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“Cory is deluded,” says a Liberal Party colleague. “He is one of the least effective or important members of the parliamentary team. Cory is a person without any intellect, without any base, and he should really never have risen above the position of branch president. His right-wing macho-man act is just his way of looking as though he stands for something.”

Some of his moderate colleagues are caustic about Bernardi’s role in undermining Turnbull and others on the small ‘l’ side. One colleague calls him “disloyal and treacherous”, while another says he spends more time attacking those in his own party than the others. Some colleagues privately blame him for circulating a “shit sheet” before the 2007 election implying that an unnamed Coalition minister was gay. Bernardi categorically denies he had anything to do with it, adding he’s a “convenient scapegoat for those on the Left”. He has maintained a poisonous feud with fellow South Australian Christopher Pyne, who signed him up to their local branch in the 1980s before they acrimoniously fell out.

“He wants to be some sort of conservative warrior but he’s not up to it intellectually,” says a Liberal associate. “In reality he’s like the kid in the playground who pulls his pants down so everyone will look at him, but he has no idea how he’s embarrassing himself in the process. He’s basically kryptonite for any serious person in the party because he’s a complete embarrassment.”

A tireless self-promoter, Bernardi has his own website and blog, is the self-published “author of four books” (a pamphlet on encouraging children to save, another on healthy eating and exercise, and two compilations of his opinions). He has been known to hand out ‘Cory Bernardi’ coffee mugs.

Sinead, with whom he has two sons, aged ten and 12, says they have the perfect marriage because they’re “both in love with the same man”. “Cory obviously has this huge belief in himself … If you didn’t love a guy who was so in love with himself you’d have a lot of trouble living with Cory. Life – I don’t think he’d mind me saying this – it’s all about Cory. I am all about Cory, and he is all about Cory, so it makes it easy.”

Jimmy_041 wrote:And the Greenies don't need to declare all their tree hugging affiliations
Being a member of CIA, MI5 or KGB probably crosses the line

Gozu wrote:Some views on Jimmy's hero from within his own party:

“Cory is deluded,” says a Liberal Party colleague. “He is one of the least effective or important members of the parliamentary team. Cory is a person without any intellect, without any base, and he should really never have risen above the position of branch president. His right-wing macho-man act is just his way of looking as though he stands for something.”

Some of his moderate colleagues are caustic about Bernardi’s role in undermining Turnbull and others on the small ‘l’ side. One colleague calls him “disloyal and treacherous”, while another says he spends more time attacking those in his own party than the others. Some colleagues privately blame him for circulating a “shit sheet” before the 2007 election implying that an unnamed Coalition minister was gay. Bernardi categorically denies he had anything to do with it, adding he’s a “convenient scapegoat for those on the Left”. He has maintained a poisonous feud with fellow South Australian Christopher Pyne, who signed him up to their local branch in the 1980s before they acrimoniously fell out.

“He wants to be some sort of conservative warrior but he’s not up to it intellectually,” says a Liberal associate. “In reality he’s like the kid in the playground who pulls his pants down so everyone will look at him, but he has no idea how he’s embarrassing himself in the process. He’s basically kryptonite for any serious person in the party because he’s a complete embarrassment.”

Also:

A tireless self-promoter, Bernardi has his own website and blog, is the self-published “author of four books” (a pamphlet on encouraging children to save, another on healthy eating and exercise, and two compilations of his opinions). He has been known to hand out ‘Cory Bernardi’ coffee mugs.

Sinead, with whom he has two sons, aged ten and 12, says they have the perfect marriage because they’re “both in love with the same man”. “Cory obviously has this huge belief in himself … If you didn’t love a guy who was so in love with himself you’d have a lot of trouble living with Cory. Life – I don’t think he’d mind me saying this – it’s all about Cory. I am all about Cory, and he is all about Cory, so it makes it easy.”

http://www.themonthly.com.au/cory-berna ... hbour-4327

Sojourner wrote:So much for unity within the ALP, it would appear that several MP's want her gone - Rudd was a notable absence from the meeting today.

JULIA Gillard has accused her own MPs of trying to destroy her Government from within as she addressed a shattered caucus ahead of the resumption of Parliament tomorrow.

A source inside the caucus told The Daily Telegraph that the PM said she was aware that MPs had been leaking to journalists with the intention of backgrounding against the Government. Backgrounding is where politicians provide sensitive information to journalists under the assumption they will not be named.

