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Re: Did Bob jump or was he pushed?
Reply #45 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 12:01pm

Gist wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 10:06am:

buzzanddidj wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 9:44am:

Why is is it ANY politician who retires ( ... ironically, at around retirement age) is either "jumping a sinking ship" or was "stabbed in the back"

Because the wretched one-thought wonders on this board are so terminally stupid that that's the best they can manage.

progressiveslol wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 9:52am:

cods wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 9:47am:

I do think its strange he has done it

NOW

... bizarre in fact.

Can only be because he is a coward. He could have stayed for a little while after July without causing issues for the greens party, but is getting out before his carbon tax comes into affect.

See? They need our pity. The poor things need whatever they can get!

NUP not pity just some decent answers that will do... but I wont hold my breath.. cant remember the last time a lefty answered a question honestly to be honest.

here we have a bloke who has done his level best to get a CARBON PRICE...he was elated when it happened....

now he is going before the glory gets here.... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

sorry if I see something sinister in all this...but yes I do.. he isnt a shrinking violet when it comes.. to the old...

LOOK WHAT WE HAVE DONE...

maybe he can see the labs going down down down.. and the thought of the greens going down with them is too much to bare..

like a rat leaving a sinking ship... they always jump first.

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Re: Did Bob jump or was he pushed?
Reply #46 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 12:04pm

progressiveslol wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 9:52am:

cods wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 9:47am:

I do think its strange he has done it

NOW

... bizarre in fact.

Can only be because he is a coward. He could have stayed for a little while after July ...

Mr Brown yesterday said senate nominations had to be lodged before July and he did not want to commit to another six years.

http://www.news.com.au/national/bob-brown-quits-before-carbon-tax-falls/story-e6...

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Re: Did Bob jump or was he pushed?
Reply #47 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 3:31pm

MOTR wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 10:37am:

kika wrote on Apr 15^th, 2012 at 11:00pm:

bob did not jump nor was he pushed.

our law requires all senators approaching the end of their six year terms to nominate before june this year if they wish to stand again for re-election. bob has explained that, at the age of 67, he prefers to step aside for younger people, rather than keep on working as a senator until he is 73.

good decision. he will continue working to try and save our environment and to promote the greens both here and overseas.

he is a decent man and a politician of integrity. i especially admire the way to refuses to offend or insult those who, in their ignorance, abuse him.

Very well said.

he already said he was no standing for re-election. that is very different to quitting MID TERM.

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Dnarever Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 62038 Here Gender:	Re: Did Bob jump or was he pushed? Reply #48 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 8:07pm cods wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 9:47am: I do think its strange he has done it NOW ... bizarre in fact. He will be 68 before the next election and you do not understand why he does not want to commit to the job till he is 75 years old. Gee thats tough, why not insist that he stays till he drops.
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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: Did Bob jump or was he pushed? Reply #49 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 8:10pm He jumped, wasn't pushed. Who'd want to be a MP into their 70's? Oh, John Howard... 'nuff said.
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Re: Did Bob jump or was he pushed?
Reply #50 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 9:08pm

longweekend58 wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 3:31pm:

MOTR wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 10:37am:

kika wrote on Apr 15^th, 2012 at 11:00pm:

bob did not jump nor was he pushed.

our law requires all senators approaching the end of their six year terms to nominate before june this year if they wish to stand again for re-election. bob has explained that, at the age of 67, he prefers to step aside for younger people, rather than keep on working as a senator until he is 73.

good decision. he will continue working to try and save our environment and to promote the greens both here and overseas.

he is a decent man and a politician of integrity. i especially admire the way to refuses to offend or insult those who, in their ignorance, abuse him.

Very well said.

he already said he was no standing for re-election. that is very different to quitting MID TERM.

Can you think of a better time for a change in leadership. It just seems like a logical time to step down. The reasoning behind his decision seems to make perfect sense to me.

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Re: Did Bob jump or was he pushed?
Reply #51 - Apr 16^th, 2012 at 11:53pm

MOTR wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 9:08pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 3:31pm:

MOTR wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 10:37am:

kika wrote on Apr 15^th, 2012 at 11:00pm:

bob did not jump nor was he pushed.

our law requires all senators approaching the end of their six year terms to nominate before june this year if they wish to stand again for re-election. bob has explained that, at the age of 67, he prefers to step aside for younger people, rather than keep on working as a senator until he is 73.

good decision. he will continue working to try and save our environment and to promote the greens both here and overseas.

he is a decent man and a politician of integrity. i especially admire the way to refuses to offend or insult those who, in their ignorance, abuse him.

Very well said.

he already said he was no standing for re-election. that is very different to quitting MID TERM.

Can you think of a better time for a change in leadership. It just seems like a logical time to step down. The reasoning behind his decision seems to make perfect sense to me.

Remind me, what was his reason for quiting early?

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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: Did Bob jump or was he pushed? Reply #53 - Apr 21^st, 2012 at 9:10am My tip is Bob is suffereing dementia. not because he is a moron but because of some of the idiotic things he has been saying of late and even dumb by Green standards.
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