http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/sam-butler/ Sam Butler is a sometime writer, most of the time subeditor and regular contributor to the Gay News Network (http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/). He also tweets quite a bit: @samsonjbutler en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/keatings-fine-its-his-worshipers-who-irk-me/ Am I missing something? I seem to be the last even remotely left-leaning person not to think the progressive sun shines out of Paul Keating’s hallowed backside. A musical has been written about him. The best interviewers at the ABC speak to him in awed reverence, never for a moment stopping to quiz him on his own failures or shortcomings as he reads out his many laundry lists of everyone else. Even Tory warhorse Janet Albrechtsen has heralded his “fine reforms” and confessed to voting for him in 1993. And then there are all those progressive tweeps I follow who tweet about how they can’t wait to see said interviews. Then quote him throughout with gushing editorial hard up against the ubiquitous #. “Keating: Blah blah blah I rule, everyone else sucks.” PJK summarises perfectly. Come back Paul, we miss you! #PJKforPMagain! That sort of thing. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Sam Butler) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/keatings-fine-its-his-worshipers-who-irk-me/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/keatings-fine-its-his-worshipers-who-irk-me/#item7532 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:50:54 +0000 Sam Butler | Author bios | The Punch