Barnaby Joyce affair

[David]

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[David]

[Mugwump]

[K]

She obviously doesn't know about or want to know about what happened to Simon Lethlean. (I was actually thinking about adding the B. Joyce case to the Lethlean thread as a point of comparison.)

[Culprit]

You can't stand on a soapbox and preach about marriage being sacred whilst banging your female staffer on your desk, then expect not to cop any flack about it. He used his daughters in the lead up to the bi election to show how much of a traditional family man he is, no wonder they are pissed off. Bananarby is a hypocrite. I will add, the LNP attacked Gillard for being childless.

If it wasn't Bananarby Joyce and Barbara Joyce and she fell pregnant to a younger staffer the media would have exploded.

I did read something I found amusing.

Whaat!! Two women slept with him?? Should have gone to spec savers

[David]

^ That's about the level of the discourse. All sneering, forgetting that these are real human lives we're dealing with once all the petty partisan politics have been put to one side.

I'm currently writing an article on a South Korean film about a young actress who has an affair with her (married) director, which ends up being reported on in detail in the tabloids, forcing her to flee the country and give up on her acting career. There's an exchange from it that I think applies here:

Sang-won: "But why such a fuss? Just leave them alone. Why stir up such a fuss?
Jun-hee: "People have nothing to do. And it's adultery."
Sang-won: "People must've had fun, raking them over the coals. They can act cruel, but two people in love is immoral?"

[partypie]

What some people think of as love, others think of adultery. Barnaby expects the public to give his family greater consideration than he didi

[Culprit]

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/joyce-hypoc ... ny-windsor

Bananarby Joyce does not mind getting personal unless it involves him. When it involves him he starts crying about it being personal and no ones business. He cannot have it both ways. As it stands if he lied and manipulated his family (used his daughters to portray the family man in adverts leading up to his re election) then he will lie and manipulate his way in office (water allowances is just one that stands out). He is the man who stands in for Turnbull as acting PM. The pub test, sniff test or whatever test he simply fails at all levels. He is a disgrace but then again he is a Politician.

[stui magpie]

^

Just because his marriage failed doesn't mean he still isn't a family man . His daughters are still his daughters and I'm assuming they weren't forced to assist.

Clementine Ford is an Oxygen thief. The only benefit she provides to society is as a potential organ donor.

Having said that, I don't have a big problem with this becoming public knowledge. As an elected official of the Australian people, you forego much of the privacy a normal person enjoys. If you have a public profile and you want to set the narrative on how you want to be viewed, you better live up to it.

[swoop42]

[Culprit]

http://www.theshovel.com.au/2018/02/08/ ... aving-sex/

Workers rights groups have called for a nation-wide day off, after millions of Australians were involuntarily subjected to the mental image of the member for New England having intercourse.

[ronrat]

And what about the poor bastards forced to think about someone having sex with Clementine Ford who seemingly had abortions at will

[David]

[Pies4shaw]

Yes, David.

OK.

Now.

I think the matter of public interest here is how we'll manage the bio-security issues if the child is a Sontaran. Some politicians have always looked a little too like General Staal for comfort.