Has Clive Palmer gone loco?

[Julia]

PUP Senator Lambie has offered her vast experience and wisdom to back up her leader. That experience seems confined to being in the army plus many years on a disability support pension.

From "PM" this evening:

Following Clive Palmer’s remarks last night, Senator Jacqui Lambie has warned of the threat of a "communist Chinese invasion". She's calling for the defence force to be doubled to prevent future generations of Australians being 'enslaved'.

From Canberra, James Glenday reports.

JAMES GLENDAY: Jacqui Lambie says the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, and she's demanding more attention be paid to a nation to the north.

JACQUI LAMBIE: We can't ignore the threat of communist Chinese invasion and the communist Chinese military is at a record size capacity.

JAMES GLENDAY: Those remarks were triggered by these ones.

CLIVE PALMER: Ok I don't mind standing up against the Chinese bastards and stop them from doing it.

JAMES GLENDAY: The leader of the Palmer United Party, mining magnate Clive Palmer, is in a bitter legal battle with a Chinese state-owned company.

Last night on the ABC's Q and A program, he lashed out after he was repeatedly asked about allegations he used a $12 million payment meant for a port operation to pay for some of his election campaign.

TONY JONES: When will you answer the question about the $12 million…

CLIVE PALMER: When I'm in court next week, I've told you three times, but it's not up to you, that's not your job, you're not a judicial officer. We'll be suing them and they'll be answering the question, we've had three judgements in the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Western Australia and an arbitration against these Chinese mongrels. I'm saying that because they're communists, because they shoot their own people, they haven't got a justice system and they want to take over this country.

JAMES GLENDAY: On social media, Mr Palmer insisted he was talking about the Chinese company he's in a dispute with and not the Chinese people.

But he's been roundly condemned by several Cabinet Ministers, the Opposition, an industry group and the West Australian Premier.

The Chinese Embassy in Australia says the comments are absurd and irresponsible and full of ignorance and prejudice.

Even former One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson had her say.

PAULINE HANSON: I never said what Clive Palmer said and Tony Abbott thought I was his biggest headache, no way in the world (laughing).

JAMES GLENDAY: But Senator Jacqui Lambie says Clive Palmer's comments are a timely wake-up call.

She's demanding the size of the defence force to be doubled and says the Coalition and Labor have failed to build an Australian military able to defend the nation and 'stop our grandchildren from becoming slaves to an aggressive, anti-democratic, totalitarian foreign power'.

JACQUI LAMBIE: Communist China would already be quite aware of the dilemma that we're in with our defence force down here. You know, the Australian people need to wake up, Tony Abbott's sleepy sleepy and I say to the PM, wakey wakey. This is a national security issue and he needs to get up with the program.

JAMES GLENDAY: Palmer United Party Senator Dio Wang is Chinese born. In a statement, he says Clive Palmer values the Chinese people and claims the comments have been taken out of context.

The Palmer United Party is vital to the Government's chances of passing contentious bills through the Senate.

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce says the colourful comments should give the public an insight into negotiations.

BARNABY JOYCE: I think it might be a little bit of an insight to the rest of Australia on how negotiations can sometimes be febrile when they're trying to get through a budget as well.

Barnaby Joyce's comment seems well made. With madness like this it's no wonder the government is having so much difficulty in the Senate, especially when combined with Labor's determination not to assist in any way, presumably so that for purely political purposes the government will be seen to have failed to effect a return to surplus.

And, yes, the unfair aspects of the budget do need to be adjusted. Good luck with that. Ms Lambie declares that there's no way she's going to allow any GP co-payment at all, no matter what the AMA might be able to agree on with the government. She, of course, knows better.

 

[Craton]

Jacquie Lambie would prefer it not to be a Chinese manufactured whipper snipper,

Bwahahahaha... thanks Doc, still cleaning up the keyboard from sprayed coffee after reading that line.

 

[Craton]

PUP Senator Lambie has offered her vast experience and wisdom to back up her leader. That experience seems confined to being in the army plus many years on a disability support pension.

Barnaby Joyce's comment seems well made. With madness like this it's no wonder the government is having so much difficulty in the Senate, especially when combined with Labor's determination not to assist in any way, presumably so that for purely political purposes the government will be seen to have failed to effect a return to surplus.

And, yes, the unfair aspects of the budget do need to be adjusted. Good luck with that. Ms Lambie declares that there's no way she's going to allow any GP co-payment at all, no matter what the AMA might be able to agree on with the government. She, of course, knows better.

Julia, I just shakes me head in disbelief.
I saw a brief glimpse of her and Uncle Clive together on the telly this morning. It was so blatantly obvious (to me anyway) that she is totally besotted by and devoted to him. Very creepy.

 

[Bintang]

I saw a brief glimpse of her and Uncle Clive together on the telly this morning. It was so blatantly obvious (to me anyway) that she is totally besotted by and devoted to him. Very creepy.

Supports the observation I made in post #225 that Uncle Clive is close to being Lambie's perfect match.
- He has lots of money
- He is well-hung girthwise

How could she not be besotted?

 

[noco]

Supports the observation I made in post #225 that Uncle Clive is close to being Lambie's perfect match.
- He has lots of money
- He is well-hung girthwise

How could she not be besotted?

I don't think he would know unless he had a mirror.

 

[Calliope]

 

[noco]

It certainly appears this lunatic has stretched the truth on more than one occassion.

As one commenter on the link states, "Stupidity knows no bounds".

And another comment...............

