Paul Keating, my hero
At left, it's Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia ('91-'96) who is foul-mouthed and misanthropic to boot. What's not to like? Comes this story today, from the Sydney Morning Herald, saying that Keating promised to leave the following message on his answering machine once he left office: "You have reached the office of ex-prime minister Paul Keating. Now fuck off and leave me alone."Keating is famous for his insults and abuse aimed at others in public life. Examples:
- (on the phone, to politician Jim McClelland): "That you Jim? Paul Keating here. Just because you swallowed a fucking dictionary when you were about 15 doesn't give you the right to pour a bucket of shit over the rest of us."
- (speaking of journalists): "Fucking animals."
- "Now listen mate," [to John Browne, Minister of Sport, who was proposing a 110 per cent tax deduction for contributions to a Sports Foundation] "you're not getting 110 per cent. You can forget it. This is a fucking Boulevard Hotel special, this is. The trouble is we are dealing with a sports junkie here [gesturing towards then Prime Minister Bob Hawke]. I go out for a piss and they pull this one on me. Well that's the last time I leave you two alone. From now on, I'm sticking to you two like shit to a blanket."
- (to members of the opposition party in Parliament): "You were heard in silence, so some of you SCUMBAGS on the front bench should wait a minute until you hear the responses from me."
- (to Liberal party politician Wilson Tuckey): "...you stupid foul-mouthed grub."
posted by Nigel St.John Regina Smegmatica Howle-Raines @ 2:41 PM
2 Comments:
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Yeah, he was a piece of work. Amazing to watch on TV, because he'd let the invective fly and didn't give two shits.
Keep in mind, this was a guy who dropped out of school at age 15. So, he was and remains the real fucking deal.
Gotta love him.
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