SA Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher took to dancing the Hokey Pokey and The Time Warp in her speech against a carbon price, resulting in one of the most memorable political speeches we’ve seen in a while. And not memorable in a good way.
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43 Comments
Oh good lord….Someone told her that this would be a good idea. It wasn’t.
You can’t help but feel sorry for her really. I actually felt a bit mean by the end of it for laughing.
However, why does she keep looking down at what you assume are notes? Did she actually put some thought into that ramble before hand? If so, the notes must read “Just keep talking! Say Dud policy!”
A good reminder why Pyne is seen as “Talent” by South Australian liberals. It’s hardly a Melbourne Cup field.
I don’t think I have ever been so happily shocked that voting is free. I got terrific value for money. The Fisher family must be enraptured with that performance, south australian you say. Good on those mob down south, proud of you work and representation. Liberal? Nice been a while since we had a bit of pelvic thrust action from the southern states members. Hold your head up Australia, this is democracy.. She got the point across so well. good to see we are on a road like so many in south aussie to nowhere.
Mary Jo way to go!
Whoa. That’s one of the most painful things I’ve ever watched. What a compelling argument for … not behaving like little children in parliament?
I can dream.
Who would have thought that there was a senator in the current parliament, who could make Stephen Fielding, look and sound like a mental giant.
A very sad day all around.
This is about as low as I’ve ever seen Parliament get in this country.
Imagine if these clowns gained power ?
The crossbenchers would probably block supply.
It’s like the excruciating spectacle of a drunken uncle at a wedding. Someone usually quietly grabs an arm and leads him away. Where were the senator’s colleagues?
I’m, er, stunned. And it was delivered in such a stilted, wooden way as well with the indignant head wobble and confected shouty outrage. It’s like the visual version of a letter to the Moreland Leader (“outraged on Glenroy’).
Who on earth thought this was a good idea?
I feel sorry for Mr Acting Deputy Speaker who couldn’t simply press the pause button on youtube and make this moron go away and get on with his work…
Ew. That’s so bad that it’s beyond demeaning the national parliament. I actuallly feel sorry for her.
OMG. You’d think she could have put some thought into it and got the whole verse or chorus out. Very Sad
Whoa. Make it stop!
On seeing this yesterday I crawled under my chair and vomited. Thinking I may have over-reacted, I decided to take another look at it and think I under-reacted. The voters in South Australia must be so happy to have this errant female to represent them. I wonder where they found it?
I dont know where to start with this apart from she’s obviously stark raving mad…oh yeh and to look at her youd think she was a greenie
And the bad news is that she starts a new six year term on 1 July! SA voters have a lot to answer for.
This is the first I’ve haerd of the Honourable Senator for S.A.
Is her term ending in June?
It would be an awful thing fro her to have this as her only memorable contribution to the States’ house and Australia’s public discourse in general……..Maccarena, anyone……?
Oh no. appearances can be deceptive. she is out there in that vicious far right la-la land inhabited by Tony Abbott, Mathias Corman, Scott Morrison, Cory bernardi, Eric Abetz, Sophie Mirabella, Kevin Andrews, ad nauseam.
Madness Has taken its toll … this is Horrible - but I’m So Not surprised to see this
Lordy. I would have wet myself laughing if present in the chamber for that delivery. Does she not have advisors who could have said - “…er funny on paper but not a good idea”? This clip will find a life around the world - but not for good reasons.
Mary Jo Fisher has managed to have a Charlie Sheen meltdown…
She seems to forget the hokey pokiey Howard played over fresh food in the GST. She is a shocker, in fact most of the lieberal senators in SA these days are shocking. And embarrassing.
This makes me proud to be Austrian.
What’s next, Cory Bernardi bellydancing?
Innut marvellous? To hear an Australian elected senator and representative of the people pronounce the word what as “WOT”?
The time warp is traditionally performed by a man in drag…….Any senators out there wanna take the dare?
I’m looking at you Bernardie.
She seems cranky.
People voted for this clown!
Gulp…..cringe. Will the poor thing ever live it down? I think not. But the Libs will be oblivious to just how ludicrous her vaudeville was since the whole team are a bunch of silly circus clowns.
Don’t feel too bad Croweaters, she’s actually a born and bred Sandgroper! Quelle surprise!
Oh la la - quelle horreure!
GREGB: Now that does sound correct. And apparently (MrSQUID says so) she is of the far right-wing religious right. Never has a ‘Right’ been so wrong.
Women in parliament were supposed to improve it. How is it possible to argue to Arab countries that democracy is the way to go when it produces results like this?
Oh the irony of a conservative member of parliament turning to… the Time Warp to get her point across (badly)…
Oh, the things you do Mr. Deputy Acting President, the things you do
You’re all a hard lot to please. I thought it was very entertaining.
Way to go, Mary Jo!
I think she’s possibly not very well.
Someone told her to raise her profile - from that of a non-entity to one of a laughing stock.
Doubtless she will fester on the pink/red benches for 6 years whilst us poor fools pay our standard great big unrepresentative swill tax to keep her and the rest of the “end times” gang in gaffer tape and whips.
I used to think that Julie Bishop’s cat claw routine had set the ‘let’s get more women in parliament’ movement back a couple of decades, but dear Mary Jo (Mary Jo? What grown woman wants to call herself that, unless she’s from the Ozarks?) has set it back a century or two. And now I learn that we have another 6 years of this person to endure. As my English teacher used to say -‘Oh ye gods and little fishes!’.
Jumbo, you need to get out more. If Ms Fisher were not so poor at her day job, I’d be advising her not to give it up for show business.
What is that purple ring around her neck??? Sorry I couldn’t focus on her any more, my ears are bleeding
Liberals’ new profile - democracy in dance and an ode to Abbott on the Orient rehearsing the penguin strut:
This king penguin walks in a funny way
In his suit of black and white
He looks so posh he could be goin’
To the miners’ ball tonight
Well he walks so fast on the slippery ice
Sometimes he just falls down
But he jumps straight up and carries on
….Like a wobbly clown – a wobbly clown…
Doin’ the penguin strut….doin’ the penguin strut
This penguin sure can strut
And really squawks when he tells those lies
‘Ah…ah……ahem….but….but ….but”
Looks such a clown as he walks by… walks by…
Doin’ the penguin strut……..doin’ the penguin strut…..doin’ the penguin strut…
http://www.flixxy.com/pet-penguin-goes-shopping.htm
South Australia you have a lot to answer for. You VOTED for this person. This is beyond being merely sad. Where the hell are we going….
Yeah, South Australians do now have a lot to answer for - at least those who voted for her. We are not all like this, but sadly we all contribute to her salary and other perks. Might be a good thing as she could do even more damage if she was let loose on the wider world.
“It’s time to go… Senator Fisher”
What a waste of 04:53… (I think I could think of one or two people associated with Senator Fisher’s life who should have taken the advice to “…bring your knees in tight” but don’t do “…the pelvic thrust” because that will “…really drive you insaaaaaa-aaaane” - as did watching her.)
Good grief….