Dear Luciferase,

You ask, "Did Rudd, Howard, or any previous PM ever
have to deal with this?"

The only former PM that I recall my parents talking about
was Sir William McMahon and the baseless rumours about his
sexuality. Still Howard Sattler's extraordinary and
inappropriate ambush of the PM was nothing new for this
controversial radio shock-jock. He apparently courted
controversy. In 1990 he cmae out with the statement,
"Good riddance to bad rubbish," in relation to 3 Aboriginal
children who died when the stolen car they were driving
crashed while being pursued by police.

This ambush of the PM follows days of political controversy.
The lewd menu prepared in association with an LNP fundraiser
in Brisbane contained explicit references to the PM's body,
including her breasts and the "big red box."

It is precisely that sort of ruthless exploitation that
has now become a defining feature of our current
political culture that is turning so many off in disgust.

"Good riddance to bad rubbish,"
Lexi,
Oh yeah, that's a lot worse than "who cares, she's only white trash ".

Yes indeed Lexi, it's a dog eat dog world on the political arena alright.

While I agree that Sattler should have been punished severely for the disrespect shown to the PM, I do think the radio station management were maybe looking for a reason to safely sack him.

The poor man is starting to lose his speech from that awful Parkinson's Disease, and I believe he would not have been able to successfully work on radio for the 6 months that remained on his contract anyway.

However, I did not like him as a radio jock anyway, and I am glad he is off the airways....the nasty fellow.

Poirot

yes Poirot we are just two fallen creatures with opposing political views. One of my best buddies is black, voting for Gillard and supporting 'gay ' marriage. I can't believe he is so dumb and tell him so. He calls me a bigot etc etc. We still laugh and our friendship is intact.

I think it was sattler who two decades ago hosted a five minute spot on breakfast *King Billy Coke Bottle*
Tapes rest still on many dash boards and it may be said, now not then, it was not quite right a bit off, but funny.
He lost his job for asking a question that will continue to be asked in years ahead in any pub.
Be fair dinkum the whole kerfuffle is as is the case with abortion debate, a blind to take our eyes of Gillard.
Wore my blue tie this morning, to a town market over a tea shirt, got many rounds of applause , from real Australians.

'Wore my blue tie this morning, to a town market over a tea shirt, got many rounds of applause , from real Australians. '

that is so funny Belly.