Don Brash, Agony Aunt
Oh this is a superb hidden gem. Scoop has dug up some old audio archives of Don Brash before the last election being interviewed by student radio, and the hosts turned it into an agony aunt session with Don giving advice to students ranging from cyberspace love to hairy partners to blondy bimbo beauty queens.
I can only imagine the press secretary slitting his wrists while listening to this, but I actually think Don comes out really well in them – gives good advice mixed in with his own experiences. It’s a testament to his good nature that he went along with it. I can imagine many politicians would have refused to take questions of that line.
I find it somewhat bizarre when people try to paint Don as some sort of far right extreme “cancerous” figure propped up by the religious right. I suppose they have to try and paint him that way, but those lucky enough to actually get to know him see the sense of humour and disamring nature where he’ll go along with something like this.
Hat Tip: David Slack
September 25th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
ha.. the Don-mester. Certainly has a good sense of humour, which is in contrast to our current Dear Leader. I don’t say that as a criticism of Clark, just as a matter of fact.
I think what makes Clark a good political manager is being overly literal & a little shrewd. But personally I much rather have Don as my boss.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:54 pm
farrar,
you we probably censor me again,
but why no comment on hooton’s exocoriation of don today?
don’s a goner, isn’t he?
September 25th, 2006 at 9:59 pm
but why no comment on hooton’s exocoriation of don today?
Where did he makes the comments…?
September 25th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
I’ll remember to hi-five him next time I meet him. What a dude!
September 25th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
Audio feed of Hooton on Brash’s leadership of the Nats here:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ntn/politics5
He says that Brash isn’t wanted by the caucus as leader.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
The Independent is not too happy with Don either:
http://www.theindependent.co.nz/index.html
(see top right)
September 25th, 2006 at 10:43 pm
Well that story has been getting thrased 24/7 since the election.
Meanwhile he IS the leader and they are climbing in spite of media reporting/manipulation.
September 25th, 2006 at 11:38 pm
Lindsay:
If I was John Key I’d pay Hooters to stop talking me up as leadership material. Sorry, but this guy is taken about as seriously in National Party circles as John Tamihere is with the Labour front-bums. Not someone I’d be too keen to have in my corner.
And did anyone else note Lila Harre saying she believed the Prime Minister’s claim that u (conveniently anonymous) “party leader” was told by the Auditor-General that he that he backed Labour’s plan to pass retrospective legislation to validate any illegitimate election spending; but not Kevin Brady’s explicit, unambiguous and (most importantly) on the record denial he ever said any such thing? I wonder if Hooters and Lila should be put on stress leave for a couple of weeks, and some other talent brought in.
As for the Independent Financial Review, the late, great investigative business journalist Warren Berryman must be turning in his grave at what the Fairfax dingoes are doing to his baby.
September 26th, 2006 at 12:54 am
Why on *earth* is Hooten so off message?
“I believe Ruth Dyson is absolutely right” – Hooten.
“[the EBs] should have been prosecuted by the police. It’s a shame they weren’t” – Hooten.
The Right answer to this issue is that there should be *no* employment rights for _unions_. The so-called exemptions in the law should apply to every employer as employer’s rights. Employees are either employed or not. It’s the employer’s money: they should be able to fire their employees. The forthcoming Don Brash government will introduce this policy. End of Story.
Don Brash won the last election, and will win the next whenever it is called. The question is not whether he is leader or will win.
the only question is whether the corruption fostered by the current illigitimate “government” will continue to prevent him from being PM and bring in policies that will benefit everyone
The facts – shown by the polls – are that Don’s campaign: calling the government corrupt; running on moral issues; and aligning with the EBs; have been more successful than anyting National has done for the last 10 years.
“Don Brash has 50% of the vote. He would be able to govern alone, even under MMP. He is the only legiimate PM of NZ”
Why is that so hard for Hooten to say?
September 26th, 2006 at 1:50 am
Sinner:
You may require an urgent CT scan of your head (or an exorcism)
“Don Brash won the last election, and will win the next whenever it is called. The question is not whether he is leader or will win”.
Sinner’s symptoms progress quickly:
“Don Brash has 50% of the vote. He would be able to govern alone, even under MMP. He is the only legiimate PM of NZ”.
You’re smokin’ some bad crack my friend.
What’s it like in your world?
?
Be well,
James
September 26th, 2006 at 1:53 am
Sinner:
You may require an urgent CT scan of your head (or an exorcism)
“Don Brash won the last election, and will win the next whenever it is called. The question is not whether he is leader or will win”.
Sinner’s symptoms progress quickly:
“Don Brash has 50% of the vote. He would be able to govern alone, even under MMP. He is the only legiimate PM of NZ”.
You’re smokin’ some bad crack my friend.
What’s it like in your world?
?
Be well,
James
September 26th, 2006 at 5:29 am
Matthew says what he believes the case to be, not what National would like him to say. He does not appear as a National Party rep but as a right wing commentator.
September 26th, 2006 at 6:00 am
Hi Craig,
I see where you’re coming from re Hooton, Key needs him like a hole in the head. But at least he is one commentator that speaks his mind. I thought his comment defending Clark’s right to use the word ‘cancerous’ was quite bizarre. I do agree with his comment about changing the leadership being a bloodless coup if it ever happens.
My concern about Key is how much depth is their to his thinking on policy issues and how does he go when under the kosh? He is clearly very marketable on TV etc for other reasons. The Nats have to keep their mind on the job of keeping Labour under pressure not squabbling amongst themselves.
My main issue with Brash is that he really needs to answer media questions better, he struggles with this and needs a bit of media training. By that I don’t mean answer the way Clark and co tell blatant lies all the time either when talking to the media.
September 26th, 2006 at 7:05 am
Lindsay:
Well, I think you’ve certainly nailed it with this: The Nats have to keep their mind on the job of keeping Labour under pressure not squabbling amongst themselves.
IMO, some elements of the National Party need to take a good hard look at what’s happened to the Australian Labour Party and the British Conservatives when they’re gotten mired in vicious – and very public – infighting. It’s hardly going to inspire confidence in moderate/swing voters. One thing I’ve always been willing to give Clark credit for is that she managed to forge a unified and (until recently) ferociously disciplined party out of people who, a few years before, you couldn’t get in the same building without an ideologicial knife-fight.
Anyone who thinks Labour is just going to lie down and die now is a good argument for random workplace drug testing. IMO, Labour is going to keep fucking up, but if we’re going to keep handing them opportunities to keep talking up National’s leadership as a weapon of mass distraction, that’s plain stupid. Labour’s the only one who wins; but if you don’t fuel the flames, then folks like Jordan Carter and Hodgson’s game is exposed for what it is.
September 26th, 2006 at 7:29 am
My main issue with Brash is that he really needs to answer media questions better, he struggles with this and needs a bit of media training. By that I don’t mean answer the way Clark and co tell blatant lies all the time either when talking to the media.
And there you have the perennial problem of the right wing candidate. Because standing up in front of board meetings and telling the truth just isn’t good trainging for a life in media politics.
Unlike the standard left wing candidate that has know little else throughout their career other than the ins and out of the politicing.
September 26th, 2006 at 7:53 am
Yes, business is renowned for its exemplary truth-telling while academia is riddled with cheats and liars…
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/15551798.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/21/directors_flogging_company_data/
September 26th, 2006 at 10:44 am
I release I straying dangerously close to the original topic, but I thought I’d say I found that audio charming and humanising too.
If we could have more of that sort of thing politics might not be so extreme.
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