Clive presents as a Pragmatist, a Troubadour and a Joker.

As a pragmatist he offers policy that many believe are populist “sore points” with the electorates. He focuses on the issues that many feel are wrong with our political system. His business expertise is accepted though many (especially the media) lack the smarts to understand the consequences of some of his policies.

Clive the Troubadour or “court jester” is manifest in his ability to present truth/news in a jocular way, telling the truth whilst couching the message in comic form. For over a thousand years Jesters have been granted license to say what they think without being beheaded.

Clive the comedian, has unceremoniously and relentlessly taken the Pi$$ out of the media, yet they can’t see it! Siding with the “good” side of the media, paying them compliments and, in particular sucking up to the ABC, from whom he has relentlessly extracted the urine. He loves the ABC and Fairfax? He hates News LTD?

They keep inviting him back without realizing that he is a conservative, but as a vocal and high profile politician from opposing ranks, they embrace him as a weapon of the left. The left perceives that he has greater value to the ABC/Fairfax than their ideology understands.

I admire Clive(not policies), because he seems to be the only conservative, big business, mining magnate, industrialist, rich bugger and capitalist, that has ever convinced the Left of Politics to embrace him. Now that is as stunning as it is magnificent.

I have not reached any conclusions as to whether Clive is just brilliant or the left is so freaking weak and dumb however, it is not beyond the bounds of belief that the left leaning media is being relentlessly sucked into Clive’s web of “Smarter than the Average Bear” politics because they lack the intellect to realize that they a being “had”.

Clive has clearly established his “under the radar” politics. So far he has the left in awe, the conservatives curious and the Greens taking one for the team.

‘Onya Clive.

In my view, Clive Palmer is the perfect ambassador for modern Australia.

Self-centred. Jingoistic. Litigious. And profoundly shallow.

Which fits him perfectly for our parliament, too.

The public persona of Palmer and his private side makes Rudd look like a choir boy.An ex-employee is about to spill the beans on Palmer, the real Clive Palmer.

Paul1405,

ex-employee? I think he was a bodyguard or something like that, ex mercenary with an axe to grind.
I am sure Clive will either laugh him off or sue him into the ground either way whatever he gets for telling his story won't be enough to provide safe haven from the wrath of Clive.

Wait for the next chapter in

"CLIVE GOES TO CANBERRA"

>>Clive presents as a Pragmatist, a Troubadour and a Joker.<<

He presents as a jocular fat fellow in an ill-fitting suit.

By my reckoning that qualifies him as a Troubadour or a Joker: a Clown.

But not a white-faced clown: they're the serious clowns. When he dons the white make-up, the ruffle and the pointed hat then we might begin to take him seriously.

Cheers,

Tony

Just about as mad as any past politician ever was the man is a pain.
Not just to the party he was once a life member of, [money can buy somethings.]
But with a green like focus on promising the undeliverable he muddys the waters when this country never needed men of substance in the house more.
Labor of course understands we need [and in our case have] women of substance.