Oh boy. What I would give to have a peer inside the skull of Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie. Floating around the tumbleweed and balled up washing machine lint of ill-thought that I suppose is her brain, it would be truly remarkable to see how she comes up with the kind of headline-worthy news, above, on the regular. She is the Senate‘s erratic and unfathomable class clown with an agenda and the things that consistently pour from her mouth do nothing but boggle the mind.
As a lead guest on Triple M‘s breakfast show this morning hosted by Eddie McGuire, the conversation steered to Jacqui Lambie’s stance on visas and dual citizenship for Australians who travel overseas to fight in conflicts that are against the interest of Australia.
Lambie has expressed before that such Australians should have visas, passports or dual citizenship revoked in those cases; today, Lambie added an extra element to her stance. Labmie said, “They have these laws called treason and sedition. I’m asking for anyone that helps, assists any of the terrorists who are trying to take out our own defence force personnel, that the death penalty be re-introduced but that be determined by a jury.”
The death penalty be re-introduced. Jacqui. WHAT.
A taken-aback Eddie McGuire responded, “Cancel their passport, maybe, but I don’t know about the death penalty, Jacqui, that’s a bit too far.”
Lambie wasn’t having any of that, and certainly didn’t cotton on to the fact that a statement so strong would become the plaything of media outlets in but a few hours. “You know, these terrorists, they’re psychopaths. There’s no doubt about that. So you need to lead by example,” Lambie said.
“That’s their example, surely we should stand up against their example,” McGuire replied.
Maybe, you’re thinking, the heat of breakfast radio on a Friday morning made Lambie spew out those words of insulting fantasy. But don’t take Lambie lightly: in her air time, Lambie confirmed her sentiment very clearly a further two times. Lambie stated that the re-introduction of the death penalty was seriously on her agenda, and that she would be putting together a bill to make the thing happen. “While the rest of you out there are tap dancing,” she said, Lambie will be getting to work.
Aside from being a concept of staggeringly backwards proportions (capital punishment in Australia was last used in 1967, and I’d like to think our nation has moved on in a big way since then) bringing up the death penalty at a time when the Government is fighting for eleventh hour clemency for the Bali Nine duo’s impending executions is hardly a tasteful move.
Stay tuned for the next installment of Jacqui Lambie Says The Darndest Things, which I’m sure will be updated in a matter of moments. Listen to the audio of Lambie’s interview below.
via Triple M.
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