“Nancy did her best to remove the President. She lost. She should do the decent thing and resign. But, to do that would demonstrate integrity, so it’s unlikely to happen.”
William wondered:
“How this woman remains in position is beyond words, argue the message not the messenger, that’s the trouble these days, a lot of the left can’t debate an issue, they just attack the person. Reprehensible.”
Charles concurred:
“What a piece of work she is digging a hole for the Democrats at the next election. Good to see.”
Miles mused:
“It’s not a pretty sight when bullies and liars spit the dummy because they have not their got their own way. It takes a certain type person to stand up to their nonsense. Trump is that sort of person.
“In the not to distant future Trump will be recognised for keeping his promise to make America great again. The impeachment trial will forever be a stain on Pelosi and the Democrats for what it was trying to overturn a legitimately elected President.”
Crackers, said Graeme:
“May I suggest that the tearing up of Donald Trump speech says more about Pelosi than it does about Donald Trump.”
Martin mentioned:
“What I saw was the Vice President Mike Pence, standing next to Nancy Pelosi and actually applauding her actions, never once did he try to remonstrate with her. Such is the weird room of US politics.”
Greg grumbled:
“The Liar-in-Chief with his Cheshire cat grin. I guess if that makes him a winner in the eyes of his ignorant supporters it probably says more about them than him. And that’s saying something.”
DonR reasoned:
“Maybe if the Democrats fixated more on policy than their obsession with impeachment they’d be in a much better position for the election later this year. They had better steel themselves a loss because they’re going down and they’re going to go down badly.”
Rufus the Redneck reckoned:
“Surely there must be some sensible people in the Democrat party who say enough is enough with old Nance. This is embarrassing for them. She is bringing them all down in the eyes of the American people, possibly never to recover. Voters lost forever.”
Erasmus argued:
“The truth? Pelosi never wanted to go forward with the impeachment but her hand was forced by the increasingly influential far left radicals in her party room. And seeing the whole thing blow up in the face of the Democrats, and knowing she would be left with the blame, has been too much for her.
“The frustration at the constant failures to lay a glove on Trump and the idiocy of those like AOC pushing crazy policies has left her close to the edge — perhaps going over it. For her own mental health she should not contest the next election and retire to a quiet life with her grandkids. Jesus wept, she’s the best part of 80! And now all she will be remembered for is this final act of childish pettiness.”
By George:
“This post shared from a post on Foxnews:
Joe Biden was in congress or VP for 44 years
Steny Hoyer has been in congress 39 years
Chuck Schumer has been in congress for 38 years
Nancy Pelosi has been in congress for 32 years
Bernie Sanders has been in congress for 29 years
Maxine Waters has been in congress for 28 years
Jerry Nadler has been in congress for 28 years
Adam Schiff has been in congress for 19 years
Donald Trump has been in office for 37 months and the 8 people above say everything wrong with the country is his fault?”
Peter’s position:
“It’s not about you, Nancy. You will be a footnote in the history of a two-term reforming President. Your staged, petulant actions will rank with Hillary’s “deplorables” comment when the campaign is analysed. How someone with such a tin ear for public opinion ever reached your position is baffling, but it is typical of the Left’s addiction to style over substance in recent years.”
John jabbed:
“Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler. Infamous and foul. Trump may be a lot of things but the regimented desperate investigations have proven nothing and have generally ignored the Obama administration’s sticky fingers all over it. Obama inserted his minions deep into the DOJ and government in general.”
Cross words from Six Across:
“Anyone with a pulse knows that Trump’s ‘vindication’ was a partisan political exercise with just a fleeting acquaintance with the truth and justice. US democracy was on trial, it failed miserably.”
John jested:
“Pelosi may be a hero to the likes of hardcore Democrats — and Jane Caro — but she has probably assured Trump four more years in office with her truculent behaviour (see what I did there Jane).”
Gesture politics, said Victor:
“Pelosi extended her hand as an arrogant gesture, she never expected him to take it.”
Judith joined in:
“Her hand was extended to an already turning back. A totally insincere gesture.”
Not so much Mark:
“I think (she) shows him the contempt he richly deserves. It’s the people who genuinely cannot see through Trump that are the worry. It’s astonishing that so shallow a human being can fool so many.”
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As the rich-world nation whose living standards have benefited the most from China’s 21st-century boom, Australia is about to discover the meaning of interdependence on China as coronavirus bites, wrote Paul Kelly. PSD was mad as hell and didn’t want to take it anymore:
“We know what’s happening to the Uighurs. We know what’s happening in Hong Kong. We know what happened to Tibet. We know about the surveillance state they’re building. We know what happens to booksellers and artists and others who say the ‘wrong’ thing. We know about the mercantilism, the IP theft, the manipulation of political system and our academy. We know about the rampant corruption. We know they’ll build this year more coal-fired generators than we’ve ever had. We know about the spying, the organ harvesting, the debt trap diplomacy and all the rest.
“We know that our elite have created a world where we’re so dependent on them that we’re willing to turn a blind eye to all of it because it’s making us rich.
The elite don’t care, pretend they don’t know or play the what-about and cultural-relativism games and continue to tear our society down with endless self-flagellation and cultural self-loathing.
