Mad World

Ever get the feeling you are stuck in a Twilight Zone episode? You wake up and feel the same, but the rest of the world has gone crazy?

I thought surely it was just a bit of Internet silliness that the Liberals own Senator Palpatine, Kevin Andrews was being touted as a possible leader.

Seriously.

At least the other joke candidate, Wilson Tuckey has a dash of crazy uncle charisma and an inventive fighting style.

How can they possibly even consider a man who is most well known for the disastrous case against Mohammad Haneef, where the government intervened in a police case for attempted electoral gain. A guy who was caught lying on his CV, who said we should start basing our immigration intake on religion (more Christians, less Muzzies) and who introduced a very ugly dog-whistle in the final days of the Howard government. Oh and he also had something to do with something called "WorkChoices".

Combined with the people skills and an uncanny physical resemblance to Mr Bean, you just have to wonder what sort of election reaming the coalition would have next year if they let this goon lead the team.

Not that this matters, as we already have our own slightly unhinged, homophobic, Christian conservative called Kevin to worry about, only this guy is the PM.

The government has indicated that they will override the ACT's recent legislation allowing official ceremonies for civil partnerships. Despite gay marriage being supported by the rank and file of that Party that Kevin Rudd happens to lead, by the majority of Australians and that the ACT government has taken their legislation to elections the Ruddster doesn't want gay people to have silly ceremonies in public.

How the sight of two men or two women dressing up and kissing in a public ceremony harms the fabric of society is beyond me. But Kevin seems to have happily taken his orders from unelected leaders of some sort of cult that base their values on the belief that a resurrected Jewish zombie is his own father and that we can receive eternal salvation by metaphorically eating his flesh and drinking his blood every now and then. Makes sense.

I preferred it when they took their orders from unelected union thugs.

Meanwhile a whole bunch of conservatives have supposedly proven global warming is one great conspiracy because of some ethical dubiousness in some ten year old emails. That's a bit like denying the holocaust because of a spelling error in the diary of Anne Frank. But given their previous best argument against AGW was Al Gore's weight, this may be a step up for them.