Nutters.

Fielding: I’m no nutter

Greens MP Greg Barber reffered to Fielding as a “right-wing nutter”.

Senator Fielding yesterday retaliated saying the "extreme Greens" had lost touch with traditional Australian values.

"Extreme parties like the Greens might consider these the values of 'nutters', but this explains how out of touch the Greens are with ordinary voters and why their vote did not go up," he said.

Fielding is obviously out of touch with reality, their vote did go up. And Greens out of touch with voters? That’s really a lie – their policy positions are completely mainstream. Polls show “environmental issues like water and clean energy are more important to voters than interest rates, tax reform and the war on terrorism”.

When polls show “partially legal abortions, student union fees, media ownership laws and civil unions more important to Australians than climate change”, then it won’t be a lie.

John Mulholland, the DLP candidate who could be elected to the Victorian Parliament, rejected Mr Barber's suggestion that he was a nutter.

"The man is a fool if he sees us that way. I spoke to him yesterday, I said something to him like 'it's time the real extremist stood up'," he said.

Uh, what?

Mulholland lost anyway. DLP’s Peter Kavanagh got in:

• He‘s "appreciative" of Labor's preferences. Thank you Labor, you da best!
• Would respect the Government's mandate when he considered legislation. You call the shots, buddy.
• “In the end, they could have chosen the Greens before me (but) they chose the DLP before the Greens and that will be a factor in the way that I vote.” I got your back big fella.
• (in preferencing DLP) they did help the DLP and I will take that into consideration. Take me! I’m yours!

• The Greens were "extremely provocative" about his party, but he would try to work with them. They picked on me, but I’m far more mature than that.
• “I will try to adopt a more grown up attitude than they have. I think some of their provocations are borne of ignorance.” I’m far more mature, they’re just dumbies making dumb comments because they’re dumb.

• Mr Bracks denied his Government would be forced into "horse trading" with the Greens. They can shove their lefty policies, I’ve got the Liberals on my side.
  
• Bracks: "The balance is with several groups of parties in the upper house - the Greens, the National Party, the DLP individual member," I’ve got the Nat’s and DLP to back me up too, I don’t need no Greens.
  
• "We won't be horse trading. (The Greens) have a view to put and they have a forum in which to put that view. That's fair, that's what a democracy is about." You can have your say, and I can ignore it, it’s democracy.

• Newly-elected Northern Metropolitan Green MLC Greg Barber said his party would consider legislation on its merits. ‘Sif we will pass this ALP right-faction hack’s bills.
• "Hopefully we're in a position to make sure the legislation is as good as it can be but, in reality, we're just three out of 40 people in a room making decisions that's in the best interests of Victoria." We are going to get pwned by Labor cuddling up to Lib/Nats.