On Mon, 12 May 2008 07:43:40 +1000, fasgnadh <fasgnadh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Ted Baillieu hunts for Lib traitors"
> 12/5/2008
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>A FURIOUS Ted Baillieu has vowed to cleanse the
>Victorian Liberal Party"
>
> I thought the voters were doing that for him!
>
>
>
>" of plotters out to get rid of him.
>
> Oh, so it's just a Purge of Liberals who criticise
> Ted as leader.. that could be ANYONE! B^D
>
>"Mr Baillieu said yesterday that "cancerous elements"
>were undermining the party."
>
> Sure, Brenda Nelson Alex Downer and Ted himself spring to mind! B^D
>
> There is a long history of treachery and disunity among the
> Darwinian tory party
>
> Any more cleansing of 'traitors' and 'cancerous elements'
> and there will be NO ONE LEFT!! B^D
>
>"He accused a "deep-seated cell" of working for the ALP in an
Ted's misguided paranoia
>extraordinary day that sent shock waves through the beleaguered
>party."
>
> Naturally the tory rabble blame everyone but themselves.
> If that desperate liar had any EVIDENCE of his slanders we
> would have heard of it by now. B^)
>
> But of course there are many Liberal voters who have given
> up on them and gone across to the ALP, it is hardly any
> surprise if those at the very heart of the organisation,
> frustrated with incompetence and inaction, follow the rest
> of the country and abandon the tory rabble completely.
>
> The simple fact is this: The criticism is coming RIGHT OUT
> OF LIBERAL PARTY HQ! B^D If that's Ted's definition of the
> ALP then he best lie down in a warm bath and open his wrists! B^p
>
>"Two staff members sacked for posting damaging comments on a website
>blog were not acting alone and more heads would roll, he said.
>
>Campaign officers Simon Morgan and John Osborn were fired following a
>secret investigation that found they contributed to the invitation-only
>blog hewhostandsfornothing.blogspot.com"
>
> Sounds like their criticism was directed at Nelson or Costello,
> as much as Ted.. face it, Losers, you have a long tradition
> of standing for nothing! B^D
>
>"The website lampooned Mr Baillieu, dismissing him as lazy and
incompetent."
fasgnadh is someone at the Liebral Party doing your work :)
From today's Age : Liberals' blogs of war, Paul Austin - May 12, 2008
Baillieu hits out at 'traitors'
THE homepage was arresting: "Ted Baillieu must GO," it screamed,
complete with a picture of the Opposition Leader wearing a red nose.
The name of the blogsite was direct: "He who stands for nothing."
What was not clear to readers was that people behind the vitriol were
not Labor Party stirrers but paid employees of Mr Baillieu's party,
who distributed their poison through the computers on their desks at
Liberal HQ in Exhibition Street.
The now infamous blog was no impulsive flight of fancy: it was first
put up late last year and not pulled down until last month, when party
director Julian Sheezel discovered who was responsible and sacked two
of his most trusted staff.
The site did not limit its anonymous spite to Mr Baillieu, whom it
nicknamed Cottee's — "because he's thick and rich" — and who was
described as a "vile communist" and a "vacuous moron". Just about
anyone seen to be associated with the moderate grouping in the party
was fair game, as well as anyone suspected of being sup****tive of Mr
Baillieu.
So former prime minister Malcolm Fraser was condemned as "that epitome
of treachery"; outspoken federal backbencher Petro Georgiou was
dismissed as a "waste of space"; and Victorian senator Judith Troeth
was labelled "stupid" and described as "not one of life's workhorses,
despite having a face like one".
Baillieu backers in the state parliamentary party were in the gun.
So Mr Baillieu's deputy, Louise Asher, was a "dead weight". Former
opposition leader Denis Napthine was a "timid church mouse" and "a
dud". Regarding Mr Baillieu's shadow treasurer, the blog said: "If
anyone sees Kim Wells on the street, please ask him to do his job."
Upper house leader David Davis had "many of the attributes of a dog,
except loyalty".
But the anonymous website was not the only place where staff members
Simon Morgan and John Osborn let their contempt of fellow Liberals
show.
The Age has learnt that the investigation of their activities at party
headquarters has revealed numerous emails in which Mr Morgan and Mr
Osborn disparage MPs and candidates in last year's federal election.
For example, on July 12, Mr Morgan says, in an email copied to Mr
Osborn, that a then Howard government minister, Fran Bailey, is "a
stupid fat *****". "And I actually have to work to save her career,"
he writes. "Madness."
On July 25, Mr Morgan describes state frontbencher Mary Wooldridge as
a "*****".
On January 31 this year, Mr Osborn writes an email to Mr Morgan about
a fund-raising proposal by a state upper house member, Inga Peulich:
"Perhaps it's a bad moon rising … I think Inga is playing the part of
the moon."
On August 14 last year Mr Morgan, in an email to Mr Osborn, described
the federal candidate for Corio, Angelo Kakouros, as a "turd", and on
September 11 labelled him a "C*NT".
