2005 Archives You'll see in the archives section above that 2005 is missing. That's some glitch that will hopefully rectify itself eventually. But in the meantime if you want to find my posts from this period they are below:
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Even though I can't stand lefties generally and think that the Labor Party is crawling with some of the most deluded and malicious people I've ever met, I do feel a little bit sorry for Lacker Latham.
He is being self-indulgent about this media obsession with his past. To call a press conference to say "leave me alone" is pretty ironic. It's like the behaviour of movie stars. They are forever courting the press, yelling to the paparazzi, "Hey, I'm over here!" Then when they feel the need for privacy they complain they're being hounded!
That said, it's starting to get nasty. (And I'm not talking about the stuff about him biffing that oldster. Of course that is relevant to his capacity to lead and be statesmanlike. What if he becomes PM, then cracks under pressure in a meeting with Dubya, and floors the bloke? Yikes!) No, the really ugly stuff is between him and Gabrielle Gwyther. When a relationship breaks down it's truly devastating stuff for both parties - and anyone else who happens to be around at the time. And to have that rehashed publicly must be a nightmare.
It's all starting to look similar to what happened to Clinton. Sure, he could have nipped it all in the bud simply by doing an Arnie and 'fessing up. So he deserved to cop a load. But the way it went on and on was excessive.
As Larry Flynt - who should know - said at the time: "Everybody lies about sex." And they lie even more absurdly about love - usually to themselves.
And that's what we're seeing with Lacker and his ex. No one will ever know the complete truth on this one - least of all the two protagonists.
It sounds like he might have done some pretty callous things. But it would be naive in the extreme to assume that Ms Gwyther was completely blameless. She's clearly been in a vengeful mood for quite some time and has done a great deal of damage to him already. And it sounds like she's far from satisfied. So, if she's capable of that now, why assume she never was in the past?
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post date: 07.07.04 (6:48 pm)