No, No - Nova!

This Gillard woman doesn’t know how to stop making an idiot of herself.  By riding roughshod not only over experienced NT Senator Trish Crossin but Labor Party preselection processes with a No. 1 ticket Senate endorsement of a person who is not even a member of the Labor Party yet, we could be seeing another own goal from our accidental Prime Minister.

I am reminded of last year’s Australia Day Race Riot that emanated from this Prime Minister’s very office; the gameplan being to humiliate Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott.  It backfired in such a spectacular fashion no political tragic will forget it in a hurry.   The PM’s “captain’s pick” announcement of an aboriginal; a female and a sports star to boot simply illustrates the desperation of the woman.  She thinks this appointment will be hailed by all NT aboriginals.  Well, get ready for the carpet-bombing that’s bound to occur!  It’s nothing more than a cynical attempt by Labor to grab votes in the same manner the NT Country Liberal Party who worked the remote aboriginal vote to attain office at last year’s general election..

Obviously, I don’t know Nova Peris personally and she may be quite capable performing the role of Senator, if elected.  However, this cynical anointing of Peris smacks of reverse racism and as Andrew Bolt points out, may be a nice little breach of the Racial Discrimination Act and wouldn’t it be hilarious if Senator Crossin exercises her right to have her case heard in a court of law under that bit of legislation.

Nova Peris is a politically untried sportswoman just as Peter Garrett was an untried musician and look how well that turned out.  I find celebrity candidate selections – on both sides of Politics – distasteful.  I believe candidates should be selected on merit – not by the size of the fanclub.

Read the ABC’s take here.