On June 19 Mr Morgan told Mr Osborn that their federal candidate for
Melbourne ****ts, Adam Held, was "a low, low dog" and "a sniveling
dyspeptic who is painfully unaware of his limited cerebral capacity".
Mr Osborn replied: "Yeeeeeeeesssssssssss …"
But on the anonymous blog, "Red Ted" Baillieu was Public Enemy No. 1.
The blog's mission statement put the case this way: "Ted Baillieu
stands for nothing and he must go. The Liberal Party can win back
Victoria, but Ted Baillieu is beyond reform. He professes to be a
small-l liberal but wouldn't know the meaning of the word."
Late last year the blog declared: "Ted is dead. Who will cut him
down?"
When news re****ts suggested trans****t spokesman Terry Mulder as a
potential replacement for Mr Baillieu, the blog celebrated. "Mulder
won't have to challenge," it said. "Red Ted will be tapped. Surely the
base self-interest (of Baillieu's team) will prevail in the end and
demand they recognise the plain facts — Ted Baillieu will never go
close to winning office, and it's in their interests to have a leader
who isn't actually opposed to hard work (hope the weather's nice down
in ****tsea, Ted)."
Days later a new posting stated: "The picture of Ted Baillieu is
becoming increasingly like that of Emperor Nero fiddling while Rome
was burning …"
By late January the blog was suggesting Mr Baillieu should "beware the
Ides of March". Soon after, Simon Morgan, the federal campaign manager
in the Victorian headquarters, and John Osborn, in charge of research,
special projects and, ironically, the party's website, were "sprung",
and the "Ted Baillieu must GO" blog was taken down.
....Oh, how sweet this is!!
>
> In today's Liberal party, telling the truth is TREASON! B^D
>
>"Their activities are a disgrace," Mr Baillieu said.
>
> For your clear lack of leader****p and influence, yes Ted!
>
> "They're at odds with everything that the Liberal Party stands for,"
>
> Actually Ted, they are against YOU, and it is a bit much for
> you to claim to be EVERYTHING the party stands for!
> What about the other factions, Costello and Kroeger, Kennett,
> you can't purge all the disunited, fractious rabble!
>
> BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAA
>
>"but I don't believe they acted alone."
>
> Neither do we Ted, we are all sure that there are many in your
> party who share their views about how you stand for nothing.
>
>"(They are) a narrow, but deep-seated cell of people who are
>destroying this party," Mr Baillieu said."
>
> It is a dangerous thing for any leader to equate himself with
> the party, just look at Mugabe, and Howard! B^D
>
>"It is time to clean house."
>
> That could almost have been the voters slogan for the past
> few elections when they tossed you out and kept you out.
>
>"We have some cancerous elements . . . and they are destroying
>the Liberal Party."
>
> Voters have taken care of the main ones, Howard, Costello,
> Downer, Abbott, Andrews.. plenty of time to deal with the
> worthless remnant!
>
>"The Herald Sun believes several other Liberal workers are
>now under investigation after the website was traced back
>to party headquarters."
>
> Who can they trust, they are all suspect.. the Kommisars
> will have to purge deep and long to ensure all the cancer
> is removed!
>
> Et tu Brutus? B^D
>
>"It is believed Mr Morgan and Mr Osborn were exposed when
>a photograph was published on the site that could have
>been obtained only by a Liberal Party staffer."
>
> Exposed doing what? Up each other? Chair sniffing?
>
> Nah, that would be ok in today's tory party!
>
>"Mr Osborn yesterday refused to back away from his criticism
>of Mr Baillieu."
>
> Apparently he believes he's in a democratic party where
> people can have their own opinions about leaders and
> discuss them in private forums, not a Stalinist cult
> of Personality.
>
>"Senior party figures told the Herald Sun the Liberal Party
>was in bad shape."
>
> Liberals, and the electorate, have been saying that for
> decades:
>
> "Menzies always emphasised that the Liberal
> Party was a liberal party.
>
> He specifically rejected conservatism as a force
> within the Liberal Party.
>
> Now, reading those particular Menzies speeches
> today, conservatism seems to be -- well, the whole
> political spectrum has moved to the right."
>
> Ex-Liberal PM, Malcolm Fraser
>
> And of course his experienced judgement is endorsed by the
> Doyen of the Liberal party, Dame Rachel Cleland:
>
> "The only thing which counts is money
> Menzies founded a small-l liberal party.
> All of that has gone.
> They are no longer small-l liberals.
> They are now the right-wing side of politics".
> - Dame Rachel Cleland Australian Story ABC 3/5/99
>
>"It's the worst I have ever seen it for decades," one insider said.
>
>Another said: "It's a complete disaster. Nothing good can come from it."
>
> People have been saying that about the Liberals for decades as well!
>
> BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAA
>
>"Outgoing Liberal Party state director Julian Sheezel said he sacked the
>pair last month when he first became aware of the website.
