Blogger’s Ranting And Rambling Comes Back To Bite Their Political Career
Victorian blogger Hamish Jones made the news this morning after he was forced to stand down as the Liberal candidate for Maribyrnong following the revelation he’d said some rather unflattering things about Labor’s Lynne Kosky on his now-deleted blog Ranting And Rambling.
A Liberal candidate for this year’s federal election has been forced to stand down after describing Victorian Transport Minister Lynne Kosky as a “bitch” and “f—wit” on his blog. Hamish Jones, 24, was the Liberal candidate for the safe Labor seat of Maribyrnong, where he was pitted against ALP heavyweight Bill Shorten.
But Mr Jones quit after it emerged that he had abused Ms Kosky in his blog, Ranting and Rambling, in April. He was responding to an email Ms Kosky had sent to her state colleagues, saying that they should not refer their constituents’ complaints about public transport to her. Instead, she advised them to go directly to the private operators of the public transport system or the ombudsman.
When the blog remarks were brought to the attention of state Liberal director Julian Sheezel, he immediately told Mr Jones such comments were unacceptable, leaving him no option but to quit. The blog last night appeared to have been taken down.
Mr Sheezel told The Age last night: “Hamish Jones had a blog which contained inappropriate and unacceptable material. His candidacy was untenable.”
If using the term “fuckwit” in an idiotic online rant against someone with a different political ideology makes ones candidacy in an election “untenable”, then our future political career is fucking cunted.
Well, unless we join the Labor Party.
(Here’s Google’s cache of Ranting And Rambling which contains the controversial post in question – scroll down to April 12th)
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Comments
I wouldn’t say your political career is completely cunted… You probably still stand a chance with those bastard Democrats – they love foul mouthed drunks!
:)
For a web site that is claiming some degree of integrity the above comment is without basis from a person who has nothing better to do than pander to the journalistic needs of some.
Hamish may have made an error of judgment and may or may not have made a comment that was not in keeping with the published thoughts of others. Whatever your beliefs this is Australia where we are willing to give others a “fair go”, so at this point in time how about giving a young Australian just that that, a fair go. He is a fine sensitive young man who made and error. I work beside Hamish on a daily basis and I am proud to say he is a “good honest bloke” whom many are lucky to call him their friend. To those that criticise I say get a life move on and take a look in the mirror, have you never regretted your words?
DA: We claimed to have some degree of integrity?
Pity he had to resort to dubious phraseology because otherwise he was spot on. Kosky is a walking disaster and, as Minister for the Arts, showing a high level of arrogance towards the constituency she claims to represent
“He is a fine sensitive young man”
Funny. I thought he was a young Liberal.
He was spot-on about Kosky, though. She’s the one who should be sacked… and then fired out of a cannon.
Whatever your beliefs this is Australia where we are willing to give others a “fair go”, so at this point in time how about giving a young Australian just that that, a fair go. He is a fine sensitive young man who made and error. I work beside Hamish on a daily basis and I am proud to say he is a “good honest bloke” whom many are lucky to call him their friend. To those that criticise I say get a life move on and take a look in the mirror, have you never regretted your words?
Haha! Yes, as a matter of fact, because I’ve got a blog post in the works about this guy, I’ve checked out the rest of his web presence, including his PR site where he prezooms to lecture the rest of us on written communication – replete with wandring apostrophe’s ! Comedy gold!
There’s no need for Jess to denigrate this guy Elizabeth, he does it so well for himself.
She is a fuckwit