I know Clive Palmer’s new/resurrected United Australia Party (UAP) (now Palmer United Party) is a joke but it worries me that a couple of people in Australia might buy his TV ad. line, that both the Liberal Party and Labor Party are “all run by lobbyists”. It worries me a bit that this billionaire buffoon might actually be able to con enough votes to get a seat or two in September’s federal election. Worse than that, he might help Tony Abbott get elected (not that Tony needs much help), as almost all UAP preferences will be directed to The Coalition.

These ads are the ultimate in cynical Orwellian double-speak from Palmer, given that his self-financed Palmer United Party is in fact just such a lobby group serving the interests of only one person… Clive Palmer. At least regular lobbyists, obnoxious as some of them are, represent a community of interest (public or corporate).

Jeez Palmer must be a funny bloke to have a beer with if he can try this one on with a straight face. Oh, I had a quick look at his website… and when the hell did he become Professor Clive Palmer?

See the ads:
• UAP – United Australia Party – Clive Palmer – TVC – “Lobbyists 1”
http://youtu.be/_nTLnarYpJg

• UAP – United Australia Party – Clive Palmer – TVC – “Lobbyists 2”
http://youtu.be/mYHFFPUiUEo

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Is there anyone in Australia so lacking in intelligence that they might think this guy and his cronies are worth voting for?.
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