As the Coalition increasingly vents its spleen on anything and everyone in sight- slapping each other in public , yelling and plotting against colleagues behind closed doors- its right wing media footsoldiers have turned their prolix pens on Kerry O’Brien , presenter of the admirable ABC’s 7.30 Report . In a recent piece outlining the sins of O’Brien, Christopher Pearson ,in the Weekend Australian , delighted in quoting his fellow seminarians , Andrew Bolt and Gerard Henderson, with Pearson forming a trio of gimlet- eyed extras who would willingly participate in a real Life of Brian stoning.
It seems that after covering the handing down of the budget , O’Brien , in hallowed ground, the Holy Grail , a classy Canberra boozer and eatery , shouted a round of tequilas for a group of people who included some Liberal staffers. The right wing scribes said O’Brien dared express honest, personal opinions about a number of politicians … Costello lazy, should go, a sponge, etc; Swan, a lightweight, the budget “soft” ; Turnbull, the best chance the Libs have as a leader . This last statement saying Turnbull is the only hope for the Libs is dynamite - for plotters within the Coalition who grit their teeth and kick the cat each time anything nice is said about Malcolm.
Chubby Christopher Pearson said the ABC refused to comment when he, Bolt and Henderson demanded an explanation about O’Brien’s utterances that fateful budget night when morsels of loaves and fishes were washed down with Mexican kickapoo juice. There was even a suggestion that O'Brien should be sacked because of comments he made re the grimacing , back of beyond Costello .
Chubby Christopher Pearson said the ABC refused to comment when he, Bolt and Henderson demanded an explanation about O’Brien’s utterances that fateful budget night when morsels of loaves and fishes were washed down with Mexican kickapoo juice. There was even a suggestion that O'Brien should be sacked because of comments he made re the grimacing , back of beyond Costello .
Like a good head prefect, Pearson alerted the nation to the fact that O’Brien is known as “Red Kezza” (he has red hair ) and his politics are thought to match . Furthermore, Mr P said O’Brien had been Gough Whitlam’s press secretary. Gasp! ( This is true , folks, as the writer of this item is a contemporary of O’Brien’s and had dealings with him and the great man Gough Whitlam in Darwin.) What Pearson failed to say is that he (Christopher ) had been a Howard handmaiden , writing speeches, etc.etc., etc, receiving plum posts as a result , a job as a museum taxidermist, for example.
It should be known that the same Christian Christopher Pearson was once deeply involved with the ungodly Australian Labor Party . In Adelaide he was on the editorial committee of the ALP journal Labour Forum which used to stick it up the Coalition. Surely not ! Yes, his name was up there on the editorial board with ALP leading lights such as Neal Blewett, Nick Bolkus, John Dawkins, Gareth Evans Grahame Maguire and journalist Bruce Muirden , the latter a former editor of Darwin's Northern Standard and the South Australian ALP newspaper and press secretary to a brace of Labor premiers .
The thankful South Australian Labor Government showered money upon Pearson ,assisting him in various publishing ventures . As a result , he swanned about Adelaide fleshpots , basking in the adoration . Then , somehow, he had a religious conversion , became bi-political and ambidextrous , turning his hand to spreading the gospel of Prime Minister Howard.
Running through Pearson’s columns is a regular thread of religiosity in which he has mentioned his ill health , indicatiing that he may soon meet his maker . Little Darwin has an Aussie suggestion for God when he sees fit to call Christopher home . In a long gone Australian magazine , Man , there used to be an hilarious centrespread cartoon called Hellzapoppin in which a sanctimonious scribe entered details of the mad event which caused the demise of the latest sinner to enter the fire and brimstone filled underworld . Christopher, with Little Johnnie’s backing and influence , would be a perfect chronicler in such a satanic sulphurous surrounding.
PS: God , even though he is an atheist , please let sickly Phillip Adams of Late Night Live run amok for ever and a day as he annoys the daylights out of the real forces of darkness in this nation . Besides, the three amigos -Bolt, Henderson and Pearson - don't send him Chrissy cards, which I am sure you will agree is an un-Christian attitude.
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