when you knock my representative

then you knock me too right? Why does Peter Costello think it is alright to ridicule the representatives that 5 million or so people elected to Parliament? Paul Keating used to do it too. Why do these jokers think that they can take the mickey out of people we elected to represent us? Do they think we elected donkeys to parliament? Do they think five million of us are so stupid that we elected representatives knowing that they were figures of fun?

Listen up Costello and the 60% of people who elected you. I live in a democracy where my elected representative deserves to be treated with respect. You want to laugh at my elected representative then tell me to my face that I voted for a goose. Nah you're not game and you wouldn't have the courage to apologise either. You rabbit on about the joys of democracy well how about treating the representatives of the minority with as much dignity you like to be treated with.