I heard she looks good.
But I saw what she sounded like.

Good to know America isn't the only country with asshole politicians.

Holy - that sounded just like a Monty Python clip.

So the minister is using the Fark liberal approach to politics I see.

"Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens."

-- Britney Spears when asked about Bush's decision to invade Iraq.

Nick Clegg, is that your Australian twin?

I honestly thought that might've been an attempt at dry, sarcastic humor... Or maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part.

Jake Havechek: "Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens."

-- Britney Spears GOP when asked about Bush's decision to invade Iraq Unless he is black .

FTFY

I pictured the PM grasping his balls tightly from under the chair whist he was speaking.

We have TSA for that.

PM must be busy.

Damn! It's Missouri GOP senate candidate Sarah Steelman minus tits.

Boy, won't he feel silly when he finds out she ripped off her human mask and declared "DEATH TO ALL HUMANS!" in her cold, reptilian voice.

1nsanilicious: So the minister is using the Fark liberal approach to politics I see.


Perhaps you missed this gem from earlier this week?

Youtube

Steelman: "I'm not sure what that is because I'm not serving right now."
Reporter: "You haven't really heard about it?"
Steelman: "No, not really."

For her part, Steelman said in a statement: "Of course I am for stopping violence against women." But she accused Senate Democrats of making the bill a "political football" and said she would would look at "an improved version" of the bill advanced by Republicans.

So she didn't know anything about the bill, but still knew the (D) version was bad, and the (R) version would be better.

Great idea, sir!

Are we sure this isn't from the "Front fell off" guys? This is a real British MP or whatever the fark?

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Well, at least the minister didn't say anything about "climbing the mountain of conflict".

wingnut396: Are we sure this isn't from the "Front fell off" guys? This is a real British MP or whatever the fark?

Australian

Got d1ckhead politicians in the UK too.

Ed Miliband says the same thing over and over again.

Wow, I thought maybe you had to listen to the subtext to get it, but the headline is pretty much a direct quote....

As for what some people are saying, I wouldn't say that this is a d1ckhead or A-hole politician, as much as one who is a natural born follower. Not malicious, just has no initiative. This man should NOT be in public office if he can't have an independent thought, though. Of course if he IS going to be one of the little sheep of the flock, he would fit right in as a US Republican.

wingnut396: Are we sure this isn't from the "Front fell off" guys? This is a real British MP or whatever the fark?

Darn it - I was going to mention, she said "The front fell off" but I'm not now

wingnut396: Are we sure this isn't from the "Front fell off" guys? This is a real British Australian MP or whatever the fark?

FTFY

Not only can you not name Clarke and Dawes but you struggle with accents. Shame on you.
Still, a better call than the Monty Python comment above because that's exactly what I thought.

stoppit: Holy - that sounded just like a Monty Python clip.

Beat me to it. This certainly explains many of their routines that are sort of funny. They would be insanely funny to anyone familiar with British politics.

The prime minister's comment was "Coooorrr lok at this Terry, crikey, stone the crows".


I support this.


You know who else was Austrialian???

wotthefark:


You know who else was Austrialian???

Crocodile Dundee?

1nsanilicious: So the minister is using the Fark liberal approach to politics I see.

quatchi: 1nsanilicious: So the minister is using the Fark liberal approach to politics I see.

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You mean the brain damaged repeating of things that make no sense?

Is he married to the PM or something, is that why he has no mind of his own?

"Jesus Christ, you're like a f*****g Omnishambles, you are. You're like that coffee machine, you know? From bean to cup, you f**k up."

Background to the Peter Slipper sexual harassment case:


January 14: Applicant drove to Slipper's home to take him to meet some of his constituents. They stop at a local coffee shop.

Slipper: "Have you ever c*** in a guy's a*** before".

Ashby: "That's not the kind of question you ask people, Peter".

Some weeks later ---

Slipper: Twinks or Bears - what are you into?

