Comments on: Faris: Time for Australian Conservatives to unite

By: Matt Andrews

Matt Andrews — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Yes, Coalition strategists, please listen to Peter Faris. The entertainment value of his analysis is superb - the Howard regime as “soft Left” - and his advice will keep you in the wilderness for even more than the minimum three terms you face anyway

By: MM

MM — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Pete, whatever drugs you are on, I want some! Such fantasies, such delusion!

By: edwin coleman

edwin coleman — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

“wall-to-wall Socialist governments” ? only if ‘socialist’ means not always allowing naked individual greed to be the great trump in every policy debate. But take heart Peter, the British ‘conservatives’ seem to be making a ‘comeback’.

By: John Rothfield

John Rothfield — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I am aware that the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is still 5 months away but do we know where Peter will be appearing. Can’t wait to see that stuff live.

By: Jacinta

Jacinta — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Keep taking the medication Peter: ” wall to wall socialist governments”??

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

“Despite the fact that we have wall-to-wall Socialist governments, I believe that Australians are essentially conservative people”

This is gold, gold. A better one-sentence summary of right-wing denial would be hard to come by. Cheers for the laugh!

By: Tony Papafilis

Tony Papafilis — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I see Venise knows her socialists greetings well. Peter Faris is right about need for conservative, right wing revival. Extent of problem is huge - WA’s State Lib leader announced need for a new world view for Libs - a week after Libs won 11/15 WA seats!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

“support of marriage”? Oh be honest - what you mean is no marriage for same-sex couples, isn’t it? If you want to be discriminatory, why be coy about it?

And you think the Howard government was a “soft-left” government? Oh dear…

By: Venise Alstergren

Venise Alstergren — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Seig Heil! Seig Heil! It may astonish you to consider the following. ‘The USA needs us more than we need it.’

By: Martin Gleeson

Martin Gleeson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Peter, you should really stop pulling your punches with this sort of namby-pamby politically-correct tripe. Why don’t you say what you really mean instead of spewing forth these weasel-words? Have some guts instead of becoming what you despise.

By: pbrosnan

pbrosnan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Can he be serious? This is the kind of brilliant plan the Tories in the UK came up with after Major lost and look at all the good it did them. Sure Pete, move further to the Right, right off the end of the bar table and into the dustbin of history.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

There has to be some loony far right party in the US that needs Campaign st US Republican Party needs campaign staff

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Whoa! Can I hear strains of Wagner in the background?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Is this a joke? Is Peter Faris a *very* deadpan satirist?

“wall to wall Socialist governments”: I could only laugh at the NSW Labor Government as “left-wing”.

And the Liberal Party as “soft-Left”? It is a euphemism to describe them as “centre-right”.

By: GR

GR — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

The Liberals lost because they were too left? Crikey - is this Mad Monday? This guy is even funnier than Flint!