http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comment-9761 JohnJames Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9761 The Neal/Della Bosca fiasco is fast gathering momentum and its not because of the Daily Telegraph. What begins to emerge from the ongoing examination of this incident together with the reports about how Rudd's 'team" of Lachlan Harris and Co do business is a culture of lying, manipulation and intimidation. The Weekend Oz's article on Team Rudd is revealing as much for the personal immaturity of those carryig such enormous responsibilty as for the churlish manner in which they discharge those responsibilties and the treatment of those around them. Harris is quoted as saying " I am always rude" I asked myself, who picked this guy and gave him the responsibilty he carries?Whoever it is needs his/her 'butt' kicked. It reflects an appaling lack of judgement and ability to assess character, essential qualities for anyone charged with the responsibilty of people's welfare, either individually or collectively.<br />With Neal and her husband we see that from the first moments of this tawdry episode false statuatory declarations have been sworn and people threatened. There has been no hint of " I'm sorry, I lost my temper and spoke badly to people. I apologise." Its more of "do this or f****ing watch out!" <br />The same culture reveals itself in the "I am always rude" of Rudd's Press secretary and the threat to your " f****ing licence" of Neal and the blatant manipulation by her husband and Iemma.<br />Peter Ruhl in the AFR had a humorous line when he said that the threat to the staff of the restaurant about their " f***ing licence" must have had them wondering when they got the licence to do THAT?<br />Certainly, no-one should give the Labor party a licence to behave like pr*cks! The Neal/Della Bosca fiasco is fast gathering momentum and its not because of the Daily Telegraph. What begins to emerge from the ongoing examination of this incident together with the reports about how Rudd’s ‘team” of Lachlan Harris and Co do business is a culture of lying, manipulation and intimidation. The Weekend Oz’s article on Team Rudd is revealing as much for the personal immaturity of those carryig such enormous responsibilty as for the churlish manner in which they discharge those responsibilties and the treatment of those around them. Harris is quoted as saying ” I am always rude” I asked myself, who picked this guy and gave him the responsibilty he carries?Whoever it is needs his/her ‘butt’ kicked. It reflects an appaling lack of judgement and ability to assess character, essential qualities for anyone charged with the responsibilty of people’s welfare, either individually or collectively.
With Neal and her husband we see that from the first moments of this tawdry episode false statuatory declarations have been sworn and people threatened. There has been no hint of ” I’m sorry, I lost my temper and spoke badly to people. I apologise.” Its more of “do this or f****ing watch out!”
The same culture reveals itself in the “I am always rude” of Rudd’s Press secretary and the threat to your ” f****ing licence” of Neal and the blatant manipulation by her husband and Iemma.
Peter Ruhl in the AFR had a humorous line when he said that the threat to the staff of the restaurant about their ” f***ing licence” must have had them wondering when they got the licence to do THAT?
Certainly, no-one should give the Labor party a licence to behave like pr*cks!

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