Comments on: Count the press secretaries

By: All Bound For Mumu Land

All Bound For Mumu Land — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:11:58 +0000

This reliance on the crutches of media intermediaries to micromanage every aspect of perception of the Dear Leader speaks only of her weakness.

By: dad4justice

dad4justice — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:24:01 +0000

PP if it was based on work levels then I suggest Miss Clark should not have one at all !!

How many are gals PP? Hi Peter.

By: Policy Parrot

Policy Parrot — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:20:59 +0000

David – are you implying that under a National-led administration that there will (or should) be less press secretaries than in the current Labour-led government? I haven’t seen any specific policy releases indicating that…

Or are you just attacking people who do a necessary job, when it is in fact the Parliamentary Service who decides whether these people are employed or not, not the Government, based on workload levels.

By: john

john — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:40:40 +0000

Sorry David ,Mein Fuhrer clark needs many arse licking goverment toddies to massage her pathetic ego, and her consert davis , shit our country is being ruled by degenerate leftist group , in the disguise of a public service

By: toby1845

toby1845 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:39:34 +0000

Barnsley Bill: you are quite correct. Some of us will use other means to protest against the legislation.

David – can you please provide the names of Helen’s Clark’s media staff. It would be handy to know – for future reference, at least.

By: side show bob

side show bob — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:58:55 +0000

Yeah, of course David it should last all week how else could you put up with these delusional people. The only way I could relate to them is if I was off my trolley EVERYDAY.

By: Barnsley Bill

Barnsley Bill — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:41:44 +0000

You would have to question the wisdom of organising a march to protest against the dykocracy in WELLINGTON.
most of the population either work for the govt or work retail in that village we laughingly call our capital.
Clearly no civil servant is going to take part and the spotty yoof are too busy stealing stock from their minimum wage retail jobs.

By: Castafiore

Castafiore — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:16:29 +0000

DPF this post is not fair to the Labour Government !!!!

They have got to have more than one press secretary each because you have to have one supplying the current spin and then another one to run every bit of spin past the Grand Ayatollah of Spin Heather Simpson. She is not called H2 for nothing and look out if any of the press secretaries issue a statement without her express OK !!!

By: david

david — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:04:45 +0000

Every Friday SSB?

By: side show bob

side show bob — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:03:35 +0000

Shit David I would want more then a bloody Chardonnay, I was thinking more like a pallet.

By: david

david — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:58:44 +0000

SSB, don’t worry, the boss shouts them a Chardonnay every Friday

By: side show bob

side show bob — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:51:38 +0000

I can’t imagine the hell hole these press sacretaries must work in . To put up with and put out the crap that comes from the Liarbore loonies must be very depressing. These people are nothing more then a paid support system for the socialists lunatics. They must be very well paid to sit there day after day and nod their heads mindlessly as more shit is spouted from the mouths of the imbeciles.

By: Barnsley Bill

Barnsley Bill — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:24:14 +0000

full employment is a wonderfull thing, worked well in the USSR and is going ok in North Korea apparently. Anybody remember the fuss that the dykocracy made when in opposition about “jobs for the boys” and consultants on the public tit.
Theses thieves make the grace and favour antics of the last national govt look minuscule now.
In the unlikely event of national actually getting in next year I sincerely hope Key appoints somebody as head of a new razor gang to slash and burn those suckholes in wellington.
Bob Jones will be shitting himself if the nats win. imagine what will happen to welllington cbd rents if we suddenly no longer need thousands of labour stooges running all these bogus govt departments.

razor gang…..hmmmmmmm Bill Birch, wayne Brown, Ruth Richardson…. or darth vader himself Prebble with a bit of help from Roger Douglas…

By: gd

gd — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:55:51 +0000

stephen says

The reason these arseholes have so many hangerson is that they are incapable of crapping usless they have 4 policy advisers to analysis the possible outcomes and 3 press secretaries to write different versions of the press release depending on the outcome of their crapping and 2 proof readers to check the press releases before release .

And then you know what?

They get constipation

By: Brian Smaller

Brian Smaller — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:27:19 +0000

“I was the half.”

I met you at the March today DPF, and no-one could ever accuse you of being half a person.

Good speech by the way. Was that big guy heckling with the megaphone really Tane?

By: stephen

stephen — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:10:16 +0000

Ah, thanks. I still dont think they exert a lot of ‘control’ exactly, but yeah i’d be interested to know why they need so many if they arent (presumably) putting out new policies every hour that needed communicating.

I spose David would know, seeing as he was one…?

By: Buggerlugs

Buggerlugs — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:05:11 +0000

Stephen -
Angry people and loonies who write letters have them farmed out to a) Government departments to write replies or b) get a standard response that any idiot can print out. Those who ring are generally culled by the telephonists or private secretaries, not comms staffers.
Nope, the PM’s department is in full-on control freak mode.

By: stephen

stephen — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:53:47 +0000

Maybe the PM’s office has to deal with a lot of angry people and loonies? Company directors just deal with business, but some people tend to hold the government/PM liable for just about everything!

By: Buggerlugs

Buggerlugs — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:51:23 +0000

No, Roger is too busy introspecting and Tutae will be doing what all good union organisers do – getting fatter and lazier.

By: PhilBest

PhilBest — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:45:41 +0000

How many of these parliamentary staff spend time hijacking blogs? Perhaps some of the Roger Nomes and Tanes?