Congaline of Arselickers

or something like that

From Hesiod, we read of a rough and tumble Australian Labor Party politician, who is close to becoming next President. Some choice quotes:
olitics because of his enthusiasm for straight talking and occasional violence, Mr Latham famously described Mr Howard as an 'arse-licker' for supporting the United States over the Iraq war and once branded US President George W. Bush as the most dangerous man in the world.


In another notorious parliamentary outburst, he labelled the ruling Liberal-National Party coalition 'a conga line of suckholes'.


He also once broke the arm of a Sydney taxi driver after an argument over the fare and the route. Mr Bachir Mustafa grabbed the politician's satchel, but Mr Latham, a former school rugby union player, crash-tackled the hapless cabbie, who has not worked since.


It is quite a pedigree, even by the rough and tumble of Australia's politics. And all the more remarkable that today, Mr Latham is being tipped to become the country's next prime minister.

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