Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to Seamus Harris,
I’m mostly just amazed at the way Public Address readers seem interested in dissecting anything and everything other than the central issue – that Len Brown feels above being held to any kind of behavioral standards.
If we're not discussing it, it's because it's not relevant to the mayoral role. He screwed up - we know that, he knows that. Behaviour unbecoming, but not behaviour requiring resignation or affecting job performance.
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I resorted to the Harold to distract me.
Cameron Brewer was re-elected unopposed as the councillor for the Orakei ward and was announced as the running mate of right-wing mayoral candidate John Palino two weeks before votes were counted.
Now, aside from the fact that the Herald doesn't seem to understand that we don't elect a deputy mayor directly, and therefore "running mate" is not an appropriate term to use, has there been any indication that Brewer was actively involved in Palino's campaign? Not casting aspersions, just curious.
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Hamish Price on Morning Report
"She's very open about the amount of pressure that was brought on her by various people within the Palino campaign, including John Palino, to take part in what was clearly an attempt to place so much pressure on Len Brown, embarrass him effectively into stepping down from the mayoralty."
BTW there's a lot more in the audio than is in the text report.
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to Tom Semmens,
Hmmm, no ‘update’ from David Farrar today. Maybe the big bananas in the Nat HQ have given him the hard word.
Nats may be trying to close the #lengate, but the palamino has already bolted...
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
is there a Zoolander-style Cognitive Dissonance walk-off going on we should be told about?
Now, I am stuck with a mental image of Len failing to remove his underpants without taking off his trousers. Thanks so much, Craig...
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to TracyMac,
Waiting.. waiting…
Great GIF! Stealing.
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to Heather Gaye,
Uhh.. He likes Emma’s Missing Stair posts? Who wants to break it to him?
The irony, it burns!
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to Russell Brown,
Very interesting column by Richard Harman setting the affair in the context of National’s infighting:
Ooh, Slater's put up a comment already saying Harman's got it completely wrong. Now who would I believe?...
Dammit, I have to go to a meeting tonight! My popcorn will get cold!
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to Russell Brown,
For those with strong stomachs and a robust sense of irony, here’s Stephen Cook’s account of how he and Slater were just honest dudes trying to break a scandal.
Dear gods, no wonder Truth is no more.
Luigi can see my point, but suggests I put a story out there anyway. “We were thinking of an American-style smear campaign, smoke and mirrors,” he says to me.
“Just put it out there and see if it gets picked up,” he adds.
Bevan likes the idea and thinks it might work.
I don’t and let them know there’s no way I or Cam Slater would ever be involved in something like that.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!