Oh Dear, another Liberal shows how out of touch they are...

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

KEVIN Baker's endorsement as the Liberal candidate for Charlton is in doubt with Tony Abbott claiming he would seek a brief on the allegations that he ran a lewd website.

The Opposition leader this morning said Mr Baker had done the wrong thing by owning a chat forum which posted hundreds of dirty jokes about women.

Mr Abbott's comments follow Labor officials calling for the Opposition leader to disendorse Mr Baker after revelations the candidate owned and operated a website that included offensive references about incest, domestic violence, racism and child abuse.

Oops!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/liberal-candidate-kevin-baker8217s-offcolour-website-closed-down-af...

[azureline**]

so he should resign, disgusting man. Shame he had a choice though as his choices are not apparently good ones.

[not_an_eloi]

Charlton Liberal candidate Kevin Baker quits over lewd website content 

By IAN KIRKWOOD Aug. 20, 2013, 5:13 p.m.

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  Kevin Baker

KEVIN Baker, the Coalition candidate for the seat of Charlton, has resigned from the Liberal Party after publicity linking him to sexist jokes on a personal website aimed at car enthusiasts.

Liberal MP for Paterson, Bob Baldwin, said Mr Baker had been running the website for some years and the problematic jokes were posted by others, not him

question is, why didn't baldwin take some action if 'e knew about the site.

was he a member   

[izabsmiling]

NAE, according to the article in the OP he did say that he had failed to moderate it properly ...

in the last few years .

[izabsmiling]

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@newstart2380 wrote:

Stop the press

Kevin Baker has just resigned, so good news for those who want him gone.

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No.  what I wanted was for Tony Abbott to say more than

He has done the wrong thing,he has done the wrong thing...to his credit though he has taken the site down .

as if  it didn't benefit him to take it down .

[not_an_eloi]

"failed to moderate it properly"

perhaps prickerin' will take 'is site down also (for that very reason)

(shades)  

[izabsmiling · Accepted solution]

If as reported by Daniel Hurst in The Age 

The forum, which has been pulled down since the criticism broke, featured a general discussion section with the banner:

"Talk about anything you want - no censorship, no stress!"

there was no intent to moderate it  at all...it would seem to have been as he wanted it to be.

[newstart2380]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

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@newstart2380 wrote:

Stop the press

Kevin Baker has just resigned, so good news for those who want him gone.

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No.  what I wanted was for Tony Abbott to say more than

He has done the wrong thing,he has done the wrong thing...to his credit though he has taken the site down .

as if  it didn't benefit him to take it down .

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So what more could he say ? he has taken the site down. he has resigned his position and Tony Abbott has done the right thing.

Geeez do you want him to grovel ? 

[crystal-gems]

Do you think that Baker would have been disendorsed as a Liberal candidate if he had the slightest chance of winning in a traditional and strong Labor electorate?

[not_an_eloi]

pre-pollers may 'ave voted for this git already  

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

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@newstart2380 wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

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@newstart2380 wrote:

Stop the press

Kevin Baker has just resigned, so good news for those who want him gone.

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No.  what I wanted was for Tony Abbott to say more than

He has done the wrong thing,he has done the wrong thing...to his credit though he has taken the site down .

as if  it didn't benefit him to take it down .

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So what more could he say ? he has taken the site down. he has resigned his position and Tony Abbott has done the right thing.

Geeez do you want him to grovel ? 

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Yes.