I missed a lot of his speech.

About 30 years into his speech, old age caught up with me and I passed away peacefully.

I am writing to you from the heavens above, many years into the future. . . Oh dear, my word, the NBN costed a lot more then Labor claimed and it’s not even half way finished!

Dear AP,

I loved his speech - he took the time
to fully explain how and why they made
the decisions that they did. And I
was inspired by his enthusiasm and
passion in the belief of parliamentary
reform, of politicians putting aside
Party politics, and working together
towards the good of the nation. If only...

Sadly, the comments from the Coalition
ranks since that historic day have dashed all
those hopes for me - and it looks like
the Coalition has not gotten the message
the voters have tried to send them in this
last election.

It will be back to Party
politics for those neanderthals, and attack,
and adversity - same old, same old ... tactics
and weasel words as before. The Independents
will need all their self-control not to give in
to these divisive tactics. And I'm sure that
it won't be long before voters realize that
the Coalittion should be permanently barred from
holding any positions of influence in our
parliament - they're an obstruction, and don't
deserve to warm any seats.

The pearler for me is when he tried to justify how even the electorate was when it came to Gillard or Abbott. The fool actually said in a jocular fashion "even my kids who are 4 and 6 are split on who they like. For god’s sake this line and the rest had me wishing that someone would step from the crowd and smite him before more drivel comes out. Disgusting, schoolboy smugness and limelight seeking. The generation of pollies we have are directionless clowns, but perhaps that is a direct reflection of the society they govern.

Belly:>> These two and like it or not Katter count Labor voters in their votes and no seat none in this country has near that figure of conservatives.<<

Belly the most salient thing that Bob Katter said was "if Kevin Rudd was in place I would go with Labor". I believe this displays the integrity of the man, and I disagree that the other two are class acts. Perhaps they were before the sudden burst of power gave them new perspective, but not now.

Unnecessary ramble. He waffled on about stuff no had the time to listen to. The vast majority of the population were at work or with the media there were tv commitments etc etc etc. Not the time for it.

Maybe he could've written it down and Graham could've posted it.

There was never going to be another election. Could anyone ACTUALLY imagine these independents risking their shot at parliament?. As if.

I was listening via radio so the smugness you speak off was not apparent humility of mentioning his family division did. I would much rather hear a politician's lengthy speech on why he/she made a decision than let it filter through a biased media first. Lucky we don't live in ancient Greece or Venezuela where we might even have to listen to great men talk for longer than an eternal 30 minutes! The ability to speak without Que cards or notes is at least one box ticked in my criteria for a thinking man/woman. Waffling on? Crikey! so what did you think of John Howard or Abbot! Personally i find Gillard excruciating to listen to as well but luckily the cheapest tertiary education will inform one of how our system works and it's comforting to know there are some people now in the Labor alliance that have a proven track record on sincerely wanting to make this country better for everyone (conservatives, progressives, radicals and greenies). it just sickens me that there is such vitriol spat at bob brown and the Greens. Take a good look at your children, your family and maybe even someone outside of your 6ft fence and contemplate where we are in history and what are the most pressing issues.