Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Gillard's "captain's pick" of Nova Peris cynical in the extreme

Julia Gillard's "captain's pick" of Nova Peris for the Senate is so cynical you almost can't believe it. The PM has not made this decision to help Aborigines in the Top End. It's just to impress sanctimonious middle class white numpties in the major cities in the next federal election. They'll all know Peris as an Olympic gold medal winner and so be favourably disposed towards her already. And they'll think this is a fine gesture from Gillard (and for these people, gestures are all important).

So Gillard will keep her support amongst this demographic high, and maybe even increase it a bit. (Just watch her saccharine face-pulling as she watches the overawed Peris sook up during the press conference in the video included in this story. Makes you wanna puke!)

Nova Peris is just a pawn and everybody knows it (including herself, I suspect). And she's completely out of her depth. Her breathless response at the press conference was just excruciating. As well as attacks from her opponents, there's much seething hostility towards her from within the party itself. Putting someone in that situation is just too cruel for words.

The former athlete may get on top of things and hang in there, but I think there's a strong chance she'll throw in the towel. If that happens, it probably won't bother Gillard. She will have received the benefit form the invitation merely by making it.

This is classic leftist cynicism in action. Socialists routinely condemn others for being racist, yet place race above all others as a criterion in their decisions. They cast themselves as selfless, empowering "givers". But they're always being selfish and routinely seek power over others. And they usually take much more than they give.

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  1. She'll do well enough.

    Afterall, if anyone is game enough to critisize her, they'll be accused of being a sexist or a racist by the Reds, I mean Labor Party.

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  2. I don't give a Tinker's Curse what Perris' colour is and I don't live in the Territory but the selection of anyone to be a Senator is supposed to be by the People of the State or Territory not the Prime Minister. Being able to run fast and weild a hockey stick does not seem to me to demonstrate any other quality in the lasy other than she was a good athlete. We have seen how celebrity selections have gone in the past. Garratt in the Federal Parliament, Madden in Victoria are just two who have failed to impress. The Libs are not immune from it either and I wonder what the people think of the ex-tennis player Alexander in NSW. The Red Witch again demonstrates her contempt for the rest of us.

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    1. Oops. "Lasy" in the fifth line should have been lass - a bit sexist but what the heck. I'm of an age where being politically correct is a waste of my remaining time.

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  3. I heard somewhere that Jooolya personally gave Warren Mundine the low sign last year in favour of Bob Carr. Mundine seems happy enough with Nova getting the nod but perhaps he was too capable for the ranga's comfort.

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    1. PS: Check out Bob Ellis's piece on his table talk blog. He almost sounds like - well, like a Liberal supporter.

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  4. I can't wait for the inevitable.

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  5. Matt,

    You must be on hols. I read that are heavily into blooging. I've seen nothing new since January 23. I'm heavily into reading you and your commentators. Any thoughts on the late departed David Coe. No one dies in Coolangatta any more, it seems.

    Harry Kinkaid, Brisbane

    harrykinkaid@optusnet.com.au

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