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‘You can’t handle the truth’

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Written by Sinclair Davidson

January 25th, 2012 at 8:48 pm

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  1. Brian Loughnane picked this up at the event and made the YouTube.

    Liberal Party federal director Brian Loughnane, who has made a YouTube video of the incident, said the plagiarism showed Labor was “unoriginal and devoid of ideas”.

    The Gillard government turned an Australia Day speech into a debacle.

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-25/albanese-accused-of-plagiarising-speech/3793486

    C.L.

    25 Jan 12 at 8:57 pm

  2. He’s demonstrated himself to be a first grade clown time and time again since this utterly dispicable government came tio power in Nov 2007.

    JamesK

    25 Jan 12 at 8:59 pm

  3. This is priceless footage, was it even on the show where that ALP loving slug Laurie Oakes reports?

    Rafe

    25 Jan 12 at 9:02 pm

  4. Don’t be too harsh after all when they didn’t steal it they came up with “we are us“.

    The ALP should stick to stealing and let Thommo run the show because he knows how to run a good show.

    Tiny Dancer

    25 Jan 12 at 9:02 pm

  5. Albo phoned to defend himself.

    Said “I look at a hundred spiels a day. I pick one.”

    Also: “Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel.”

    C.L.

    25 Jan 12 at 9:05 pm

  6. CL – check out twitter, Albo is having a bad time. Very funny.

    Sinclair Davidson

    25 Jan 12 at 9:11 pm

  7. Albo is only interested in two things, telling you what’s wrong and scaring you with it, and blaming Tony Abbott for it.

    John Comnenus

    25 Jan 12 at 9:14 pm

  8. lol you’re not wrong, Sinclair:

    lifeasdaddy Bob Meade
    “Nobody puts Albo in the corner!” #Albospeeches

    And more:

    http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23AlboSpeeches

    Gab

    25 Jan 12 at 9:19 pm

  9. Ah, Sleasy Albanese. Right on form.

    rodney

    25 Jan 12 at 9:24 pm

  10. Hey, it’s albansleazey, people – he’s not the sharpest chicken in the back paddock, after all…

    Rabz

    25 Jan 12 at 9:48 pm

  11. #Albospeeches

    “do’h bluddy yabbott – its all his fualt!”

    Rabz

    25 Jan 12 at 9:51 pm

  12. A very large part of me wants this farce to be put down but a bit of me is secretly enjoying their comedic talents. They deserve ridicule as they are riculous.

    Pickles

    25 Jan 12 at 10:11 pm

  13. That’s a bloody large part Pickles

    Tiny Dancer

    25 Jan 12 at 10:18 pm

  14. Poor Albo. He could’ve been a contender.

    ar

    25 Jan 12 at 10:23 pm

  15. Julia in the ALP brainstorm meeting, her intro.

    jumpnmcar

    25 Jan 12 at 10:37 pm

  16. I don’t blame albo. I blame Abbott.

    JC

    25 Jan 12 at 10:42 pm

  17. “at my signal, unleash subsidies!”

    wreckage

    25 Jan 12 at 10:47 pm

  18. “at my signal, unleash subsidies banalities!”

    Rabz

    25 Jan 12 at 11:09 pm

  19. TD @ 9.02:
    “Don’t be too harsh after all when they didn’t steal it they came up with “we are us“.”

    Indeed. Makes me rethink, though: was it “we are us” or “we are a*se”?

    HH

    25 Jan 12 at 11:15 pm

  20. Albo – doing it for the Gipper.

    H B Bear

    25 Jan 12 at 11:25 pm

  21. Someone is going to get their arse kicked big time.

    sdfc

    25 Jan 12 at 11:28 pm

  22. Who SDFC? If they’re going to kick one arse they all deserve it as every single one of these union clerks has fucked up.

    JC

    25 Jan 12 at 11:31 pm

  23. These guys have speechwriters JC. I’m thinking someone slipped it in during a brainstorming session.

    sdfc

    25 Jan 12 at 11:32 pm

  24. SDFC:

    The entire infrastructure of the party is fucked up. If they hit one guy everyone of them deserves a kicking.

