I’ve commented
before on the Labor Party’s move to bring forward the time by which single
parents will be shunted on to the pittance known as the dole.
And,
okay, it’s a done deed and I’m almost ready to roll over on the issue. I would
even go so far as to say the Labor Party’s slogan of “learn or earn” reflects a
good idea in principle but even the principle has been abused by this latest
appalling con.
Today,
the Honorable Jenny Macklin Minister for Families – gosh I feel like I’m channelling
Orwell here – stated distinctly and clearly that she could live on the dole. It
rolled off her tongue and onto Sky News footage with barely a second’s thought
on her part.
Macklin’s
office has now released a transcript of the interview in which the words “I
could” have been replaced by the word “inaudible”. Perhaps someone in her
office has realised this was a transparently idiotic statement that should be
buried as quickly as possible. Perhaps they have no contacts at Sky News. Or perhaps
they simply don’t have an online subscription to a newspaper and are therefore
unable to check what she said.
The
traditional costume for Speaker in Australia
 |
| Archie Cameron, Spkr 1950-1956 |
The wig
might be gone, but the place is still knee deep in horseshit.
Granted,
Macklin is not exactly Stalin, but when did re-writing history become okay?
Whenever I hear things like this, it makes me think of that program 'Yes Minister' did you ever see it FC . The horrified faces of the, I don't know what they are officially called, but the guys who write the speeches for the ministers when the ministers 'ad lib' and make wild claims, it was so funny and I see, true haha! Here's wishing you all the best for 2013, catch you there.
ReplyDeleteHow can you tell when a politician is saying something stupid? Their mouth's moving.
DeleteGrace, it's going to be a great year.
To be a politician one must be a psychopath. I think I've said that before but the thing is they are better ignored since we can't lock them away.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... lock them away. Or maybe pay them a pittance and they would run screaming from the building?
DeleteDoesn't matter which word Jenny Macklin used she agreed she would be able to live on the dole i heard it clear as a bell on channel ten news last night.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to know people actually heard it, Windsmoke.
DeleteInaudible? What she said was perfectly clear.
ReplyDeleteHard to argue with the tape, isn't it?
DeleteHahaha! NOW I know to whom you were referring with your clever comment on my recent blogpost showing a rocky-headed politician!!!! The profile's not hers - but the rocks in head?? I leave that to your judgement!!!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't go so far as to mention a heart of stone.
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