Continued, -

http://www.news.com.au/national/pm-accu ... 6570172009

Jimmy_041 wrote:And the Greenies don't need to declare all their tree hugging affiliations
Being a member of CIA, MI5 or KGB probably crosses the line

Jimmy_041 wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:And the Greenies don't need to declare all their tree hugging affiliations
Being a member of CIA, MI5 or KGB probably crosses the line

I certainly think this is not an ideal situation

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/labor-mps-at-service-for-terrorist-group/story-fn59nm2j-1226572125400

What was better, was their poor explanation on ABC Radio this morning.
Rankine - very poor and should never have answered the call.
Atkinson at his finest - totally outraged but avoided answering the questions because he knew they'd been caught.

bulldogproud2 wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:And the Greenies don't need to declare all their tree hugging affiliations
Being a member of CIA, MI5 or KGB probably crosses the line

I certainly think this is not an ideal situation

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/labor-mps-at-service-for-terrorist-group/story-fn59nm2j-1226572125400

What was better, was their poor explanation on ABC Radio this morning.
Rankine - very poor and should never have answered the call.
Atkinson at his finest - totally outraged but avoided answering the questions because he knew they'd been caught.

Condemning people for attending a funeral is a bit of a low act, is it not? Just because they may have belonged to a particular group does not necessarily make them a bad person. These three individuals were involved in what many see as a just cause in attempting to get independence for their cultural group and for giving Kurdish people a chance in life. Turkey operates a system of apartheid in relation to the Kurdish people and most nations condemn the Turkish Government for their policies re this.
Would you condemn people for attending Nelson Mandela's funeral, or Bishop Desmond Tutu's? Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma??

Cheers

Jimmy_041 wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:And the Greenies don't need to declare all their tree hugging affiliations
Being a member of CIA, MI5 or KGB probably crosses the line

I certainly think this is not an ideal situation

[url]http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/labor-mps-at-service-for-terrorist-group/story-fn59nm2j-1226572125400[/url]

What was better, was their poor explanation on ABC Radio this morning.
Rankine - very poor and should never have answered the call.
Atkinson at his finest - totally outraged but avoided answering the questions because he knew they'd been caught.

bulldogproud2 wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:And the Greenies don't need to declare all their tree hugging affiliations
Being a member of CIA, MI5 or KGB probably crosses the line

I certainly think this is not an ideal situation

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/labor-mps-at-service-for-terrorist-group/story-fn59nm2j-1226572125400

What was better, was their poor explanation on ABC Radio this morning.
Rankine - very poor and should never have answered the call.
Atkinson at his finest - totally outraged but avoided answering the questions because he knew they'd been caught.

Condemning people for attending a funeral is a bit of a low act, is it not? Just because they may have belonged to a particular group does not necessarily make them a bad person. These three individuals were involved in what many see as a just cause in attempting to get independence for their cultural group and for giving Kurdish people a chance in life. Turkey operates a system of apartheid in relation to the Kurdish people and most nations condemn the Turkish Government for their policies re this.
Would you condemn people for attending Nelson Mandela's funeral, or Bishop Desmond Tutu's? Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma??

Cheers

scoob wrote:

bulldogproud2 wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:And the Greenies don't need to declare all their tree hugging affiliations
Being a member of CIA, MI5 or KGB probably crosses the line

I certainly think this is not an ideal situation

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/labor-mps-at-service-for-terrorist-group/story-fn59nm2j-1226572125400

What was better, was their poor explanation on ABC Radio this morning.
Rankine - very poor and should never have answered the call.
Atkinson at his finest - totally outraged but avoided answering the questions because he knew they'd been caught.

Condemning people for attending a funeral is a bit of a low act, is it not? Just because they may have belonged to a particular group does not necessarily make them a bad person. These three individuals were involved in what many see as a just cause in attempting to get independence for their cultural group and for giving Kurdish people a chance in life. Turkey operates a system of apartheid in relation to the Kurdish people and most nations condemn the Turkish Government for their policies re this.
Would you condemn people for attending Nelson Mandela's funeral, or Bishop Desmond Tutu's? Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma??

Cheers

What internationally recognised terrorism network are they members of... might as well included Mother Theresa in there...