Look in the mirror. Stop with the bullying. Stand up for us. We’re waking up.”
From John:
“Indeed, PSD. It may take a global pandemic, to drag our democracy from decades of complacent acceptance of the world’s most dangerous autocratic regime.”
Steve said:
“Your comments, though largely true don’t acknowledge the population density of China and the difficulty that would be for any governance to manage. In the west we have all the comforts and conveniences as a result of coal burning, which we seem to deny to others. The shear density of China’s population (1.386 billion) compared to Australia (24.6 million) is staggering. Most Chinese would like to share in the convince of our way of life, albeit, the ways of achieving this for some is questionable. I think we need to take that into account when criticising the ‘negatives’ of the Chinese wanting what we already enjoy.”
Themistocles fumed:
“The CCP has shown absolutely no appetite to reform in any shape or form. The west has naively enriched, empowered and emboldened a ruthless Orwellian fascist state apparatus.
Under the dictator for life Xi Jinping, China represents a greater existential threat to liberal democratic values throughout the world than the USSR ever did.”
Simon said:
“Australia is a lazy country. We have grown fat on our abundance of natural resources, we rely on immigration, an average tourism product and on our much maligned university sector. Instead of investing in building new technology — which we are quite capable of producing — we buy and sell property to each other and we build sports fields in marginal electorates. “Over regulated, over governed and over fed. Waste is everywhere. In contrast, take a look at what you can achieve with 5 million people in 719 square Kms — Singapore. And by the way, the Singapore dollar is worth more than the Aussie now.”
Lee lashed out:
“We should decouple residency from tertiary education and see how many Chinese or Indian students actually come here to ‘study’. I don’t think the government would be game to try as we know the impact to the economy. I would be interested in knowing that despite their G8 education, how many Chinese students end up actually working in their chosen field.”
May moaned:
“Lee you are absolutely correct that many overseas students study here because of the prospect of getting permanent residency, in particular those from China and India, it is not racist but a fact. I know, because I work for an immigration lawyer.”
Praise from Christopher:
“Finally … an excellent article commenting both on the inability of China to manage this crisis because of its authoritarian approach, and our dependence on China, both of which are having extreme detrimental effects on our economy. I do hope that we learn this lesson and stop depending on China as much as we have.”
PatrickJD said:
“Many of us don’t want a communist dictatorship and we don’t want the corona or any other kind of virus imported into this country. It’s as simple as that. It is not bigoted, racist, xenophobic, or any other kind of fear that will be thrown at us. It’s just common sense. Apart from flaws in selection of immigrants and too easily given citizenship, Howard, Abbott, Morrison, Dutton and Hunt have done well, and now Payne also, to control our borders from external threats. As others here observe, sadly ‘the money’ in many cases ‘is for residency, not education’.”
David H ho-hummed:
“Don’t panic, this too shall pass. And in 12 months time there will be something else to jump up and down about. ‘They’ said it wasn’t going to rain until after April and the bushfires are apparently caused by CO2, now there is apparently 500 ml of rain coming down from the tropics to Queensland and NSW and possibly VIC. When you have been around long enough and your memory is half reasonable, you will have heard it all before.”
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Short of talent and unbalanced: That was Dennis Shanahan’s verdict on the latest Morrison-McCormack ministry after the Nats decided not to re-Joyce. WA John wasn’t worried:
“It almost doesn’t matter how politically inept the Morrison government is. Even if they get voted out at the next election, they will always have the significant and important legacy of ensuring that Shorten didn’t get the keys to the lodge and that the ALP will no longer be able to go to elections with big spending, high taxing, class warfare policies.”
Donjoy did Dave:
“DavetheDeplorable said in his comment about 4 hours ago: ‘Morrison wants to be seen as strong and sensible’. That is why he is happy to have McCormack as the Nats leader. If there was a strong willed leader of the National Party with the stature of a Joyce, a Canavan or a Pitt he would be shown up for what he actually is, i.e. Labor/Turnbull lite.”
A lesson from Laurence:
“Keep your powder dry Barnaby, but important to pull together with the leader.”
Geoffrey growled:
“The Nationals are a rabble led by a man who could pass unnoticed in an empty room. The Coalition is a failure and, whilst it would doubtless result in at least two terms of opposition, must come to an end. The Liberals need to go it alone and not have to drag the deadwood of the erstwhile Country Party along.”
Gary said:
“Canavan can thank Barnaby’s ego for his predicament. There was only one position to be filled, Bridget McKenzie’s until Barnaby decided he should be leader, only seven months after the election and McCormack’s reappointment as leader. I thought Canavan was a team player, obviously not and pretty gullible to be roped in by Barnaby.”
Janis joined in:
“Canavan has a lot to learn, to resign and go with the self-interested disloyal bully Barnaby Joyce was utter foolishness. He could have been Deputy National Leader today not on the back bench with sooky Barnaby. Great career move to go with old hat Barnaby past his use-by date. As silly as wanting Turnbull to be Liberal leader again.”
Dills, said Bill:
“I am very disappointed in McCormack. What he has accomplished in not including Joyce and Canavan in cabinet roles is placing his interest before what is best for the country, re-endorses the belief that politicians act more in self interest than what may be better for our country, and lastly, but not least, enhances the chances of further unrest.”
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