"The applicant recognised the question as relating to the types of gay sexual partners and was uncomfortable, replying to the questions 'They are not questions you ask'."

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/qu eensland/slipper-to-face-mp-vote / story-e6freoof-1226335248675

This is the Australian Federal Parliament's Speaker of the House allegedly asking these questions of his aide!

Do you know the way to Mordor: Background to the Peter Slipper sexual harassment case:


January 14: Applicant drove to Slipper's home to take him to meet some of his constituents. They stop at a local coffee shop.

Slipper: "Have you ever c*** in a guy's a*** before".

Ashby: "That's not the kind of question you ask people, Peter".

Some weeks later ---

Slipper: Twinks or Bears - what are you into?

"The applicant recognised the question as relating to the types of gay sexual partners and was uncomfortable, replying to the questions 'They are not questions you ask'."

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/qu eensland/slipper-to-face-mp-vote / story-e6freoof-1226335248675

This is the Australian Federal Parliament's Speaker of the House allegedly asking these questions of his aide!

Those are appropriate terms however there is a right and wrong way to go about it.

Have I ever Cuff a guy's Arms??? Sure that's what Cuff Links are for. As aide I can help with that.

Do you like bears???

CNN the most trusted name in bears. Nature really is amazing.

Oh and as for a Twink, I never cared for Paper Mario.

Seth'n'Spectrum: SurprisinglyObvious: [blogs.orange.co.uk image 250x350]

Well, at least the minister didn't say anything about "climbing the mountain of conflict".

Well....it's difficult.....difficult....lemon difficult..


/Think I'll watch me any episode or two of that tonight!

Jonny17: Got d1ckhead politicians in the UK too.

Ed Miliband says the same thing over and over again.

And yet he is the only viable alternative to the Lib-Cons.

/we are doomed

you're kidding me.
This thing is actually real?

RedVentrue: quatchi: 1nsanilicious: So the minister is using the Fark liberal approach to politics I see.

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You mean the brain damaged repeating of things that make no sense?

Republicans are traditionally unthinking, lock step partisan hacks who frequently project their affinity for RW authoritarianism onto their opponents as you did just there in a manner that is laughable to sane people is all I was saying there.

*blink*

Is this the thread where Americans show their utter lack of awareness of another country's political landscape, all the while trying to absolve themselves of responsibility for their own utterly catastrophic clusterfark of issues?

No? Oh, ok then.

/Shorten's an idiot, and so are his staff for letting him go on a Murdoch-owned station a) looking so dishevelled, and b) not prepping him on Gillard's comments.
//At least we have a viable third party.
///Not to mention numerous minor and micro parties.
////AND a proper mechanism to have these actually elected, instead of the first-past-the-post BS.

His answer was terrible even though the interviewer seemed to be trying to get him to say something contradictory to the PM.

Wrong answer: "I don't know what she said but I am sure she is right."

Better answer: "As I understand that the PM has addressed this issue publicly I think it would be inappropriate for me to comment until I learn what she has said."

1nsanilicious: So the minister is using the Fark liberal approach to politics I see.

Because clearly conservatives opposing their own ideas (DREAM Act, Cap and Trade, Individual Mandate) as soon as Obama takes them up is a thought out approach.

Shorten is just toeing the party line. This is common in Australian politics, and this is actually a very mild, albeit comical, example of it from a party who at least permit a little bit of internal disunity.

Case in point: the opposing political party refuses to allow its members to have a conscience vote on gay marriage, even though a majority of their constituents and a portion of their MPs support it. The current leader is a hardline Catholic, and therefore the entire party must take the stance of a hardline Catholic. This is not an exaggeration.

What's also missing in this, contextually, is that Shorten's party recently engaged in a very bitter leadership dispute with Kevin Rudd and showing a united front is very high in their priority lists right now. Most Australians would watch this video and get this (which is probably why nobody really batted an eyelid over it here.) Gillard's judgement is under serious criticism and so no MP with any political sense is going to risk going against her.

/vote Green