Greens look for bridge over troubled Waters as party loses second senator in a week

Outgoing Greens senator Larissa Waters on Twitter, July 10:

I was born in Canada, no one tells me to go back to where I came from. Funny that.

Not so funny now. The Australian online, yesterday:

Queensland senator Larissa Waters announcing her resignation as a result of holding dual citizenship ...

It’s been less than a week. The Australian online, Friday:

Senator (Scott) Ludlam said earlier today his dual citizenship was brought to his attention last week and it was something he should have checked when he first nominated for preselection in 2006.

A teary Waters apologises to the media in Brisbane, yesterday:

I apologise wholeheartedly ...

Kermit, sing us that song. Sesame Street, 1970:

It’s not that easy being green ...

Kermit the Frog’s actually having a really hard time at the moment ... The New York Times, Monday:

The long-time voice of Kermit the Frog squared off against executives at Disney on Monday over the company’s decision to fire him ...

Maybe Kermit and Waters can share an eco-friendly tissue box. The ex-senator in Brisbane, yesterday:

I have lived my life thinking that, as a baby, I was naturalised to be Aus­tralian ...

Talking of Muppets, Brisbane City Council’s Greens councillor Jonathan Sri kind of hijacked Waters’ presser ... Sri in Brisbane, yesterday:

I think we’re all really proud Larissa has stood to represent us ... For me personally, that really sucks that we’re losing that.

Sri’s performance got a passionate response from Sky News host Samantha Maiden on Twitter, yesterday:
Who is this goose? It’s NOT ABOUT YOU BUDDY.

The Australian’s Janet Albrechtsen on Twitter, yesterday:

Go @samanthamaiden! Zip it Mr Rainbow scarf.

At least Sri didn’t rap. The Greens councillor’s hip-hop group, Rivermouth, September 4, 2014:

Dear Queensland / Your Sat Nav’s out of date / You’ve taken the wrong road / Now you’re turning into a police state.

Sri’s rapping sounds very, very familiar. One of Rik Mayall’s poems in The Young Ones, November 30, 1982:

Pollution, all around / Sometimes up, sometimes down / But always around / Pollution, are you coming to my town? / Or am I coming to yours?

Last week, Scott Ludlam was mocked for an old comment about ex-senator Bob Day. The Greens ex-senator on Twitter, April 5:

Turns out Bob Day never even existed as a senator. How perfectly appropriate.

Well, unlike Ludlam, Day was eligible to run in at least one election. The Advertiser, April 5:

The court ruled that Mr Day’s links to the company that owned his Senate electorate office breached conflict of interest provisions under the Constitution.

Day didn’t have an electorate office when he was elected in 2013 ... Ludlam had dual citizenship every time he ran ... The Australian online, yesterday:

Senator Ludlam was elected to federal parliament in 2007 ...