    JC

    25 Jan 12 at 11:33 pm

  25. I think the whole Rudd episode showed us that JC.

    sdfc

    25 Jan 12 at 11:35 pm

  26. They even fuck up an Australia Day shindig. Jeez they’re useless.

    JC

    25 Jan 12 at 11:35 pm

  27. NSW Day.

    sdfc

    25 Jan 12 at 11:38 pm

  28. ” My name is Maximus Decimus Albanese, commander of the ALP of the left, General of the NSW Legions, loyal servant to the…” #AlboSpeeches

    Bwhahahaaaa

    twostix

    25 Jan 12 at 11:48 pm

  29. You’d think that an address by a senior minister at the press club the day before chop day might reveal some matters of gravity. But no, Albo used it to have a typically clumsy crack at Abbot. And fucked it up. Meanwhile herself is across the flat venerating another fucking celebrity.

    Masterful work.

    Pickles

    25 Jan 12 at 11:50 pm

  30. Could have been worse. Albanese could have ripped off the interrogation scene from Basic Instinct. When he uncrosses his legs we catch a glimpse of Wayne Swan.

    Infidel Tiger

    25 Jan 12 at 11:55 pm

  31. Yeah and that big fat copper who looks like Joe Hockey nearly has a stroke. He ended up being eaten by a T Rex whilst having a shit in Juassic Park. You’re right IT never underestimate the capacity of these clowns.

    Pickles

    26 Jan 12 at 12:02 am

  32. ha ha. Albo should consider acting. With his ALP experience he could play a good train wreck.

    sean

    26 Jan 12 at 12:06 am

  33. “Don’t be too harsh after all when they didn’t steal it they came up with “we are us“.”

    That was stolen

    Fleeced

    26 Jan 12 at 12:07 am

  34. Albo pleading for his job: “Julia, I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. If I’m sacked, all those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain”

    Fleeced

    26 Jan 12 at 12:10 am

  35. This Christmas just seems to go on…. up pops another Labor turkey!

    Chris M

    26 Jan 12 at 12:24 am

  36. Albo has a dash of Sir Les in him so I give him a bit of latitude but he really is dim. And he’s a shameless shambles. “shambles” albanese?

    Pickles

    26 Jan 12 at 12:26 am

  37. #AlboSpeeches “Dear @AlboMP You’re so vain; I bet you think this hashtag is about you…”

    spot

    26 Jan 12 at 12:27 am

  38. Albo’s “Downfall” on its way to YouTube I reckon.

    Pickles

    26 Jan 12 at 12:40 am

  39. Sad Costello try-hard Albanese. All of the ambition, none of the talent. Institutionalising patronage over merit has made Labor what it is today. Hacks.

    Ivan Denisovich

    26 Jan 12 at 12:49 am

  40. What’s Albo earn a year, about $200k? What a magnificent country.

    Infidel Tiger

    26 Jan 12 at 12:53 am

  41. Yes, all very funny. How much do we pay for these jokers? How many on Albo’s staff? Seriously. Clearly the adage “you pay peanuts, you get monkeys” has been disproved.

    Gab

    26 Jan 12 at 1:01 am

  42. Clearly the adage “you pay peanuts, you get monkeys” has been disproved.

    Technically, it hasn’t… just that paying more doesn’t help any when it’s a closed shop (though it does kill the idea of paying higher salary to politicians to “attract better talent”… like I said, it’s a closed shop)

    Fleeced

    26 Jan 12 at 1:04 am

  43. Very generous disability benefit.

    Pickles

    26 Jan 12 at 1:04 am

  44. Albo: “You want the tooth? I don’t brush the tooth!”

    Fleeced

    26 Jan 12 at 1:06 am

  45. So why did Albanese pinch his lines from Michael Douglas?

    Because Julia Gillard had already pinched the ones from Bono.

    Boom-tish. (Stolen from AB).

    Gab

    26 Jan 12 at 1:07 am

  46. Albo phoned again to complain about Catallaxy’s unfairness and exaggeration.

    Said:

    “You maniacs.

    You blew it up.

    You blew the whole thing up.”

    C.L.

    26 Jan 12 at 1:09 am

  47. Aww, that’s not fair CL. I even omitted the “Time to Die” bit from the Bladerunner quote so that I couldn’t be accused of making death threats.

    Fleeced

    26 Jan 12 at 1:11 am

  48. Latest headline:

    Albo’s speech – Abbott’s fault.

    Gab

    26 Jan 12 at 1:14 am

  49. Sleaze, for lack of a better word, is good. Sleaze is right. Sleaze works. Sleaze clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Sleaze, in all of its forms; Sleaze for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind and Sleaze, you mark my words, will not only save the Labor Party, but that other malfunctioning corporation called Australia.