>
>"It does appear that other Liberal Party members may be involved in
>making contributions to this site," he said.
>
>Mr Sheezel said he was not aware of the blog until April 14, an
>assurance that Mr Baillieu accepted.
>
>Mr Sheezel said other party contributors to the blog would be identified
>and named.
>
>The blog, operational from late last year, made stinging criticism of Mr
>Baillieu and some other Liberal MPs.
>
>Of a shadow cabinet reshuffle, one contributor wrote: "It is about Ted
>Baillieu protecting his mates in what will prove an ultimately fruitless
>attempt to cling on to his job."
>
> Tha's good for the electorate to know.
>
>"Writing about a poll that found Labor sup****t had slipped slightly, but
>was still easily in front, a contributor said: "My God, if Ted Baillieu
>is really running around telling people that this week's Newspoll is
>good news for him, he is even dumber than we'd previously feared."
>
> That would be no surprise, tories are much slower than the general
> public to work out what's going on.
>
>Another entry read: "Ted has had more than a fair go. He is a nice
>enough guy, but it hasn't worked out. Too bad, so sad . . . in the name
>of God, go."
>
>Premier John Brumby yesterday seized on the turmoil.
>
>"You're talking about gross disloyalty, you're talking about a party
>that's completely lacking in policy direction, you're talking about a
>leader that doesn't enjoy the confidence of his party," he said.
>
>Former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett said he did not think the public
>would be interested in the blog.
>
> Fine, then make it public and watch us all 'ignore it' B^D
>
> Jeff is the biggest dill of them all!
>
>"It won't affect their perceptions of the Liberal Party in any way and I
>don't think it will affect the Liberal Party," Mr Kennett said.
>
> Jeff would bet his government on his 'insight' He He He!
>
>
>
>
>fasgnadh wrote:
>>
>>
>> "THE Victorian Liberals are in meltdown after
>> the sacking of two staff for contributing to
>> a website attacking leader Ted Baillieu."
>> - The Herald Sun
>>
>> In WA they are in meltdown over the leader who does
>> unspeakable things to chairs.
>>
>> In Qld they are not just melting, but giving up and
>> joining the Nationals! 8^o
>>
>> In NSW they are such a pointless rabble they can't even
>> function as an opposition providing an acceptable alternative
>> to Iemma!!!
>>
>> "Victoria's federal campaign manager Simon Morgan and
>> campaign officer John Osborn were dismissed on April 14 for
>> contributing to the site hewhostandsfornothing.blogspot.com.
>>
>> Now, the blog is a closed one, you have to be invited to
>> even read it, so they are sacked for simply having views
>> about the leader, not for making them public! 8^o
>>
>> "The site criticised Mr Baillieu's abilities and called for his
>> replacement."
>>
>> Baillieu's ego has a lot to be fragile about! B^D
>>
>> At least here's two Victorians he can force to admire him, OR ELSE!
>>
>> "The party issued a statement yesterday, after it became aware that the
>> Sunday Herald Sun and political commentator and blogger Andrew
>> Landeryou had information on the drastic sackings.
>>
>> Mr Morgan and Mr Osborn's employment was terminated because of "gross
>> misconduct prejudicial to the interests of the party", the party said."
>>
>> That would be like sacking Turnbull because he says, privately,
>> what everyone knows about Nelson being a total loser! B^D
>>
>> Anyhow, one of them caved in and did a Galileo: "please, please,
>> release the thumbscrews.. I agree the Sun goes round the flat Earth,
>> and Baillieu looks good.. especially in his budgie smugglers!"
>>
>> Last night Mr Osborn - who had been running the website from the
party's
>> 104 Exhibition St headquarters - said: "I regret any embarrassment to
>> the Liberal Party."
>>
>> But Mr Osborn did not retreat from the site's attacks on Mr Baillieu,
>> saying he needed to go."
>>
>> Truth IS a defence! B^D
>>
>> State director Julian Sheezel, who announced the sackings, yesterday
>> said he acted immediately after he became aware of the criticism on the
>> website.
>>
>> "Anybody suggesting I had any knowledge of anybody behind the website
or
>> contributing to the website is lying," he said.
>>
>> Like cockroaches scurrying when the light is turned on! B^D
>>
>> Mr Morgan and Mr Osborn had admitted to being "active contributors" to
>> the blog, which sought to undermine Mr Baillieu as well as other state
>> and federal MPs, the statement said.
>>
>> Concerned Liberals said the state party was "at war"
>>
>> and it's losing! B^p
>>
>> Look, we need some opposition's. Preferably one for each state
>> and one federally. As the tories clearly couldn't organise
>> a quickie in a brothel (can't get them off the furniture! ;-)
>> would any of you like to join me in forming HLO, Her Magesty's
>> Loyal Opposition, so we can have a functioning democracy?
>>
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> into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation,
> nor will they train for war anymore." — Isaiah 2:4 & Micah 4:3
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