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2:38PM Jess McGuire | Oh, I am so glad there’s a newspaper out there happy to publish the fabulous opinions of Mr Peter Costello! I love getting hits from his smug-bong. I think I must like punishing myself, like the albino dude in that Michael Moore documentary about the Catholic church called The Da Vinci Code. More »
Peter Costello Thinks The ABC Is Full Of Filthy Lefties
2:38PM Jess McGuire | Oh, I am so glad there’s a newspaper out there happy to publish the fabulous opinions of Mr Peter Costello! I love getting hits from his smug-bong. I think I must like punishing myself, like the albino dude in that Michael Moore documentary about the Catholic church called The Da Vinci Code. More » 
Flotsam & Jetsam
3:10PM Jess McGuire | Via today’s Crikey newsletter, which says:
There’s a moment in Proust when he relates the experience of discovering through a sudden, illuminating fragment of conversation, that the person with whom you’re talking, someone you’d assumed was perfectly civilized, intelligent and rational, is in fact quite and utterly, mad.
Peter Costello produced just such a moment of revelation in his address to the Catch the Fire prayer rally in Melbourne on Monday. Delivered by video, the man who for so long craved the Australian Prime Ministership, declares his firm belief that the Bible and the Ten Commandments form the foundation of Australian society and its property laws, and that any movement away from those “God-given commandments” will lead to a breakdown of social order. “As we look back over hundreds of years of Australian history, we can still see the benefits of God to us in this country,” says Costello, presumably surprising indigenous Australians, whose ancestors were here a damn sight longer.
Declaring one’s Christian faith is one thing. Arguing that only the maintenance of Christianity preserves order, directly implying that those of other faiths, or its complete atheistic absence, are a threat to that order, is an extraordinary statement from a major political figure in an allegedly secular state.
John Howard blocked Peter Costello from the Prime Ministership as long as he could, preferring even to take his party to defeat rather than let him run it. Based on this bizarre rant, it looks like Howard’s judgement was absolutely right.
Right on, Crikey! You go, girl!
Watch the video after the jump. More »
Peter Costello’s Special Australia Day Message
3:10PM Jess McGuire | Via today’s Crikey newsletter, which says:
There’s a moment in Proust when he relates the experience of discovering through a sudden, illuminating fragment of conversation, that the person with whom you’re talking, someone you’d assumed was perfectly civilized, intelligent and rational, is in fact quite and utterly, mad.
Peter Costello produced just such a moment of revelation in his address to the Catch the Fire prayer rally in Melbourne on Monday. Delivered by video, the man who for so long craved the Australian Prime Ministership, declares his firm belief that the Bible and the Ten Commandments form the foundation of Australian society and its property laws, and that any movement away from those “God-given commandments” will lead to a breakdown of social order. “As we look back over hundreds of years of Australian history, we can still see the benefits of God to us in this country,” says Costello, presumably surprising indigenous Australians, whose ancestors were here a damn sight longer.
Declaring one’s Christian faith is one thing. Arguing that only the maintenance of Christianity preserves order, directly implying that those of other faiths, or its complete atheistic absence, are a threat to that order, is an extraordinary statement from a major political figure in an allegedly secular state.
John Howard blocked Peter Costello from the Prime Ministership as long as he could, preferring even to take his party to defeat rather than let him run it. Based on this bizarre rant, it looks like Howard’s judgement was absolutely right.
Right on, Crikey! You go, girl!
Watch the video after the jump. More »
Choice Excerpts From Peter Costello’s Memoirs
2:08PM Jess McGuire | I haven’t had a chance to glance at Peter Costello’s giant sookfest, but I’ve just read a few lovely excerpts thanks to my friend Jessica who had an hour and a half spare whilst waiting for a late plane this morning and scribbled down the best bits.
Are you ready?
On what can loosely be described as his sense of humour:“In my later years as Treasurer, YouTube was also emerging as a powerful medium. Bloggers pick up parliamentary broadcasts carried on television and post them on YouTube. Some of my attempts at humour can be viewed there.” p76
More after the jump. More » Peter Costello Accuses Janette Howard Of Political Cockblocking
3:23PM Jess McGuire | Peter Costello is apparently claiming in his forthcoming book that he would have won the 2007 election for the Coalition if he’d been allowed to take over leadership, but that evil old harpy Janette Howard refused to let it happen because she wanted to personally serve George W. Bush sandwiches at Kirribilli. Or something.
Mr Costello calls the former prime minister’s wife a “consensus of one” and claims she was more powerful than federal cabinet in the lead-up to last year’s election, the Nine Network reported.
Mr Costello says Mrs Howard did not want anyone else occupying Kirribilli House when US President George W Bush visited Australia for the APEC summit in Sydney last September, the report said.
Good god, Peter. You really are a pathetic individual, aren’t you? You had your chance and you wimped out, buddy. And now, like someone who lost an argument but then later regales friends with tales of the things you would have said and done had you not run off crying like a big girl, you won’t stop jabbering on about how things might have been different.
You coulda had class. You coulda been a contender. You coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what you are, let’s face it.
Anyway, it’s the quotes regarding Peter’s memoirs from politicians on both sides of the political fence which interest me and are rather telling. More » 
Costello Takes The Idea Of The ‘Wet Liberal’ To Sooky New Heights
3:22PM Jess McGuire | Australia, meet the man who could end up your next Prime Minister. Peter Costello, grab a tissue and come on down!
Prime ministerial heir designate Peter Costello has admitted he cries. Not over leadership squabbles, but over the Australian Idol show on television.
Uh-huh.
When asked if he ever cried, the treasurer divulged that his family loved to watch Australian Idol and the show sometimes moved him to tears.
“Yeah I do actually,” Mr Costello said about his tendency to blub. I get moved by movies from time to time. I get moved by talent shows, you know, things like Australian Idol. (I cry) sometimes when the singers get put down and cry.
So pretty much every episode then, Peter?
Moments In Australian Idol History Which Probably Left Peter Costello Sobbing Like A Baby And Crying Out For His Mummy.
- Dicko telling Paulini to wear more appropriate clothing or shed some pounds (Series One).- Marcia directing any comment toward Chanel at pretty much any point that year (Series Two).- Daniel Belle’s version of Rock DJ and the ensuing verbal fisticuffs (Series Two)- Ricki-Lee’s bollocking after she gave The Beatles a “Beyonce vibe” (Series Two)- Mark Holden’s admonishing of Lee Harding for singing songs he is too fucking thick to comprehend the meaning of (Series Three)- Kate DeAraugo and Kyle Sandilands’ comments RE: TUCKSHOP LADY ARMS (Series Three)- Etc
We do not know why it is sexy and endearing when Prince Frederik bursts into tears at the drop of a hat over in Denmark and yet Peter Costello’s wail-fest makes us feel like giving him a punch in the cock, but that’s just the way it is.
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO HERE. More » 