Tuesday 21 September 2004

Please explain....

I initally wanted to talk about this yesterday, but Chris Judd winning the brownlow superseeded that. While the Brownlow was on, Enough Rope had Andrew Denton pitted against the queen of wit (or should it be twit) Pauline Hanson, in what i thought to be a pretty good and fair interview.

I missed the start of the interview, but managed to catch the majority of it. As it progressed, i started to genuinely feel sorry for Pauline, as she is way out of her league. I get the impression that she means well, honestly wants the best for Australia, but hasnt got a clue how the rest of the world works. And the problem is, Australia is part of the world...

If Denton wanted to, he could've definitely annihilated her, but he was fair and righteous, giving her plenty of chances to "explain" and redeem herself. She didnt really take the bait. In my opinion, she allowed herself to be further embarassed by being unable to answer some pretty important questions or by answering "i dont know". Sorry, but if u wanna be a senator, i dont think that's good enough.

I dont think she's a bad person (well i hope not!), but argueably Australia's most famous racist has done herself no favours, and should learn from her mistakes and just stick to what she knows...... fish & chips please.

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