Posts by Craig Ranapia
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And reliable as the dinner gong, Phil Goff opens his mouth and blows it:
Labour leader Phil Goff says police have better things to do than get involved in a political spat between a newspaper and the National party.
Whatever you think the merits of the complaint are (I'd say the general consensus around here is "invisible to the naked eye"), were the Police supposed to just tell Key to piss off? Really?
It had become a criminal matter because John Key was refusing to be transparent, Mr Goff said.
No, Phil, it became a Police matter because a complaint was laid.
There needed to be media ethics around private conversations, but the public understood that the meeting between Key and John Banks over a cup of tea had been a political stunt, he said.
On-message, but not only really irrelevant but a little rich coming from that quarter. :)
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Rich Lock,
A lot of the stills and footage I’ve seen show a number of Joe and Josephine Punter-types sitting at nearby tables studiously attempting to ignore the WTF-ness going on a couple of metres away.
Which is really an endearing feature of the Kiwi character I think. I have a friend who almost had a stroke while standing behind Sigourney Weaver in line at a cafe. She managed to resist blurting out “OMFGOMFGItotallyLOVEyouPLEASEpleasePLEASEsay"GetawayfromherYOUBITCH!”, peeing herself, then fainting. We’re stoic, us Kiwis. :)
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Before anyone starts worrying about the pending threat to my sobriety, my partner's middle brother turns 80 next month and he can hold his piss. Present sorted - thanks New Zealand On Air... um, Zumwohl!
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Perhaps – but I can at least feel a microscopic grain of grudging respect for tabloid scum who are candidly and shamelessly bitches of the circulation department – and will do anything to feed that Moloch. Wagging your finger with one hand while the other is elbow deep in a steaming shit pile is just rank hypocrisy.
Give me an up front bastard over a two-faced one, any day of the week. At least with the former, you can see where the cowpie in the face is coming from.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Ant Timpson,
You’d think all large media orgs would have permanent lip readers on staff for this sort of chicanery.
Screw that - Bene Gesserit witches FTW! "I will require telepathy..."
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Sacha,
I don't notice anyone gagging Pundit (or anyone else) from talking about real issues to their heart's content. (I'd pay to see anyone try and gimp-up Geddes with a ball-gag, but I don't fancy their chances.) So, yeah, I stand by my contention that politicians and media outlets so damn worried about it have the remedy in their own hands.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to 3410,
Any word from Banks yet?
He's declined to comment, which is pretty sensible when this whole imbroglio is now upgraded to "current and ongoing Police investigation".
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Meanwhile, dear Media and Politicians, if you’re so concerned #teapottapes are a “distraction from real issues” why didn’t you dedicate the lengthy airtime you just wasted on said real issues instead? Crazy talk, right?
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Kumara Republic,
So wouldn’t ACT or the Libz be a more natural home for him? He sounds pig-headedly macro-nationalistic enough for either.
Yet another bullet point on my 'Don't really know, don't really care' list. But my experience doesn't bear out the meme that Cameron Slater is the Darth Maul of the National Party. But, of course, I would say that wouldn't I? BWAHAHAHAHA! *twirl mustache, flick cape, and melodramatically exit stage right *
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Hilary Stace,
I know she is her own woman with her own work, but If she didn’t want her conservative views known she wouldn’t write about them in the Listener each week.
And perhaps you might want to focus on them instead of the repeated snide allusions to her husband -- whose current employment as a senior press secretary to the Prime Minister is the only "National Party link" I'm aware of. Perhaps you have something else you'd like to share with the group, or is it OK to be sexist and patronising as long as you don't like the woman concerned?
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