Which member of parliament do you hate the most?

[Zen Peddler]

Just curious - who is the most dodgy, arsehole of a human in Australian politics in your opinion?

[waterboy 2.0]

The Mad Monk - Tony Abbott fits that list for me

[mr b.caapi]

Gotta be that Craig Thompson character.....low down, stinkin Liar.

[r2pi]

LOL, that's like asking what brand of water is the wettest.

Q. How do you tell when a politician is lying?

A. Their lips are moving.

[Sallubrious]

Abbot is the sleasiest scumbag the country has ever seen.

Edited June 17, 2012 by SallyD

[chnt]

all except um...

[Halcyon Daze]

Abbott, a thief lying in wait.

[CoLaNuT]

I think they start as decent people all looking to help the community...........ten seconds into the job they all turn into dodgy, aresholes.

But the winner has to be Paul Keating.

Legendary King of pricks and arseholes.

Just my opinion though.

[LokStok]

But the winner has to be Paul Keating.

 

jeez, I wish he was still in parliament. He certainly was a prick, but he had a spine, did what he said he would, and wasn't a slave to opinon polls.

[etherealdrifter]

http://www.bronwyn.com.au/

http://www.pyneonline.com.au/

http://www.joehockey.com/

http://www.ruddockmp.com.au/

http://www.csse.mona...okieMonster.jpg

http://www.kudelka.c...UNTEL100822.jpg

....to start with....

edit: so to clarify, it can be a current member of australian politics could include this

person

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/contact.html

Edited June 17, 2012 by etherealdrifter

[Stillman]

Abbott.

Why Craig Thompson? There is an old saying in politics "never mind the truth make the bastard deny it". Whether thats the case here or in Peter Slippers situation, it makes you think.

ps I don't like Slipper either.

[dionysus]

julia gillard, horrible woman. in international politics, obama. there are probably worse, but none get my blood hotter

[nabraxas]

in no particular order:

http://www.billheffernan.com.au/

http://www.barnabyjoyce.com.au/

http://www.timbull.com.au/

http://www.tonyabbott.com.au/

[Stillman]

Barnaby is a proper knob lol I forgot about him.

[incognito]

Lol definAtely barnaby! What's that redneck Queensland premier? Hates gays and Asians.. Bob Catt ?

Oh and that bearded asshole who was in charge of atsic, they guy who was charged with rape and other sordid things. He was such an arrogant bastard who blew millions of tax dollars. A very sinister and corrupt individual.

Tiny abott is a complete stooge but for entertainment value I wish he was pm. Imagine the headlines, he wouldn't be able to keep his foot out of his mouth. Would be hilarity.

Keating had swagger lol. In primary school we went to canberra to parliament house and sat in on question time. Keating was late, and just swaggered in all casual like, all the other pollies where hooking in to him as he

Ambled in 15 mins late, so he walks to his desk, then just casual as, looked around at them all, then turned around and walked out again, just full of shutzpah and swagger. Was the coolest thing. I thought he was cooler than the fonz growing up.

Edited June 18, 2012 by incognito

[qualia]

i hate pyne the most, mostly because he seems like a smarmy cunt.

[dionysus]

also, there would be a few local council members around vic that i would love to punch square in the teeth, but i would have no idea who they are.

[ThunderIdeal]

Lol definAtely barnaby! What's that redneck Queensland premier? Hates gays and Asians.. Bob Catt ?

 

actually the LNP had a landslide victory, and when i say landslide...

katter's party (australia party or something) did take a few seats.

[Zen Peddler]

mal Brough is up there for me. Comes across as mr nice guy but I know from someone's personal experience that surprise, surprise a conservative is a skullyduggard of the best variety.

As for Craig Thompson, Kath Jackson is no angel - her boyfriend's kids being paid $50K wages for doing work they apparenrtly did in Melbourne while at school in Sydney, earning the lowly wage of $270K per year, charging companies of her friends and perhaps even her own 'consultancy' fees as high as 40K to 100K for what exactly? Important trips to Hong Kong to look at sportscars, ex hubby on HSU payroll three years after he resigned etc. All of this the same union funds poor old Craig tried to get a sly root off...

[Torsten]

'Hate' is an odd word to use in politics. Don't forget that many politicians are in it for the job, not the conviction. ie, many politicians would happily swap parties if it got them a better position. Not that it is all about money. rather I think it is mostly about ego.

I think Tony Abbott is dangeorous. Him as PM will set australia back by decades culturally. We also stalled under howard in that respect and gillard is more focussed on youth education than adult culture, so it's not like we are making up any ground at the moment. Not that culture is that important to me, but with it come tolerance and broader horizons. That's why I liked keating. The pompous ass annoyed the hell out of me, but what he did for the arts and [multi]cultural understanding is a legacy that even 20 years of footy-centric ogres could not undo. Abbott will be bad for our international reputation in regards to human rights on so many levels. His paternal attitude to aboriginal issues was proven to be counterproductive many decades ago, but is his only policy in that regard. His homophobia will hurt our tourism. His simplistic refugee 'solutions' will make us an outsider with the nations we are tyring so hard to befriend for trade. His religious brainwashing will undermine the separation of church and state. His obsession with power will irreparably harm our democracy and its institutions. if he becomes PM we will pay for that mistake for a long time after he is gone. That puts him pretty much at the top of the list for me.

The only saving grace about Abbott winnning is that he won't be in the job for long. his lack of policies and his lies will make him come unstuck very quickly and then malcolm turnbull will take over. I am pretty open about being a green socialist, but at the moment I'd actually much prefer turnbull to be PM. All of the issues I mentioned above would no longer be issues and I think he'd be a better PM than Gillard.

So in a way it is good to have the liberals led by such a hated person as that is keeping the right faction of the liberal party out of power until turnbull has the numbers.

Zen - the latest revelations on Kath Jackson, her hubby and their connections to Fair Work are pretty mindblowing. It's not often that a far out conspiracy story as claimed by Thompson turns out to be true, but WOW, it is really startign to look that way now. His pissy little brothel charge is nothing against the possibly several hundred thousand the Jacksons racked up. Considering it is the same brothel Jackson had multiple charges for it is starting to look like even the Thompson charges aren't Thompson's. Given how quickly Abbott stood behind the jacksons and the slipper accusations, I would not be surprised if between the two scandals the liberal party's leadership is going to come crashing down.

[pete34]

Our Fearless leaders work for the banksters, you are not even in the equation

who do i dislike most, hmmm thats a hard one

Connely, Juliar, ALL of labour,All libs

my list is too long, i dont like many, i like Joe Hockey

most politicians are lawyers, you need normal people who do things for the good not for the money/power

the old lady next door and the 2 village idiots would do a better job

people parrot the tv they vote from what they learn on tv, none of it is truth so thats what we get

you gota laugh about these people, they are slaves to power and want to run our lives but most of them have never owned a business or had a real job out of politics

the system needs to be a Republic

media ownership must be many Australian owners

the Federal Reserve is a private company, its as federal as the federal express