Lindsay Tanner is a member of the ALP as well, doesn't mean his comments are reflective of the party. Clive Palmer is a member of the LNP, but has been slamming the Newman Government at every turn, so again, just because your a member of a party does not mean your views are reflective of that party!

If he was an MP, it would be different.

Alan Jones is a LNP mouthpiece - it's no secret. To suggest otherwise is naive or disingenuous.

I'm not sure I follow your Tanner and Palmer analogies, you'll have to explain how Tanner lamenting the lost values of the ALP equates to Jones saying that Gillard killed her own father with the "Carbon Tax".

Pretty much just proves that ozboy just doesn't get it. He is, and always has been, a fanboy. In this case a Gillard fanboy

Chris Evans's wife, a member of the ALP, tweeted "The life expectency of an Australian male is 79, Alan Jones is 71. Patience!"

Now does that mean, because she is a member of the ALP, that by extension, Julia Gillard is hoping that Alan Jones would hurry up and die?

I mean lets get fucking real here... The current state of politics in this country, ON BOTH FUCKING SIDES, is an absolutely bloody disgrace.

Lets hope he can weather it. Would be a grave mark on freedom of speech if he gets booted.

As the day has gone on, I'm less confident for him. the petition is getting closer to 100,000. That doesn't mean quite as much as some people think but the list of sponsors that have pulled even over today (many with their facebook pages getting hammered) is fascinating. They don't want to be seen as one of the last ones sponsoring him. There is only 3 left. And they probably don't want to be there. More amusingly there is Petition Radio 2GB advertisers: Immediately cease boycotting radio station 2GB which has 480 supports. http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/radio-2gb-advertisers-immediately-cease-boycotting-radio-station-2gb. feel free to make your voice heard and sign the petition.

Pity. Jones is as good as gone. Shame as we need the full scope of [size=7]political commentators[/size]. Some far righty needs stepping up.

Good summary of your posts

Pity. Jones is as good as gone. Shame as we need the full scope of political commentators. Some far righty needs stepping up.

Actually 2 sponsors left - Coles has pulled out as well.

UPDATE of withdrawn sponsors of 2GB: 7-Eleven, Honda, St George, Freedom Furniture,Dilmah Tea, ING Direct, Lite n Easy Mercedez Benz, Challenger, Bing Lee, Coles, Hyundai, Honda, Virgin, Telstra, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Geek2U, Momentum Energy, Grace Removals, NRMA Insurance, McDonalds, Ford, 7-Eleven, Turner & Freeman Lawyers, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, John Oxley Motors, Jetset Travel, Mazda and West End Mazda, Commonwealth Bank Women in Focus, Australian International Motor Show, Foxtel, Cruise Scene, Harvey Norman and Woolworths have pulled advertisements

Actually 2 sponsors left - Coles has pulled out as well.

UPDATE of withdrawn sponsors of 2GB: 7-Eleven, Honda, St George, Freedom Furniture,Dilmah Tea, ING Direct, Lite n Easy Mercedez Benz, Challenger, Bing Lee, Coles, Hyundai, Honda, Virgin, Telstra, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Geek2U, Momentum Energy, Grace Removals, NRMA Insurance, McDonalds, Ford, 7-Eleven, Turner & Freeman Lawyers, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, John Oxley Motors, Jetset Travel, Mazda and West End Mazda, Commonwealth Bank Women in Focus, Australian International Motor Show, Foxtel, Cruise Scene, Harvey Norman and Woolworths have pulled advertisements

She fled an important conference, and a meeting with Vladimir Putin, because her father had died at 83, and fled home weeping to Adelaide.

Leaving a battlefield because of a dear one’s death is not what she lets our soldiers do. They must stay, and fight on till battle’s end.

Yet she thinks she is different somehow. She is allowed her girly tears and her time off, playing hookey from her national obligations, her duty.

The latest conference had a day to run. The funeral wouldn’t occur for about five days. There was time to get home and comfort her mum before then. Her sister was on hand, doing so already. Many Australians overseas when a parent dies don’t get to the funeral. That is the way things go sometimes.

But not for Gillard. She is what Schwarzenegger might call a ‘girly man’. She goes AWOL.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Thats right ozboy, only left wing journo's from the ABC are real political commentators, isn't that right?

Its a shame we cant have a political debate in this country that doesnt turn into a personal attack. I dont condone Jones but these people that think he doesnt have a right to voice his opinion, I mean what the fuck seriously when did we turn into Soviet Russia, yeah he said something stupid but did he break any laws?

I was talkiing to two life long labour voters and they were having a conversation about how he should be taken off air. I asked why and they seemed to think because he said something mean he should'nt have the right to voice opinion on public radio.

The thing that really yanks my chain though is that they make out that Alan Jones is the first person to ever say something outrageous! Left wing announcers make outlandish statements all the time, Abbott cops it left right and centre with all manner of thinly disguised personal attacks and deliberate innuendo by TAX PAYER FUNDED journilists who are supposed to be impartial.

Not only that, but someone who is more inappropriate before 9am then Alan Jones has been his entire life, Catherine Deveny, is frequently a GUEST on the ABC!

Its a fucking outrage how agenda driven our national broadcaster has become, a fucking disgrace!

