The minor rise of the Greens in recent Federal polls has prompted Bob Brown to ask to be involved in the election debates – assuming there will be any. I say well and good, let him debate on TV. It will finally give people an opportunity to scrutinise what is an immoral and radical political party. The One Nation of the political left – except all people always come second. It’s the anti-discrimination thing.
As one brilliant writer on an ABC blog recently wrote:
….the Greens are the ultimate in sanctimony without responsibility.
Think of any Greens policy and the likelihood of it being implemented should be enough to scare the gray hairs of the Green’s main political supporters – retired public servants.
As for the values themselves, increased taxes on the rich are a staple of debate in Marxist university politics, but one wonders how keen the Green supporters in the inner city are to see their taxes rise. Increased company taxes are good policy, as long as you’re not the poor average citizen paying subsequently increased prices. And still, the Greens get a pass.
Kevin Rudd would die for that kind of leeway. Tony Abbott would kill for it.
The main stream media were not prepared to give One Nation a pass, but the Greens get a ticket to ride every time. Just take Bob Brown calling poor on the back of court proceedings which he lost – despite being a multi-millionaire.
Bob Brown was happy to call for hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to cover the court-ordered legal costs of his dismissed lawsuits against Tasmanian businesses, despite having considerable personal wealth and assets. The cashed-up Senator was happy for ordinary supporters to pay his bills, despite already having the bulk of the money raised and being easily able to borrow the rest.
I still remember the ABC giving Bob Brown a bit of free advertising when he was trying to sell his pictures to raise cash to pay of his legal fees. Despite the fact that he has millions owing to him as part of his superannuation and his partner owns a large sheep ranch in Tasmania.
Worse, he was happy to take cash from figures like Dick Smith. How could the Greens claim any type of impartiality on issues from aviation to business taxation reform when their leader spruiks for cash from someone like that?
John Howard specifically eschewed an investment share portfolio for the whole of his public life, on the grounds that he didn’t want to create even the appearance of financial impropriety. Kevin Rudd’s wife divested herself of all her Australian business interests for the same reason. But Brown, who wants to share the debate stage with the major leaders, feels no need to abide by any such moral code.
The whole article is awesome. Rudd should do what Abbott had the courage to do – not accept preferences from fringe dwellers like One Nation. Rudd should take a similar position with the Greens. As you expect ABC readers were livid that such blasphemy could be shown under the banner of the ABC. Credit where credit is due.