The infamous David Clarke was under the spotlight once again, with the public broadcaster firing its latest salvo at the conservative powerbroker. The usual assortment of disgruntled members and has-beens were dragged out to make the case that Clarke is the antichrist.
One thing that amazes me about David Clarke is how someone as powerful as media commentators clearly believe him to be has failed to capitilise on his power. The backbench hardly seems the place that a significant powerbroker within the NSW Liberal party would appear.
The same old smears have once again been dragged out - Urbanchich and his Nazi ties, the John Brogden smear leaks. I don't think Clarke really could have anything to make the Brogden situation worse - that was a capitulation of his own making.
It seems the only truly remarkable thing about David Clarke and his 'group' (not faction) seems to be the fact that David Clarke is involved with Opus Dei. I wonder if he would have even been news worthy had not a summer best seller with evil Opus Dei characters in it have appeared?
The ABC and other media commentators seem to believe that there is nothing more sinister in politics than a politician with links to Opus Dei... or Hillsong.
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From Miranda Devine's column today:
"A common thread in the stories is the supposed martyrdom of the former NSW Liberal leader John Brogden, who has been out and about in Sydney lately, lunching at Machiavelli and attending a Sydney Institute dinner for Malcolm Fraser on Tuesday night.
According to the theory, Clarke and his evil right-wingers plotted Brogden's demise last August and leaked details of his night at an Australian Hotels Association function to humiliate him, forcing him to resign and attempting suicide. Cue dramatic footage of Brogden being loaded into an ambulance.
The problem with that theory is that Brogden's faux pas at the Hilton Hotel that August night - propositioning one female journalist, pinching another on the bottom and making a racist joke about Bob Carr's Asian-born wife, Helena - involved journalists after a function attended by half the journalists in town. No leaking necessary. Brogden cut out the middle man."
4 Corners, Stateline, Lateline - think the ABC has an issue with David Clarke?
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