Posts by Sacha
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Craig, thanks. I'm far more interested in hearing your own take on things than the party's one. Unsurprisingly they do sound similar at times, and it's the deeper reasoning and principles that I hope you can bring to this forum so I get a better sense of what is important to you.
I have to thank our Mr Hosking for opening my eyes many years ago as the first articulate person of the right I encountered. I only wish I'd been more ready to hold up my end of the conversation. Mind you, he had a subscription to the Economist to draw on which was probably an unfair advantage at the time.
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I thought the way Campbell tied in the Catholic stuff towards the end of his piece was masterful.
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I actually tend to agree that the content is less meaningful than some have painted it - although as George said a few pages back:
If this isn't a big deal, then why are National treating it as one
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Craig, and I am not implying bad faith by saying that you're addressing the process rather than the content - I accept it is just what you personally find most significant here.
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As others have pointed out, the focus on process rather than content is the party line. Standard practise, and I really don't know how much impact this story will have on the overall result. It probably depends how the "ends or means" focus resonates with the larger themes about trust and confidence and leadership.
Taking a step back, I'm far more interested in why someone would feel compelled to perform such an act. No one in 1999 had to ferret out what an incoming Labour govt would stand for.
Mind you I didn't notice any John Ansell/Crosby Textor type influence then, so I accept that things have changed and that the Nats are wary after being gazumped in 2005.
However if they want to carry on pushing a line about ambitious leadership then I'd expect enough fresh ideas to be able to afford losing a few on the way. I don't see much difference in "tiredness" when I check either front bench, and comparing the safeness of their hands hardly excites me.
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Robbery - snapper @ canty uni. Yes!
Was I imagining things or was Alan Haig simultaneously drumming a different time signature with each hand at some stage of that gig? I was right up the front watching his hands but wouldn't vouch for the veracity o my senses by that stage - especially after the Winnie the Pooh readings in the other room.
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Craig, it's sounding party line again. I admire Gordon Campbell's elaboration of the relative morality of secret taping compared with secret policy.
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Prebble's radical right wing beliefs and actions would seem to be a local equivalent to the US movement that bears the name, despite any subtle differences in motivation or ideas.
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I remember looking up at Tackhead on that stage and thinking how bloody lucky I was to be experiencing guitar, bass and drums played by the top handfull of their respective professions at the time. And yes, the ringing lasted for days.
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Raymond, glad to hear your father's sendoff went well. Another of those events where the echoes of our ancestors can be as loud as the congregation.
I was reminded today of the final scene of Six Feet Under (thanks, JA), and thought of my own father's funeral and that mixture of celebration and sadness and something bigger than any of us.
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