Thank god for OUR Greens

The Green Party of Australia is jumping on the Schapelle Corby bandwagon and calling for an immediate release of Schapelle Corby.

Why does the Green Party in Australia see it as incumbent upon themselves to stand up for Schapelle? It's not like Australians aren't jumping to her defence already. Why would Schapelle need the support of the Australian Greens, with their grand political base of 2 sitting MPs! Besides, it's not like Green Party was vocal in complaining about the lack of prisoner exchange programs and the imprisonment of Aussies overseas before it became politically convenient.

Green leader Kerry Nettle was leaping about Agenda this morning trying to defend the 'position' of the Greens. And it really was a jumping act. One minute she's talking about 'the girl next door', the next she's talking about 'Marijuana Use' (equating a single joint with 4 KILOS of Marijuana!) and 'light prison sentences for terrorists'! (funny, I didn't notice Greens of any country complaining about countries being too SOFT on terror..)

I never thought I'd say this but.. Thank god for OUR Greens. Especially since they have never sunk to this level of populist political exploitation. It astonishes me that this woman is actually being honoured as a guest speaker at a Green NZ conference. One would think the Greens would at least have enough intelligence to realise that they are actually above her. Having said that, Sue Kedgley is still a member of their party so maybe they really are that stupid...