Public Address | Cafe | Island Life: Top ten surprises in Wishart's 'explosive' new Helen Clark biography

andrew clive

Wed, 07 May 2008 03:17:38 +1200

whilst i'm not a fan of everything ian wishart writes..he has stated that he's been very moderate in what he has revealed about helen clark in his investigate mag ..havent read his book on her yet..
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In the helen clark article he wrote a while back in Investigate that…

BenWilson

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:33:51 +1200

Truth Headline: Possum the only fat PM gets.

Paul Litterick

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:15:08 +1200

And the Breakfast TV shows will be in with "could possum fat be the secret recipe for Prime Minister Helen Clark's success? We find out, after the break..."

Tom Semmens

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:50:18 +1200

And David Farrar will wade in with "I don't condone the outrageous commnets of Ian Wishart, good lord, we should keep politician's private lives private. But I wonder who the co-owner of wxyz's cosy holiday home mentioned on page 154 might be"?

simon g

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:52:52 +1200

Wishart's book will be bad, the media coverage will be worse.

Front-page editorial: "the Herald-Star-Post totally condemns this tawdry publication, with its disgraceful smears and innuendo. It is an outrage, and brings shame upon the noble profession of journalism."

Full coverage of the disgraceful smears etc: pages A2, A3, A4…

Tom Semmens

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:34:04 +1200

I think he'll also claim Helen is the missing last Cylon.

samuel walker

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:25:13 +1200

these will probably seem logical and fair compared to whatever WishART actually claims....

Rich of Observationz

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:18:45 +1200

You could have posted this 12 hours prior. There's a nice little path through the Town Belt past the back of Premier House.

I've always thought it a nice thing about NZ that there aren't SAS and cops hiding in the trees up there providing security. But then if there…

Rochelle Hume

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:20:44 +1200

Is this the book that he was advertising a month or so ago without naming the title or subject? But still wanted you to send the money in to buy it???

Oh, I'm sure every fact is independently verified, and the subject matter is dealt with completely objectively... [Yes, tongue…

John Farrell

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:46:37 +1200

For me the amusing thing is not knowing if this is what is in the book, or a wind-up. Given Wishart's obsessions, it could be either....

Craig Ranapia

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:34:27 +1200

7. Coven meets on Sunday evenings behind Premier House, gets covered in possum fat, dances naked around patio heater.

I hate to think what the ACC premiums are on that little team-building exercise — animal fat, open flames...

Public Address

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:34:26 +1200

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