    Tony Albansleazy, 2012

    Infidel Tiger

    26 Jan 12 at 1:15 am

  50. But seriously, forget the plagiarism. Couldn’t he spend a little cash fixing his teeth, as that’s more unforgivable.

    JC

    26 Jan 12 at 1:16 am

  51. He’s got teeth like mouldy baked beans.

    Infidel Tiger

    26 Jan 12 at 1:17 am

  52. Steven Spielberg rang Albo from Hollywood and asked him to star opposite Brad Pitt in a movie. Said Gillard didn’t get the part.

    Gab

    26 Jan 12 at 1:21 am

  53. I blame this on Dolly Parton. That sunshine she blew up Albo’s fat date went straight to his bonce. Bloke thinks he’s A-list now.

    Infidel Tiger

    26 Jan 12 at 1:24 am

  54. Lefty plagiarism watch:

    Now clown Obama caught out.

    C.L.

    26 Jan 12 at 1:52 am

  55. Lefty plagiarism watch update:

    Obama plagiarises previous speeches.

    Simply embarrassing to watch.

    C.L.

    26 Jan 12 at 1:55 am

  56. Albo channelling Marc Antony
    Friends, Australians, countrymen
    With any luck most of you won’t see or hear this speech
    I come to hang shit on Abbott, not to praise him.
    The evil (for example Work Choices) that men do lives after them
    The good is oft interred with their bones (except in this case because Abbott doesn’t do anything except say no)
    So let it be with Abbott (because after all, everything is his fault.)
    Etc.

    Lloyd

    26 Jan 12 at 2:37 am

  57. I will be a little saddened when this crop of incompetent buffoons are consigned to the dustbin of history at the next election.

    I haven’t enjoyed myself so much by poking fun at these witless drones for years. Politics since Kevin 07 has been an endless round of mirth, leavened by disbelief at their antics.

    Just when you think they have managed to hit rock bottom, they manage to descend a few more metres into the mire.

    Pedro the Ignorant

    26 Jan 12 at 2:44 am

  58. Pedro, remember that your enjoyment has come at a great price.

    The only thing I will truly enjoy is watching the concession speech of whatever poor sucker happens to be Labor Prime Minister come the election (this said to cover my bases in case, for some weird reason, it is neither Gillard nor Rudd).

    perturbed

    26 Jan 12 at 4:30 am

  59. Christopher Pyne is magnanimous about Albo’s inadvertent blunder:

    I can only hope this humiliating blunder doesn’t lead to Mr Albanese being the subject of immense ridicule

    It’s a kinder, gentler polity…

    ar

    26 Jan 12 at 9:53 am

  60. It does solve one problem for me.I was puzzled as to the origin of this crowd.It is clear now that they are fictional characters created by a mad novelist.If only we could track that novelist down…
    Seriously though,Slimy is a graduate of the ratbag school of economics at SU.It is not fair to expect him to be able to write a speech.

    Tom Valentine

    26 Jan 12 at 10:50 am

  61. Wise words from Poodle Pyne. If he ever gets his arse in a ministerial Calais he”ll cop some ridicule as well.

    Pickles

    26 Jan 12 at 11:15 am

  62. “It does solve one problem for me.I was puzzled as to the origin of this crowd.”

    They’re with Hollywood all the way:

    The involvement of major American studios in the offensive was suppressed. “The case was filed by … the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and its international affiliate, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), but does not want that fact to be broadcasted,” the US Embassy, Canberra wrote. “We will monitor this case … to see whether or not the ‘AFACT vs. the local ISP’ featured attraction spawns a ‘giant American bullies vs. little Aussie battlers’ sequel.”

    The Wikileaks cables also revealed a number of Australian political power-brokers were US informers. Prominent union leader Paul Howes and Federal Senator Mark Aribib were both named in the cables as “protected” informants. Both were instrumental in elevating the current Prime Minister to office in 2009 in what many commentators described as a “bloodless coup.”

    Fleeced

    26 Jan 12 at 11:24 am

  63. Forgot the link: http://torrentfreak.com/australia-us-copyright-colony-or-just-a-good-friend-120121/

    (Via Instapundit)

    Fleeced

    26 Jan 12 at 11:25 am

  64. Pride: On Australia Day, Albanese gets the country some global publicity:

    Australian politician steals speech from “The American President”.

    C.L.

    26 Jan 12 at 11:35 am

  65. Do they REALLY deserve the caning they’re getting?

    Winston Smith

    26 Jan 12 at 11:43 am

  66. Steals from “The American President” for an Australia Day speech.

    It’s so pathetic, I’m wondering if he was set up. I doubt he wrote the speech himself… was Albo a Rudd supporter? Is this a stitch-up?