Typical rabid right wing voter

Hey ozboy, how do you feel about these comments by Bob Ellis, ALP member and long time speech writer to Foreign Minister Bob Carr. Here is what he said:



I'd say those comments are every bit as outrageous as those of Alan Jones, wouldn't you say?
Oh no no, there's no no double standards in the ALP and ABC =;

Edited by RJL25: 3/10/2012 02:41:28 PM

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Thats right ozboy, only left wing journo's from the ABC are real political commentators, isn't that right?

Its a shame we cant have a political debate in this country that doesnt turn into a personal attack. I dont condone Jones but these people that think he doesnt have a right to voice his opinion, I mean what the fuck seriously when did we turn into Soviet Russia, yeah he said something stupid but did he break any laws?

I was talkiing to two life long labour voters and they were having a conversation about how he should be taken off air. I asked why and they seemed to think because he said something mean he should'nt have the right to voice opinion on public radio.

Typical rabid right wing voter

Dear Mrs Abbott,

I give you full credit for standing by your man in troubled times, I have no doubt its difficult to step into the spotlight of negative scrutiny and put forth a convincing argument about a certain subject, especially when that subject is your own husband.

Trouble is I don’t think you have a valid argument.

Simply because he wipes the dishes, pays a mortgage and is a good dad to the girls is of absolutely no interest to me when im sizing up who I want as Prime Minister of my Country.

Please don’t presume to tell me he’s in touch with women and isn’t sexist after I watched him stand before clearly sexist banners, hateful malicious banners.

A respectful man of decency would have taken the mike far away from that area & stood alone to make his points. Not you husband, he was in the guts of it revelling in the swell of hatred against the one he calls” her”.. ”she”.. ”slimy” .. “ liar” .. ”untrustworthy” .. , and whatever other personal liable he rendered to our female leader over time.

He stands in Parliaments House of Representatives and does the same, disregards official protocol and practice toward this countries highest office referring to it with contempt. He mocks, he taunts and he refers to our Prime Minister as her, she, and regardless of your ideas Australia says that’s targeting her gender with contempt, you cannot convince me or tens of thousands of Australians otherwise.

But most importantly the big red light is the fact you had a desire and need to take on the public defense of Tony and try to explain why he’s a lovely fella and the rest of Australia is wrong.

Sorry dear but I don’t believe this is the case, I think you simply are blinded by your being too close to the issue at hand.

We don’t care if he’s nice at home, what we care about is;

1. His constant attack and fear campaigns against Carbon Pricing, the very thing he wanted himself but upon losing he decides to terrorise Australia with it. these are things since discounted and proven to be lies. Whyalla for instance, it still lives.

2. His claims of not doing deals, this after we watched him kissing up to the independents chasing the Prime Ministership.

3. His attacks on our to be completely frank “bloody excellent economy”, this is nothing but deliberately scaring people with lies.

4. The fact that even Malcolm Fraser says that your husband will do or say anything to get or have power. Not be Prime Minister and lead for the good of the people, to have power. Thats ominous of a less than honorable intent.

5. He surrounds himself with pointless, negative people who attack everything but offer no answers, proof or policies.

6. Most heinous was your husbands complete refusal to assist in matters regarding refugees, he can deny and hold his hands up all he likes, it was he and he alone who refused, stopped, blocked and attacked every avenue this Government made to try to resolve the refugee deadlock.

Then people began to die and still no cooperation from Tony, no he chose to have Morrison rant and rave about Labor killing innocents. He and the other fools can say “not my fault” all they want. However the responses Tony as Opposition Leader sent to Julia Gillards requests, her clearly desperate pleas for help and cooperation indicated the Prime Minister must ”do it my way or they can die” even you must admit all the Prime Ministers requests fell on deaf ears with Tony.

But most importantly we care that at any time he’s caught off guard he shows he can’t string four words together to make a coherent sentence much less a valid argument, even to defend his own statements.

When interviewed by Leigh Sales Tony clearly displayed he couldnt even remember if he read a major fiscal report the day before, so he tried bluff and bluster with lies and misdirection instead. He has been on dozens of occasions unable to defend his positions and has made hurtful stupid remarks far too often to be erased from thinking people’s minds.

Many will say I exaggerate but to me, your husband is little better than a Political Terrorist, he tears down Australia, embarrasses us to the Indonesians, America and Britain, he mocked attempts at a seat on the UN Council. I suspect Tony hasn’t noticed we are players on a world-wide stage peacekeeping allies with the biggest powers on the globe. We should have a say in these matters.

He attacks with lies many things we know he actually endorses, and generally makes every effort to use falsehoods, lies and fear to hold Australia to ransom. The amount demanded is position of Prime Minister, and I wont pay that price nor will millions of other Australians.

No Mrs Abbott the issue isn’t that Tony is seen as being intolerant of women, not really, not in the overall big picture.

The issue is his inability to stand before the people of Australia and speak in a positive, uplifting manner, to appear a suitable leader for the Nation, a diplomat a humanitarian and a champion of the people.

Sadly Mrs Abbott your husband appears little better than a spoilt petulant child who is having a tantrum because he wasnt allowed to play with the cool kids, and that simply isn’t good enough.

Regards,

Brooksy.

Who's Brooksy?