Hard News: The perils of political confidence
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merc, in reply to
Puca Joyce arranged to have the mic planted ;-)
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Even Ol' Don Brash (ODB) thinks what's on the tapes is in the public interest. By which I presume he means that it's in his interest.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Puca Joyce arranged to have the mic planted ;-)
or better yet - knew it was gonna happen,
and instructed the DPS to let it happen...
- plausible deniability with all the ensuant
benefits of faux outrage and diversionary circus...Public is left to deal with the giant toxic
elephant turds, free shovels at WINZ...
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merc, in reply to
Without doubt that man bag was left there for a reason, a reason so cunning you could probably pin an elephant on it and call it Dumbo ;-)
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
a harsh tuskmaster...
man bag... elephant
Pachyderms have thick skin
their scrotal sacs were much prized
by Hannibal's legionnaires for
keeping salt and gold...*
...the symbolism is astounding!*OK, I made that up!
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Man responsible for the hobbit law gets downed by a contractor working on spec, priceless.
Very sharp, spot on, M!
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Man this is quite hilarious. Talk about getting made an absolute fool of on camera. Banks, you're toast. No one like slippery evasion, memory loss, sudden memory clarity when presented with a transcript, stonewalling, and a walk away.
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merc,
Words fail.
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Sacha, in reply to
Winston’s support base
they're just resting
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Man this is quite hilarious. Talk about getting made an absolute fool of on camera. Banks, you're toast. No one like slippery evasion, memory loss, sudden memory clarity when presented with a transcript, stonewalling, and a walk away.
It was brutal -- especially the tottering-off-into-the-distance shot at the end.
But it did need Banks to come to the party, so to speak.
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Emma Hart, in reply to
It was brutal -- especially the tottering-off-into-the-distance shot at the end.
I can't help thinking that Duncan Garner might just be the happiest person in the country right now.
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As I was waiting for John Key
There was a man I didn't see
He didn't front again today
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BenWilson, in reply to
It was brutal -- especially the tottering-off-into-the-distance shot at the end.
"Saruman, your staff is broken"
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Sacha, in reply to
Radio New Zealand, whose policy Q&A was disgracefully snubbed by National
Full policy listings here - with every single answer for National thus:
Declined to answer this question
It's only the other parties who ought to have any complaint about lack of substantive coverage in the circumstances.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
He burped up what is now clearly the agreed line: that he was only interested in talking about “issues that are important to New Zealanders”.
Which would be the environment food prices and the quality of our schools
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merc,
The tottering off shot a la Bill English after that coup.
Interestingly the people I know who support Key still believe it is a media beat up and Key is on track, ah well. -
Steve Barnes, in reply to
National’s trade policy might be a technicolour yawn to you, Russell, but it might just be not only relevant but pretty important to one or two Morning Report listeners.
Just one or two, maybe but they wouldn't want anybody else to know about it, you know, commercial sensitivity an all that.
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Sacha, in reply to
If teapotgate is a “distraction” from “real issues”
It's a measure of National's comms success that the campaign framing is around leadership credibility rather than substantive policy. Media aren't immune to that (though they should be).
The Nats can hardly complain now when media follow that framing to its conclusion, especially when they've been stage-managed and pressured not to release daily schedules to minimise any risk of protests disrupting those glossy photo ops of grateful gurning locals hanging on the leader's every gurgle. Lingering resentment can be dangerous..
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Sacha, in reply to
It would appear Epsom voters don't much like being manipulated either. Good on them.
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merc,
So the Nat guy gets in in Epsom, grows in confidence, rebels against his two faced masters, leads National back to a glorious summer.../I laugh so hard/
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Sacha, in reply to
rebels
you clearly haven't met him :)
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
you clearly haven't met him :)
Have you read his biographies of Brash and Banks?
I hear that the descriptions of cavalry charges against blood-crazed fuzzy-wuzzies and midnight escapes from Boer prisons are absolutely ripping. -
Just in: police say they will execute a search warrant on Radio NZ today or tomorrow, in pursuit of “unpublished material”, subsequent to the interview with Bradley Ambrose.
I think this just got WAY out of hand.
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Full policy listings here - with every single answer for National thus:
Declined to answer this question
The arrogance is breath-taking; only topped by National's whinging about the media not wanting to engage on policy.
I think this just got WAY out of hand.
Agreed, and I really hope the police are acting in good faith, with no pressure whatsoever being applied from Joyce et al. Given the stakes, I think it would be useful for the media to seek confirmation that this is the case.
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Leopold, in reply to
We're getting into Police Chief Wiggum territory here
I thought Police could use their discretion...
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