From Saturday's West (which JW only buys so he can rub my nose in the ratio of rockologist jobs to writerologist jobs, usually around 167:0 in case you were wondering):
Just in case you missed that headline, here's the CU:
Red witch??!!??!! Red witch???!!!??
I can't even tell you what the story was actually about because I was so incensed by the headline I vowed to never read The West Australian again.
Shit, that's even worse than the whole outrage over her weirdly clean kitchen and THE EMPTY FRUITBOWL when Gilliard was interviewed for the Good Weekend. Or maybe it's just the tabloid version. And they wonder why there aren't more women in politics ... Haven't seen any articles how Kevin's 'not your stereotypical dumb blond'.
Posted by: Ariel | December 14, 2006 at 12:17 PM
I'm never letting a journalist into my kitchen then. I have an empty fruit bowl most days and I have children. What sort of witch would that make me? NB: fruit bowl is not empty because children have eaten all the fruit. At least my kitchen it generally dirty so they wouldn't be worried about it being clean.
Posted by: Mindy | December 14, 2006 at 12:39 PM
If she were able to cast a spell upon marginal ballot-boxes in Western Sydney and suburban/coastal Queensland, I'm sure she could deal with such a headline. And more.
Posted by: Liam | December 14, 2006 at 01:49 PM
Can you imagine the newspapers running a headline about Ruddock, saying, "Golden Boy or Bald Warlock"?
Posted by: weathergirl | December 14, 2006 at 03:28 PM
Ariel, imagine the furore if she'd has a messy kitchen. (Who wouldn't tidy their kitchen if photographers were coming over?) Also, when I was living the single woman's life, I used to buy my fruit on the way to work every day to ensure it wasn't wasted, so my fruitbowl was always empty.
Mindy you go and fill that fruit bowl up RIGHT now. With bananas, thankyouverymuch.
Liam, don't you know witches must never use their power for material gain? Haven't you watched any episodes of Bewitched?
Weatherfirl, no and exactly.
Posted by: Kate | December 14, 2006 at 04:17 PM
I could well imagine newspapers running "Ruddock: Corpse or Zombie"?
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On material gain, I must have missed those series of Bewitched , but I did the Crucible in year eight. Those witches didn't shy away from a bit of cursing and destroying and dancing nude in the forest. Didn't I see Goody Gillard with the Devil?
Posted by: Liam | December 15, 2006 at 07:29 AM