Rick 1 hour ago

When Pauline Hanson made racists comments, Green Labor and the Left's ABC were all over her because they believed it damaged the then Howard government.


When Clive Palmer goes racist, they say very little, because they believe that will inflict the most damage on the Abbott government.


Does anyone else see a pattern here?



http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...really-does-hurt/story-e6frg9df-1227029977734

 

[wayneL]

As mentioned, any party named after the founder, is destined for the **** chute. Inevitably, it is about the personality rather than policy, any sitting members necessarily merely acolytes of the founder.

Once the members realise this, they fall into line or become disgruntled and leave. It happened to Pauline Hansons One Nation and is already starting to happen with the PUPs. As before, this party will pull itself to pieces before long.

 

[noco]

As mentioned, any party named after the founder, is destined for the **** chute. Inevitably, it is about the personality rather than policy, any sitting members necessarily merely acolytes of the founder.

Once the members realise this, they fall into line or become disgruntled and leave. It happened to Pauline Hansons One Nation and is already starting to happen with the PUPs. As before, this party will pull itself to pieces before long.

Pauline Hanson was not greedy and power hungry like Palmer who has one thing in mind and that is to destroy the Newman government in Queensland and the Abbott Government......he is full of rhetoric with little concern in the interest of the Nation.

I believe Pauline Hanson was once a member of the Liberal Party and was quite outspoken in Australians being treated equal with disregard to creed, color or race.......She believed that certain Australians were favored over others when it came to welfare and that things should change.

She made a lot of sense to many people when she presented her maiden speech to Parliament resulting in her popularity...Unfortunately it did not go down well with the Liberals and the Labor Party and the elements set out to destroy her....she also trusted people in her Party who did not exactly do the right thing by her.......the end result is now history.

 

[noco]

It is not getting any easier for Clive Palmer and he must now realize he cannot meddle with the law, tell lies and go into a rant like does in his own business interests.

If he continues in the vein he currently exhibits, he will soon find himself behind bars which in turn will extinguish him from parliament.


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...er-lies-with-him/story-e6frg6zo-1227029887991

 

[Bintang]

I think the question posed by the title of this thread has finally been answered beyond any doubt.

Clive the fat feral fool is definitely loco.

 

[Bintang]

If he continues in the vein he currently exhibits, he will soon find himself behind bars which in turn will extinguish him from parliament.


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...er-lies-with-him/story-e6frg6zo-1227029887991

I can't happen soon enough.

 

[Julia]

For anyone who missed the latest wisdom from Senator Lambie, have a listen to her interview with Rafael Epstein, ABC Melbourne.
https://soundcloud.com/774-abc-melbourne/jacqui-lambie-with-rafael-epstein-on774-abc-melbourne

Quite, um, remarkable.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

For anyone who missed the latest wisdom from Senator Lambie, have a listen to her interview with Rafael Epstein, ABC Melbourne.
https://soundcloud.com/774-abc-melbourne/jacqui-lambie-with-rafael-epstein-on774-abc-melbourne

Quite, um, remarkable.

Thanks Julia,

I'm somewhat lost for words. Sen. Lambie is a decidedly stupid person.

gg

 

[SirRumpole]

For anyone who missed the latest wisdom from Senator Lambie, have a listen to her interview with Rafael Epstein, ABC Melbourne.
https://soundcloud.com/774-abc-melbourne/jacqui-lambie-with-rafael-epstein-on774-abc-melbourne

Quite, um, remarkable.

Dear oh dear, Pauline Hanson again ?

However, China is getting somewhat more aggressive in it's military build up. That has been recognised by former and current governments, and as Lambie said is one of the reasons we now have US marines stationed in Darwin.

I see no reason why we shouldn't sensibly recognise and respond to changes in the strategic balance, but perhaps not in the blunt weapon way that Lambie has.

China is a trading partner that we want to keep, but the US has always been our military protector, and there is no reason that has to change either.

 

[drsmith]

I get an impression of a sense of glee in the reporting at The Australia today.

In the second image, the horizontal distortion has him looking like Jabba The Hutt.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...k-so-destructive/story-fnk76wj3-1227030393072

 

[Bintang]

I get an impression of a sense of glee in the reporting at The Australia today.

In the second image, the horizontal distortion has him looking like Jabba The Hutt.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...k-so-destructive/story-fnk76wj3-1227030393072

It's not just glee. How about the mockery in the 'Starting a Paper' article.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/cutandpaste/starting-a-paper-were-happy-to-help/story-fn72xczz-1227029973875

 

[drsmith]

Another Clive Palmer hang up,

https://soundcloud.com/720abcperth/clive-palmer-hangs-up-on-abc-mornings

 

[drsmith]

It's not just glee. How about the mockery in the 'Starting a Paper' article.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/cutandpaste/starting-a-paper-were-happy-to-help/story-fn72xczz-1227029973875

In relation to the image in the post above (from the above linked article in the Australian),

What's ol' Pen thinking ?

Something along the lines of Oh crap! Our enemy's enemy is blowing up before our very eyes.

Before long, the closet thing he'll have as friends will be Green advisors and Al Gore.

 

[sptrawler]

In relation to the image in the post above (from the above linked article in the Australian),

What's ol' Pen thinking ?

Something along the lines of Oh crap! Our enemy's enemy is blowing up before our very eyes.

Before long, the closet thing he'll have as friends will be Green advisors and Al Gore.

Jeez doc, Fairfax must be gagging at the bit, not being able to get stuck into Clive, for fear of helping Tony.lol