Bob Brown gone
 

One of the biggest assholes in Canberra has quit:
http://www.news.com.au/national/bob-...-1226325656372

Never saw that coming.

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I wonder what's prompted that. Strange thing to announce mid term like that, and effective immediately?

I am guessing that somebody has got some very bad dirt on him, and he's decided to fall on his sword...


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I reckon he knows that The Greens are going to be wiped out at the next election and is quitting while he is ahead.

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He has the perfect bad guy face. He's probably up for leading role in the next Underbelly. Maybe he's playing himself.

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Always quite like him myself, particularly his innate ability to make liberals seeth with rage. He's probably screwed the long term fortunes of the green party though.

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One of the few competent politicians in Canberra, able to turn limited power to his party's advantage, and with a longer term perspective than most. No wonder you dislike him.

The only two possible drivers for him to leave now would seem to be either being shafted by Julia on the carbon tax (a possible), or a lurid gay sex scandal (shades of Jeremy Thorpe) in the weekend papers. Neither seem particularly likely, so maybe he just can't stand the stench of aussie politics any more?

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I'm wondering what kind of environmental plans are about to start dribbling out of Canberra.

I don't blame Brown for jumping ship.

I wouldn't want to be the green caretaker in a quarry.

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If you like hard-left politicians then he's your man. I think all socialists are parasites, so therefore don't like him. Each to their own.

I ain't going to debate this either so CF=0!

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Holy cow! That's a shock. Good riddance!

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Abbott's gone!? Thank Christ for that ;)

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Whether you agree with his policies or not he has been an effective politician with conviction and passion. Few senators work as hard as him and few politicians have his qualities.

BTW I disagree with a most of his policies but wish there were more politicians with his integrity.

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One of the best newspaper headlines I have ever seen, came at the height of the Jeremy Thorpe and Norman Scott scandal in 1979:

Scott of the Arse Antics

Thanks to the Sun....

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Agreed. Although I also don't agree with all his policies.
I see a place for strong political characters such as Katter, Joyce, Xenothon, Abbott etc. Like a Pendulum, the discussion and resultant reactions tend to settle debate somewhere in the middle. Democracy at work even if it does strain my patience at times.

I do admire him coming out in the 70's when homosexual acts were still illegal in Tasmania. He's 67 and has chosen retirement. Good luck to him. I suspect after a hiatus he will be back in the public eye in other organisations/ boards

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Bob Brown rose to fame by opposing a hydro electric scheme for the Franklin river in Tasmania. The pro's and cons of this is available somewhere but surely a viable option could have been worked out and engineered into complementing the natural beauty of the place? And saving a lot more than a few million tonnes of carbon release p.a. as well??

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Good Luck Bob - thanks for setting up the green party into a viable and permanent force for years to come & all your honesty...no wonder all the mainstream party supporters despise you!