    Fleeced

    26 Jan 12 at 11:45 am

  67. Wait a minute, Fleeced.
    The Wikileaks cables also revealed a number of Australian political power-brokers were US informers. Prominent union leader Paul Howes and Federal Senator Mark Aribib were both named in the cables as “protected” informants. Both were instrumental in elevating the current Prime Minister to office in 2009 in what many commentators described as a “bloodless coup.”
    Does this really mean what I think it means? That the Obama administration interfered to have sacked Australia’s PM, and put in a Communist one?

    Winston Smith

    26 Jan 12 at 11:46 am

  68. Do they REALLY deserve the caning they’re getting?

    Martin Flanagan in The Age:

    Disaffection for politics has reached the stage where the next federal election could see a landslide of such proportions there is no real opposition.

    Bolt:

    The “disaffection” is with “politics”?

    C.L.

    26 Jan 12 at 11:48 am

  69. Pride: On Australia Day, Albanese gets the country some global publicity

    Yes, CBS and the UK Telegraph… New York Post, too.

    What a chucklehead.

    spot

    26 Jan 12 at 12:34 pm

  70. Disingenuous ALPites defend Albo.

    Immigration Minister Chris Bowen Bowen today leapt to the defence of his parliamentary college who was yesterday caught out quoting Michael Douglas – who played American president Andrew Shepherd – in the Hollywood blockbuster.

    “It was a very good speech by Minister Albanese yesterday,’’ he said.

    “I think it very clearly outlined the differences in the approach to the big issues in Australia between the government, the opposition and the greens on the other hand.’’

    Mr Bowen said Mr Albanese should be given credit for admitting the error, which was made in a televised address to the National Press Club.

    He declined to say whether any staffers had been disciplined over the gaffe.

    “Minister Albanese has been man enough to admit that there was a mistake,’’ he said.

    “I think people should acknowledge that he’s admitted the error.

    “It takes a lot to admit an error, Mr Albanese is a big man.”

    When the Daily Telegraph asked Mr Bowen what Hollywood heroes he might like to imitate in a speech, he said he had none.

    “My heroes tend to not be Hollywood,” he said.

    Mr Bowen admitted to being a fan of the movie “but I think the point is that there was an error Anthony has acknowledged that error and that’s as appropriate.

    “Anthony has admitted there was a mistake, he’s admitted so in a way in which I think people would acknowledge as being appropriate and I don’t really see that there’s much more to say about the matter,’’ Mr Bowen said.

    No, Sontaran, your mate Albo didn’t admit anything – he was caught out. I’d be glad to hear what Albo thinks his “mistake” was. Getting caught? Probably, seeing as the Sontaran thinks there is nothing wrong with the “fake but true” speech.

    ar

    26 Jan 12 at 2:55 pm

  71. It’s Abbot’s fault.

    .

    26 Jan 12 at 3:02 pm

  72. Come on JC, what sort of teeth do you expect people to have in a country without universal free dental care?

    Not enough care, too many caries (laughs hysterically).

    Rafe

    26 Jan 12 at 3:05 pm

  73. Seriously though,Slimy is a graduate of the ratbag school of economics at SU.It is not fair to expect him to be able to write a speech.

    Man. That’s harsh. Yet I didn’t stop laughing.

    Mr Bowen said Mr Albanese should be given credit for admitting the error, which was made in a televised address to the National Press Club.

    Christ, they’re admitting they have the moral compasses and ability to think ahead like that of schoolchildren.

    .

    26 Jan 12 at 3:08 pm

  74. Speechwriters are for wimps.

    .

    26 Jan 12 at 3:09 pm

  75. Swan, where the hell are you? I am losing BILLIONS! You got me into this Toyota plant and you sure as hell better get me out or the only job you’ll ever have on the Street is SWEEPING IT! You hear me, Swan?

    .

    26 Jan 12 at 3:11 pm

  76. “You can’t handle the tooth”…bwahahahahaha
    But really, albo has has braces for the best part of 2 years…
    I wonder how Carmel is taking this. Her hubby just fucked their power play.

    Skuter

    27 Jan 12 at 12:06 am

  77. It seems to have not been noticed, but from Fleeced at 1124 -’Prominent union leader Paul Howes and Federal Senator Mark Aribib were both named in the cables as “protected” informants. Both were instrumental in elevating the current Prime Minister to office in 2009 in what many commentators described as a “bloodless coup.”’
    This is treason, for christs sake, and it’s being ignored?

    Winston SMITH

    27 Jan 12 at 8:11 am

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