gerard, I read the speech in the SMH the next day and have now listened to it. I must agree with you. what a speech. Shame detritus like Tory Boy managed to get the first post there, I suspect he didn’t even live here in Whitlam’s time.
He certainly did, Viv. Red Kez was good, Freudenberg was good, Even Cate Blanchett was good. But Noel Pearson was in command. As much as I admire John Fawkner, I have to say that he covered the ground one too may times and after standing in line for two and a half hours and then having to go around and join the throng in the square, after nearly four hours I had had enough.
The camaraderie was great. I mentioned “coffee” and a complete stranger went away and bought three of us (all total strangers to each other before queuing) and herself a cup while we waited. People next to us came from Perth and Brisbane and weren’t let in despite having Emails that said they had a seat. I suspect a Prime-Minister’s department deliberate fuck up.
Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody were wonderfully understated. Cheers and standing ovations for Keating, Hawke and Gillard. Cheering for Tanya and Penny. A smattering of applause for Rudd but nobody for him standing inside the Town Hall. Booing for Howard and Abbott.
It was just a short bus trip for me, but I was glad I went to pay my respect to the great man.
I recorded it all and watched some of it. Others things demanded my attention including an emergency trip to town. I will watch the whole thing again, properly. Glad and pleased to know you were there. History – being part of it. I of course was in the thick of it in 1972 and every other election thereafter.
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The great speech by Pearson will resonate for years to come. I noticed Tory Boy is at it again. Poor bloke.
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gerard, I read the speech in the SMH the next day and have now listened to it. I must agree with you. what a speech. Shame detritus like Tory Boy managed to get the first post there, I suspect he didn’t even live here in Whitlam’s time.
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I will love Gough forever. Pearson rose to the occasion.
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He certainly did, Viv. Red Kez was good, Freudenberg was good, Even Cate Blanchett was good. But Noel Pearson was in command. As much as I admire John Fawkner, I have to say that he covered the ground one too may times and after standing in line for two and a half hours and then having to go around and join the throng in the square, after nearly four hours I had had enough.
The camaraderie was great. I mentioned “coffee” and a complete stranger went away and bought three of us (all total strangers to each other before queuing) and herself a cup while we waited. People next to us came from Perth and Brisbane and weren’t let in despite having Emails that said they had a seat. I suspect a Prime-Minister’s department deliberate fuck up.
Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody were wonderfully understated. Cheers and standing ovations for Keating, Hawke and Gillard. Cheering for Tanya and Penny. A smattering of applause for Rudd but nobody for him standing inside the Town Hall. Booing for Howard and Abbott.
It was just a short bus trip for me, but I was glad I went to pay my respect to the great man.
And so were thousands of others.
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I recorded it all and watched some of it. Others things demanded my attention including an emergency trip to town. I will watch the whole thing again, properly. Glad and pleased to know you were there. History – being part of it. I of course was in the thick of it in 1972 and every other election thereafter.
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