Oh dear god

[Lunchcutter]

Its not fair why should politicians have to face hard questions!!!!

Its this labour trying to lose again????

scoob it's LABOR

[zipzap]

It appears as though the training has done her wonders.

She has the 'err' and "st-st-stutter' down pat.

Apparently Mark Riccutio has been giving her the 'and er' lessons while KG had been teaching her the art of stuttering.

Just need Tony Mcguiness to finish her off now

Do you mean elocution lessons or...er, something else?

[Dogwatcher]

Wel she's still going, thought she woulda given up by now...

[smac]

Hasn't Cornsey come out saying she's not a quitter? Makes it harder for her to quit now.

[TroyGFC]

Hopefully she stops flicking her hair everytime she's being interviewed- gving me sh its[/u]

[Psyber]

As I once told Alexander Downer face to face, we made a big mistake when we agreed to pay our politicians in 1901.

We created a gravy train for the greedy and vain. There should be a lot less of them and they should be required to pass an exam in ethics and civic responsibily as a pre-requisite to becoming a candidate.

[Jimmy]

Mrs Cornes yesterday asked to be spared any "tough questions" as she struggled with a backlash against her decision to stand for Federal Parliament.

A day after her first press conference as the party's candidate for Boothby drew widespread criticism of her inexperience and lack of policy knowledge, the Sunday Mail columnist told both The Advertiser and ABC radio that she did not want to face difficult questions.

The controversy over her selection means Labor leader Kevin Rudd, who was to come to Adelaide this week to back his new candidate, is reorganising his schedule and may not make the trip.

When contacted by The Advertiser yesterday, Mrs Cornes said: "What is this for?

"I won't have to answer any tough questions, no hard-hitting questions, will I?

"I've had just about enough of those questions."

While she spoke on commercial radio yesterday, she would not go on the ABC's politically-orientated morning show.

ABC 891 presenter Matthew Abraham told listeners she had called him before the start of the 8.30am program to explain that "quite frankly, I'm not prepared for anything heavy".

"I have done a quick phone call with 5AA. Your show is different. You ask serious questions - they're not going to give me any hard questions, it's just going to be a soft interview," Abraham said Mrs Cornes had told him.

The 37-year-old wife of football identity Graham Cornes did go ahead with an Advertiser interview and revealed that:

NO ONE had warned her how "ferocious" scrutiny of her candidacy would be. "I wasn't expecting the brutality," she said.

SHE was "not prepared for the onslaught of straight into policy and straight into in-depth conversations regarding issues I really don't have a grasp of, yet".

PUBLIC criticism had been hurtful, but "we've all given a judgment of somebody we don't even know".

DOUBTS about continuing as a candidate had arisen and "if I really believed I couldn't do it, then I would quit. It's not worth my health or my family".

SHE had thought about quitting at Sunday's press conference "when they (reporters) were all coming up with the questions and I knew the intent and it was like 'this is it' ".

SHE DOES not yet consider herself a politician and "I need to earn my stripes".

VOTERS "have to believe in me to vote for me, but a vote for me is a vote for Kevin Rudd".

BETTER preparation before Sunday's announcement would have made little difference as "I'm still going to lose my words, my thought patterns are still going to get jumbled. In a way, that's a bit of my personality too".

Talkback radio and online forums continued to be inundated with comments as debate over celebrity candidates raged yesterday.

By last night, the AdelaideNow website had received more than 4700 votes in an online poll about Mrs Cornes and hundreds of comments about her. Sixty per cent of online voters said they would not vote for her.

that is hilarious....would have to be the laughing stock of the city, state, country....so sad, so very very sad!!!!

[Magpiespower]

that is hilarious....would have to be the laughing stock of the city, state, country....so sad, so very very sad!!!!

Be even sadder if the oxygen thief wins Boothby...

[noone]

As I once told Alexander Downer face to face, we made a big mistake when we agreed to pay our politicians in 1901.

We created a gravy train for the greedy and vain. There should be a lot less of them and they should be required to pass an exam in ethics and civic responsibily as a pre-requisite to becoming a candidate.

you realise before paid politicians the only people that could enter politics were very rich landholders? Not really a democracy when only about 1% of the population are able to run.

so the state decides who a viable candidate is?

thats the kind of crap that is used in quasi democracies (or those in name only) to prevent certain people or parties running.

Prefered candidate, "oh hello preferred candidate you have drawn random civic test A, question 1: what is the capital city of sa"

Non-prefered candidate. "Oh look you drew random civic test three, question one, name every town in south australia in order of population"

I know you dont intend it to be used for anything like that however it is an invitation to rorting. Think about the changes to the electoral laws that have been pushed through by howard this term, it would be very hard for them not to be open to abuse by the legislature.

thats ignoring the whole issue of how you determine what Australia's civic and ethical values are...

