We are told that other members of the SA Parliament are not happy with controversialist Nick Xenophon's headline grabbing stunts (here). Everyone Liberal, Labor and an unnamed "minor party" seem to be cross with Mr X.
Though they piously suggest that the reason is something like "He is able to get away with the sort of self-promotion that other MPs would be publicly caned for". Is perhaps the real reason that he is successful and they are not.
In the world of politics there is no doubt an 8th deadly sin, coveting media attention (It wcould equally be said that in the world of media there is the obverse dealy sin which is manipulating public opinion).
We have to live with this and Xenophon is good at grabbing the media by the proverbials. For this I am glad...not just because it is amusing...but because we also need to pay attention to some of the minor issues as well as the major ones. At this X is good. There is room for both...indeed need for both.
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You are right about the obverse 'dealy' sin. And it isn't just confned to the media either. (Vid. Adelaide Church Guardian April 1995.)
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