Labor turn-coat Gavan O'Connor in a desperate attention-grab shamefully compared Geelong's nightclubs with the troubles in "Londonderry". The debacle marks probably the lowest ebb of the grub's political career.
The Geelong Advertiser revealed that O'Connor claimed that Geelong's nightclubs are "creating a reputation for Geelong in this state similar to Ireland's Londonderry at the height of its violence."
Excuse me?
Is the stress of an embarrassing imminent loss getting the better of the old-timer?
THE PAINFUL REALITY OF DERRY
Click the Youtubes above and you'll see what life in Derry was like not that long ago.
There've been no terrorist bombings in Geelong, no molotov cocktails, no army deployed, no riots, no politically motivated violence, no hunger strikes, no bodies left in the street.
Indeed as the Advertiser pointed out:
At the height of the bloodshed in the 1970s and 1980s, more than 100 people were shot dead on the streets of Derry, people viciously assaulted and families burnt out of their homes.
The best estimates we have are that "The Troubles" in Derry and all of Northern Ireland were responsible for 1,781 deaths with 20,000 seriously injured.
In Geelong, which has the occasional brawl and worse outside its pubs and nightclubs, like Melbourne does, like most cities do, there are law and order issues that warrant serious attention from state and federal MPs. It took an election for Gavan O'Connor to ever say anything about law and order issues after fifteen years as an MP. And after fifteen years, he's done nothing except denigrate Geelong to make himself look good. The fact that it back-fired hardly excuses him. He is an opportunist
Comparing Geelong's situation with "Londonderry" is outrageous, a denigration of the city O'Connor has been made millions of dollars over fifteen years to represent, an insult to the many who lived through the suffering and the cycle of terror that engulfed Northern Ireland for three decades.
O'CONNOR SAYS SORRY
Shamed by the condemnation of an angry Geelong community, the home of many from Ireland, the increasingly desperate rat was cornered into a grovelling apology:
"It's a comment that caused some (people) personal pain. It was not my intention to do that to any individual who's lived through those tragic times and I unreservedly apologise to them for any offence it may have caused."
He as good as admitted that he was lying, conceding his connection with Geelong and Derry violence was "a big statement." Yeah, from a very small man, not afraid to piss on his adopted town in order to get a cheap headline.
When hammered by the Addy he eventually relented, saying:
"Yes, Londonderry at the height of the violence there was a lot more than what we've had on the streets of Geelong,''
Is there any lower act than deliberately inventing a denigrating claim about the community you've pretended to serve for fifteen years just to get attention that your failing election campaign cannot? Is there any lower act than insulting the victims of immeasurable suffering in northern Ireland?
And it doesn't end there. He's now comparing Geelong to Harlem, a once crime-ridden part of New York City that has recently enjoyed a real renaissance, a fact presumably unknown to the ignoramus. Has Labor's candid candidatard John Zigouras been in town offering O'Connor campaign advice?
WE LEND A HELPING HAND TO THE DROWNING DRONE
In the same vein as Comrade Ziggy's highly competent advice and as a courtesy to ensure Gavan doesn't run out of self-immolating content, after consulting with some of his former life-long supporters among the ranks of Socialist Left union bosses, we've emailed through some talking points for O'Connor's next Tourettes-style insult stunt. Following our advice, O'Connor will soon be:
■ Calling the local footy club that's enjoyed a spot of success lately "handbaggers";
■ Questioning the outcome of World War Two and demanding a re-match on behalf much maligned Third Reich generals who pledge this time "No More Mr Nice Guy";
■ Accusing local nuns of "low morals" (Cr Abley has a list of rival funeral directors who do weirdness with local corpses);
■ Shaming Gary Ablett Sr as a "god-bothering murderer", oh yeh and "junkie";
■ Slagging alleged Geelong nightclub owner and Liberal party member Darren Lyons as a paparazzi indirectly responsible for the death of Princess Di and the shaming of the Quah;
■ Claiming that recently departed actress Belinda Emmett and wildlife tycoon Steve Irwin and supposedly dead MPs Peter Andren and Harold Holt didn't really die but faked cancer and injury for the insurance payout;
■ Revealing astonishing new connections between town chieftain and alleged fruit and vegetables "tsar" Frank Costa and the Gotti crime family of New York;
■ Detailing visits to Canberra strip clubs with Kevin Rudd and his jock-supporters and anti-Beazleyites Bob Sercombe, Rod Sawford and Alan Ramsey.
If that doesn't get him some press, nothing will.
Game on.
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THE LAWSUIT THAT WILL NEVER COME
Before the election on Saturday, Labor's Kevin Rudd 