[Psyber]

As I once told Alexander Downer face to face, we made a big mistake when we agreed to pay our politicians in 1901.

We created a gravy train for the greedy and vain. There should be a lot less of them and they should be required to pass an exam in ethics and civic responsibily as a pre-requisite to becoming a candidate.

you realise before paid politicians the only people that could enter politics were very rich landholders? Not really a democracy when only about 1% of the population are able to run.

so the state decides who a viable candidate is?

thats the kind of crap that is used in quasi democracies (or those in name only) to prevent certain people or parties running.

Prefered candidate, "oh hello preferred candidate you have drawn random civic test A, question 1: what is the capital city of sa"

Non-prefered candidate. "Oh look you drew random civic test three, question one, name every town in south australia in order of population"

I know you dont intend it to be used for anything like that however it is an invitation to rorting. Think about the changes to the electoral laws that have been pushed through by howard this term, it would be very hard for them not to be open to abuse by the legislature.

thats ignoring the whole issue of how you determine what Australia's civic and ethical values are...

I liked the old Roman republic pre-Gaius Julius [Caesar] when nobody wanted to be a politician but it was your duty to take your turn and after a set maximum period you could return to normal life, duty done, and feel relieved. People looked down on slackers who avoided taking their turn. I don't think anyone who wants to run the country should be allowed to! The even older Athenian view that a town should be no bigger than the number of people who could fill a stadium and debate and vote had something too.

Australia's pre-1901 unpaid leaders seem to have done a good job, from a superficial look, but I am not a Historian.

More realistically, perhaps in a modern country politicians could be allowed to serve a maximum of 5 years, be paid only a basic living wage and get the same superannuation as everybody else and no perks. Then we may get people who genuinely want to serve the community and do what they think is right rather than those who want to get on a gravy train and to do it will do whatever proves expedient!

I liked Alexander's response, " Hmm.. you wouldn't get much support for that in Parliament...God! Even the Democrats would agree with us!"

so the state decides who a viable candidate is?

Good God NO!! Responsible people who realise it is time they did their duty put their hand up by nominating and putting up their CV and the members [of the state] vote just like running a club!

Of course you do realise I was tongue in cheek all they way here don't you???? Alexander did. [And of course I do know that in Rome it was only the Patrician families who did the duty.]

[noone]

Of course you do realise I was tongue in cheek all they way here don't you???? Alexander did.

it is hard to tell tongue in cheek on an Internet board, but im glad it is.

[Psyber]

Of course you do realise I was tongue in cheek all they way here don't you???? Alexander did.

it is hard to tell tongue in cheek on an Internet board, but im glad it is.

We need a tongue in cheek Emoticon - perhaps I should try to remember to use the wink as a substitute.

[noone]

or : P

i always though those sufficed

[Psyber]

:P or : P

i always though those sufficed

Oh - I hadn't spotted that one - I should wear my reading glasses at the computer, or stop the cat lying across my arms and distracting me!

[TroyGFC]

She just came past my house today after door knocking in the rain which IMO is determination. I had a lengthy yarn with her re: car tarriffs, IR laws and future of car industry in Australia. I wish her all the best and hope for her election this year.

[Ian]

She just came past my house today after door knocking in the rain which IMO is determination. I had a lengthy yarn with her re: car tarriffs, IR laws and future of car industry in Australia. I wish her all the best and hope for her election this year.

Did she understand any of it

[TroyGFC]

I think she had more of an understanding than when first interviewed. She is looking forward to meeting delegates and other employee's at Mitsubishi shortly when she does a factory tour.

[Dutchy]

She just came past my house today after door knocking in the rain which IMO is determination. I had a lengthy yarn with her re: car tarriffs, IR laws and future of car industry in Australia. I wish her all the best and hope for her election this year.

Pfft...just casue she did it in the rain? ...FFS they all do it...she aint special...

I just realised when I got her card int he the post last week that Im in her electorate now (recent boundary changes) ...I was thinking of Labor but not anymore!!!

[GWW]

She just came past my house today after door knocking in the rain which IMO is determination. I had a lengthy yarn with her re: car tarriffs, IR laws and future of car industry in Australia. I wish her all the best and hope for her election this year.

Pfft...just casue she did it in the rain? ...FFS they all do it...she aint special...

I just realised when I got her card int he the post last week that Im in her electorate now (recent boundary changes) ...I was thinking of Labor but not anymore!!!

I wouldn't vote for anyone married to an ex Glenelg coach either

[am Bays]

Talking to an MUA official Sunday night they wanted Graham but he said no so went for the Cornes name......

Deep down they know she has no chance......