The Adventures of QueerPenguin

Are Mummy and Daddy Getting Divorced?

Sweet - the country is less two Nationals in any significant position. I'm particularly pleased about the dumping of De-Anne "Stepford Wife" Kelly. Couldn't have happened to a nicer Botox patient.

It's a pleasing thought, speculating that the inevitable split between the Libs and the Nationals - and indeed, the ultimate death of the horrendously irrelevant National Party - might happen under J Ho's watch. Quality leadership in action.

In fact, given Julian McGauran's long-standing chumminess with Peter Costello, I wouldn't be surprised if it were Pete who orchestrated this defection all along, as revenge against Howard's Robert Gerard offensive, to de-stabilise his leadership. If so, snaps for Pete. I didn't see it coming and so far it's working a treat.

Howard can of course himself claim a lot of credit for the Nationals' current comatose state. When One Nation peaked before crashing and burning, its redneck voters, instead of returning to the Nats, veered instead towards the soothing tones of Howard, who had so ingeniously refrained from condemning Pauline Hanson and ON as the bunch of lunar-right racist (sexist, homophobic, gun-wielding) freaks they truly were. Then the Independents started to bite in the House of Reps and budda-bing, budda-boom, the Nationals only picked up 12 seats in the 2004 federal election - their lowest ever post-war haul.

Even those dirty, drug-pushing commie homos in the Greens now attract a higher primary vote in the lower house than the Nats. And yet they don't have the luxury of being able to ride on the back of a far more successful party to win their seats. Go figure.

Now, for those of you who've ever wondered what J Ho's facial expression might be when Jeanette's working the strap-on:

Ohhhhhhhh, yeah.

posted by Sam @ Wednesday, January 25, 2006