You never quite knew, over the years, who would turn up under the name of Scott Morrison.
“Scotty from Marketing” has long been the naughty, perfect label attached to this political chameleon.
Scott Morrison on Tuesday declared he would depart “released from any bitterness that can so often haunt post-political lives”.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
He was the daggy dad here, the loyal defender of a cornered prime minister there (until hours later, he wasn’t), the punisher of refugees and welfare recipients, the triumphant believer in miracles, the secret minister for everything …
We could, thus, have guessed there would be a fresh persona as we prepared to hear the vanquished prime minister deliver his last words as a parliamentarian on Tuesday.
And sure enough, there he was, transformed again for the closing minutes of his valedictory.
After he’d effusively and sometimes tearfully thanked everyone who’d enabled his career, as is traditional, and tried a little musical comedy by tortuously inserting Taylor Swift song titles into his address, here came Scotty from Sunday school delivering a preacher’s sermon to the Australian parliament.
We had long been introduced to the Pentecostalist nature of Morrison.
He once confessed that during his political outings, he secretly practised the laying on of hands on unsuspecting punters. However, it’s hard to forget his spectacular fail when trying to reach out to bushfire victims in the scorched town of Cobargo after flying in from Hawaii those unfortunate years ago.
But even Scotty seemed to become aware he’d been laying on the preaching a bit thick as he neared the end of his farewell.
Scotty from Sunday school lays it on thick in final sermon
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You never quite knew, over the years, who would turn up under the name of Scott Morrison.
“Scotty from Marketing” has long been the naughty, perfect label attached to this political chameleon.
Scott Morrison on Tuesday declared he would depart “released from any bitterness that can so often haunt post-political lives”.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
He was the daggy dad here, the loyal defender of a........
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