Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Have you heard the one about... the Labor celebrity candidate

This morning's Adelaide Advertiser has the story.

"I won't have to answer any tough questions, no hard-hitting questions, will I?

"Quite frankly, I'm not prepared for anything heavy"

"I have done a quick phone call with 5AA. Your show is different. You ask serious questions - they're not going to give me any hard questions, it's just going to be a soft interview,"

No one had warned her how "ferocious" scrutiny of her candidacy would be. "I wasn't expecting the brutality,"

"I will get a grasp of the issues and the policies because that's just learning and researching and studying, so that I know I can do.