July ‘09

By: confessions

confessions — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:53:55 +0000

bolt made another stuff up this morning: using the Productivity commission aboriginal report to bash the Rudd government with. That report covers the period 2006-2007, before this current government. Cassidy would of pulled him up on it, but Ullman is such a RWDB patsy he just allowed that falsehood to slip on by.

once you’ve seen a really good Insiders panel it’s so hard to go back to the usual partisan ideologues they put on in the name of ‘balance’.

By: AR

AR — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:43:13 +0000

Mobius – I didn’t see Rusty dominating (waffling yes but, he would, wouldn’t he..?) Inciters but being comprehensively ignored. Megalo turned his shoulder to him whenever he trried his talking over routine and the divine Ms Crabbe, as usual, didn’t deign to even bother when he was in RightRant mode (err.. almost the whole time).
He’s looking more & more irrelevant having lost his raison d’Rodent and now just swinging in the winds of change.

By: spot the bigger dog

spot the bigger dog — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:23:11 +0000

“Outgoing Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a “higher calling” with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines”.

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/853469.html

Now that what I call a big F…You Alaska. “higher calling”…How about finishing your electoral obligations first. You know, that little matter of been elected for 4 years.

By: bertus

bertus — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:58:33 +0000

Yeah, all the usual same old same old. I particularly like this attempt from Bolt today:

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/rudd_to_advise_pope_on_sainthood/

“Rudd to Advise Pope on Sainthood” shrieks the headline. Turns out Rudd has confirmed to some nuns that he will give the Pope a prod about canonising Mary McKillop.

Those poor sad little thingys over at Bolt really are having some trouble finding something decent to tune the outrageometer in on, ain’t they?

By: Mobius Ecko

Mobius Ecko — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:03:59 +0000

OK it really is worth looking at the ABC website for this episode of Insiders and listen to Bolt’s inane rantings against the Rudd government, but the one that got me, said when interrupting Annabel Crabb, was that Rudd has had a dream run in the media as compared to Howard.

Now I know for absolute certainty that Bolt lives in an alternate reality to the rest of world, something George M also showed up. Watch George’s and Andrew’s exchange on government policy accountability.

By: Mobius Ecko

Mobius Ecko — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:41:38 +0000

Shit, Chris Uhlmann is running Insiders and Bolt is given free reign to waffle on and dominate, and can he waffle on or not?

The usual utter ideological crap is there along with the half truths and plain misrepresentations, but since when have facts ever stopped Bolt from railing against Labor.

By: confessions

confessions — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:29:00 +0000

bertus: It looks as if you were right, if this story is correct:

Alaska bloggers have reported in recent weeks that “a long simmering embezzelment/IRS scandal is still being looked at by the feds.” In her press conference today, Palin asked the public to “trust me with this decision and know that it is no more politics as usual.” But she also bemoaned “political operatives” who have “descended on Alaska” to investigate “all sorts of frivolous ethics violations.” Palin said this “politics of personal destruction” was one of the key motivating factors behind her decision today.

i guess we'll know more as it evolves, but it seems already the Palin luvvies are turning against her.

By: joe2

joe2 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:07:37 +0000

She reckons she can now “contribute more outside of politics”. From such a low base that conclusion looks pretty possible.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:27:19 +0000

David Letterman goes 2 and 0 against Republican Presidential contenders.

By: bertus

bertus — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:37:50 +0000

Wow! I just watched her departure speech or press conference or whatever it was. That was REALLY weird. One of the strangest little pieces of political theatre I’ve seen. She sounded fairly unhinged to me.

And all these other people standing around seemed not to know what to make of it either. Then she hugs everybody and sort of rushes off. Good Grief.