[csaa-forum] But wait, there's more

[Glen Fuller]

> In the meantime, I'd like to start a little competition. If Andrew 
Bolt 
> was an elite athlete who would he be? In my household, following a 
> column he wrote attacking 'postmodern feminists', there was a 
suggestion 
> that he might be the  Lleyton Hewitt of column writing. Any other 
ideas?

Don't you reckon he is closer to Richie Benaud than any elite 
sportsperson? Apologies to Benaud of course. Actually, Benaud seems to 
be an unlikely candidate, he is far too accurate and lovable uncle-I-
never-had-type character... Witness the Tropfest finalist: "A Family 
Legacy" Everyone loves Benaud, 'AFL' certainly got the most laughs in 
the proximity to my Tropblanket. Bolt is more like the annoying-big-
brother-I-sometimes-had. Oh, but this is too familial.

Maybe the unfettered enthusiasm for all things sporting by the King of 
Talking Heads, Bruce Mcavaney, in combination with his one-sided 
commentary for the Australian ubersporting pundit can serve as a close 
parallel to Bolt's unfettered enthusiasm for the princes of the 
contemporary state of affairs? I am sure they must have the same 
stylist, or at least go to the same hairdresser. Bolt becoming-
Mcavaney. Politics becomes sport. I feel so Australian. 

-- 
PhD Candidate 
Centre for Cultural Research
University of Western Sydney

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