What makes so many Coalition politicians and right wing commentators grimace, snarl and glare when they appear on television? Some look as if they have prickly pear , a sprig of Paterson's Curse , even a deadly Blue-ringed Octopus in their unmentionables . This applies particularly to those from Queensland, one bellowing fellow , a Sky regular , pulls more facial contortions than the circus performer with a thousand rubber faces .
Mind you, he does have strong competition from another babbling Bananalander who gets much media coverage , like so many others, simply because he can be guaranteed to perform some kind of twitching act for the camera or make oddball and extreme statements .
There could be an answer to the opening question in this post in the actions of feisty Kezia Purick, Independent Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Darwin .
In a memorable moment , she threatened to castrate Coalition Minister Kevin Andrews,MHR for Menzies if he returned to the Top End and repeated derogatory remarks about people in de facto relationships . Andrews , who has remarkable black hair , said de facto couples have less stable relationships than married people .
Ms. Purick , capable of dealing with large snakes which invade her rural property , responded furiously on Facebook : " Listen here you pooncey, pasty faced person from some pissant place that no one cares about , half of my electorate are probably in de facto relationships and they are happy, normal living people who do their very best for their families and their communities ."
She told him to go away ,and if he ever came to the rural area and tried tell people how to live , there were "three words for you, green rubber ring . " This was a reference to a way of removing testicles from animals .
One of Kevin's locks reportedly turned white on reading this painful threat , his voice also rose an octave .
Just recently, Kezia invoked the threat of castration on another Coalition Federal MP , Matt Canavan , Minister for Northern Australia . A politician who knows much about the subject of castration, former Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce, said his buddy, Matt Canavan ,then under the threat of having his political career cut short because of the citizenship stuff up which suggested he could be declared an Italian , possibly related to the Barber of Seville ,was the brightest pollie in the entire Canberra top paddock .
Kezie came out slashing after Labor MLA Kate Worden criticised Senator Canavan, of Rockhampton , for comments he made during an ABC Darwin interview on euthanasia reform. ( Way back the Northern Territory passed a euthanasia bill but it was rejected by Canberra and it has been a bone of contention ever since .)
Kezia advised Worden, obviously not from a rural background , there were three words to say to Canavan over his euthanasia comments ,"green rubber ring. "Worden did not understand the meaning of this advice.
The penny and testicles having dropped,giggling Ms. Worden responded thus : " Kezia, you are a crack up ! My mind was on politics , not animal husbandry."
