Seems Larry Pickering thoroughly agrees with your post surmise!
Here is his canny take on what he alleges REALLY went on - other night on Q&A - it's spot on, IMO. And hilarious - well, if you're not Tony Jones.
Talk about something (allegedly) backfiring - blowing muck back up into one's face!
Now I didn't see the whole show - just the eight or so minutes at end. (Including that dreary song!) But I've alleged, claimed, similar to what Pickering puts here, so eloquently! Here is, quoted, his just posted take on what HE alleges really happened, last Monday night:-
Begin quote:
"Thought I’d risk another 8c last night and watch the overpaid Jones boy get his rocks off bushwhacking another Lib. There were the usual suspects with the ever-present token homosexual, unhinged ex-Speaker Anna Burke, one sensible bloke next to her, a sheila in a yellow dress and Jones' victim, Education Minister, Christopher Pyne. One look at the hand-picked audience and it was clear Jones had set Pyne up, and Pyne knew it! But the diminutive Education Minister is a seasoned operator and was in no mood for the supercilious Jones. He quickly gave him a verbal belting at his first smart-arsed interruptive comment. The audience was crammed with over-privileged, pimply uni students who were miffed that they had to leave their bongs at reception. “The Socialist Alternatives” I think they called themselves. I settled back and rolled a smoke... this could be interesting, for a change. It sure was! Jones was soon enmeshed in the trap he had set for Pyne as uni students reverted to type and pulled on a well-rehearsed demo waving either a back-to-front banner or displaying appalling spelling, eventually forcing the program off air. Tony Jones was in deep poo and his moderating skills were found woefully inadequate as he tried to quell the riot while Christopher Pyne sat back and grinned. Someone finally removed the rabble under section 94A and it wasn’t Anna Burke, she was trying to be funny while agreeing with the fracas, and it wasn’t working. Jones looked stressed and Pyne was still grinning when finally, it was time for the token homosexual to tell everyone to clap hands while he warbled a dated song. This morning the Jones boy is crying in his Weet Bix, the “Socialist Alternatives” are back on the bongs, Anna Burke is in the bathroom practising her humour, the token homosexual is still warbling that dated song and Christopher Pyne still hasn’t stopped grinning. ...and I reckon, for the first time, I finally got my first 8c worth out of the ABC."
end Pickering quote.
(Best laugh I've had in months!) ________________________________________
BTW - for those who reckon Mr. P's a right wing "shock-jock" - visit his blog and read on. His next piece critical of a liberal budget proposal policy. Yes, he's really dinkum with the 'no fear - no favour!'
