I think David Gyngell might be a bit of a dud as a Channel Nine’s CEO. I mean he’s made some pretty dumb decisions. He canned Hey, Hey It’s Saturday when it was probably the only thing to watch on Saturday night and then brought it back a few years later when it was no longer part of our national psyche and bizarrely kept it’s name and put it on Wednesday night when there are much better things to watch.
So this taxi driver beater upper, camera smashing, nasty biography writing bully is now a reporter. If I was a journalist (instead of a half arsed blogger) I would be very cross. Let’s be frank they don’t have a great reputation to start with and with this crazy man now calling himself one of them, well let’s just things aren’t going to improve in a hurry.
Did you see him zero in on Tony Abbott the other day? On his single minded journey to the opposition leader, he elbowed his way into the crowd, pushing aside a woman and then made it all about himself, not the story, himself by saying are you brave enough to shake my hand. I reckon Abbott might be able to take Latham. After all Abbott’s pretty fit, Latham not so much.
Latham did the same thing to Julia Gillard, and while I feel a bit sorry for her, well she did go around telling us that we should vote for him in 2004 and then her faction supported him even after he lost the election which wasn’t smart. Latham accosted Gillard and she responded by stroking his jacket which he then labelled sexual harassment. I actually think she did that instead of punching him which is really what she wanted to do. I reckon she could take him too.
So you’d imagine that Latham would be mighty pissed that Gillard managed to turn his confrontation into a positive. People felt that the PM should not be approached like this, which is fair. If she was Barrack Obama well let’s just say that Mr Latham might have bullet in his head right now. She also got to use the incident to showcase her quick wit when asked by a reporter “on a scale of 1-10 how big a tool is Mark Latham?” And quick as wink she came back with “some things are immeasurable”.
Genius–I’d love to be able to do that–come back with the snappy, quick and quotable retort. I always think of something brilliant and cutting to say about half an hour later or in the middle of the night. Not Julia though–just like that it came out. I wonder if it was a put up. I believe so, but then I’m just a big ole cynic. I’ve looked everywhere but I can’t find out the name of the person who asked the question. I saw him ask the question–just don’t know his name. Actually I reckon I’ve seen him on an ad, but I could be wrong.
But back to Latham, what meaningful advice did he give us voters? To put in a blank ballot. What a dickhead. Have no say in the running of your country. Don’t vote for anyone, give up your right to choose your government. I’m astounded. It might be an uninspiring campaign, but at least we have the right to vote and wars are fought for that right.
I think all that botox he’s had injected into his face has numbed his tiny brain. Image
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