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Well, I'm pretty sure NSW State Politics has turned into an episode of the O.C

Now all we need is for Morris Iemma to hold a beach party which Carl Scully crashes and then gets floored by Michael Costa who then makes out with Police Chief Ken Moroney

John Howard would play the role of Sandy due to the obvious eyebrow similarities


Oowaaa Seth you've uhh the govahnment mr spoikah oowaaaa

Anyway, I don't have much to say about poor old Broggers. He seems like an alright bloke and a dodgy politician. The fact Labor was still out-polling him after three years in the top job, after the trains meltdown and the health scandals, shows how weak a leader he was. He could have had the Premier job handed to him on a silver platter if he actually put forward solutions to problems rather than bitching about things long enough for a fifteen second soundbite on the nightly news.

And yes, the whole thing is ridiculously overhyped. I don't think a leader should stand down because of a racist joke and a little bit of drunken tit grabbing. I mean, Bill Clinton squeezed more arses than a proctologist and he was a fantastic President. But that doesn't mean I feel sorry for Brogden. I think he lost most people's support on the Sunday, when he flatly denied the accusations and then blamed the Labor Party for spreading innuendo, then the next day admits to the mistake and blames Alex Hawke, the leader of the Young Liberals. And then in the space of a few hours, he goes from doing radio interviews apologising, looking like he's going to stay in the job, and then bam, he announces his retirement before midday. So what's that, four position changes in two days? I know he's a politician, but come on J-Bro, make up your mind already.

As for the suicide attempt, the dude obviously has a mental illness. That doesn't change the fact that what he did was cowardly and idiotic - he has a young son and a wife, and was ready to off himself because of a media beat-up of his resignation from the worst job in the entire State. If I was leader of the NSW Liberal Party for three years, I'd probably call Helena Carr a lot worse than a mail-order bride to get out of that job.


Hello comrade would you like to begin the mail ordering of the bride before the vodka and the dancing

But the whole thing raises a more important issue about how politics is spoken about in this country. We care more about what J-Bro said about Bob Carr's wife than we do the merits of his health policy. Tony Abbott's biological "son" got more attention than anything he has done as Health Minister. We cared more about Mark Latham's ex-wife than we did Medicare Gold. Hell, his man-boobs even got a few articles. Politics should be about ideas, not a soap opera and a personality contest.


Anyway, it should be interesting to see how Morris Iemma fares against the new NSW Opposition Leader. Here's a photo of him in case you didn't know who he was:



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