Monday, June 27, 2005
HATE! HATE! HATE!
Mark Latham hates conservatives: “I’m a hater. Part of the tribalness of politics is to really dislike the other side with intensity. And the more I see of them the more I hate them.”
Mark Latham hates George W. Bush: “The most incompetent and dangerous president in living memory.”
Mark Latham hates John Howard: “Howard is an arse-licker.”
Mark Latham hates Phillip Adams: “In his public life he opposes border protection, safe in the knowledge that asylum seekers are unlikely to settle near his Paddington terrace. In his private life, however, he is a strong supporter of laneway protection, even to the point of preventing a 90-year-old woman in a wheelchair from accessing his property so that she might have Christmas lunch with her son.”
Mark Latham hates Tony Staley: “Upsetting Tony Staley doesn’t cost me any sleep, I can assure you. In fact, I wear it as a badge of honour.”
Mark Latham hates Piers Akerman and Phillip Adams: “Both are political insiders, part of the media elite, living in the affluent inner-Sydney enclave of Paddington. They have little experience of suburban life and suburban values. Both practise a symbolic and abstract style of politics, based on the concentration of power and the preservation of the ruling elite.”
Mark Latham hates Peter Costello: “Peter Costello is a champagne Charlie. The only constant in his political career is the image makeover. He believes in nothing but himself. He is the great Narcissus of Australian politics.”
Mark Latham hates Janet Albrechtsen: “Albrechtsen is another filthy hypocrite. Who is she to lecture people on civility?”
Mark Latham hates Tony Abbott: “I think I now worry Tony more than he worries me, which is how I like it.”
Mark Latham hates me: “Tim Blair, who is always looking down his nose at working class pastimes ...”
Mark Latham hates Craig Reucassel: “Fucking idiot.”
Mark Latham hated Sir Robert Menzies: “Everyone’s got hate in their lives ... it’s just part of life. I hope my little boy hates a Liberal prime minister who sells out our national interests. I grew up in a family that used to hate Bob Menzies.”
In this week’s Bulletin, on sale Wednesday, find out who else Mark Latham hates. It’s quite a list.