Miscellaneous Insults

On the National Party: "...their existense is putrid. It is absolutely putrid." "...the cowards of the National Party, the hillbillies of the National Party." "...that vile constituency, the National Party, did nothing else but get its hands on the public purse." On the Press: "...Fucking animals." "Laurie Oakes (left) [is] a cane toad." "Anyone who is impressed with himself because he has made Page One is sort of a shingle short." "You (Richard Carleton) had an important place in Australian society on the ABC and you gave it up to be a pop star...with a big cheque...and now you're on to this sort of stuff. That shows what a 24 carat pissant you are, Richard, that's for sure" In conversation with a journalist: Reporter: You don't talk to ordinary people! Keating: "Who says I don't ?  Who says I don't ?  I mean I see as many people as perhaps anyone in public life could..." Reporter: How long is it since you've been to Fyshwick Markets ? Keating: "Not long, not long.  In fact if you get down to woollies at Manuka on Saturday I'd probably run over you with a trolley as I did a journo recently." On the Queen: "I like the Queen... and I think she liked me" On Graham Richardson: "I like little Richo... but I don't want him anywhere near Kim Beazley" On Independant, Steele Hall: "The Honorable Member has been in so many parties he is a complete political harlot." On NSW Liberal, Rosemary Foot: "I will be ripping her into shreds...she can go and shoot her big mouth off in the Supreme Court. We'll see how she goes there." On Former Labour politician, Jim McClelland (over the phone): "That you Jim? Paul Keating here. Just because you swallowed a f***ing dictionary when you were about 15 doesn't give you the right to pour a bucket of shit over the rest of us." On Mike Codd: "Codd will be lucky to get a job cleaning shithouses if I ever become Prime Minister." On Fund Managers: "...these donkeys..." "It must get right up their nose, quaffing down the red wine at these fashionable eateries in Bent Street and Collins Street, with the Prime Minister calling them donkeys - but donkeys they are." On NSW Minister for Housing, Frank Walker: "I'm always being attacked by delegate Walker. He's been attacking me ever since I used to touch him up in the [ALP] Youth Council 20 years ago." To a Uni student protesting about fees: "Go and get a job!"

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