Welcome to the blogosphere Winston
No this is not a joke. Winston is now blogging at winstonpeters.com.
This is welcome. I think blogs allowing two way communications are a good accountabiliy mechanism for politicians, and I congratulate Winston on deciding to launch a blog, despite the risks in doing so.
I do hope people are respectful in their comments on the blog. It is their blog, and while I am sure they will allow dissenting voices, it would be unfortunate if they did not persist due to overly abusive comments.
NZPA quotes WInston:
Mr Peters said he could not be too critical of the blogging phenomenon — which he said was like talkback radio — as he had one as well (www.winstonpeters.com).
Winston is a bit of a natural talkback host, so he might become a natural blogger. However unlike talkback, it is a lot harder to cut people off on a blog 
August 14th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Quite a few questions on policy (in the comments section) and no answers. Typical Winston, really. And not a single comment that’s anything other than totally neutral or dribbling praise, so I assume either heavy moderation or no one’s listening.
An allegory for Winston’s wider fortunes, really.
August 14th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Just call me Nostradamus.
Did I not predict that Winnie would attempt to woe the thousands of old greedies who lost money in the various finance companies that have gone tits up?
Like it or not comrades this will get the prick over the 5% threshold.
Oh and DPF, do you REALLY expect people to be respectful to that wanker when he shows absolutely no respect to the people of NZ?, he stole $158,000 from me and he has no intention of paying it back.
August 14th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Here is the question I asked Winston, whats the bet it does not pass moderation.
Big Bruv Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
August 14th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Winston
To start my post this afternoon I thought I would quote a line from the movie Jerry McGuire.
SHOW ME THE MONEY!
When are you going to pay back the $158,000 that you stole from me three years ago?
August 14th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Thanks for the heads up DPF. We are launching another blog next week and I took great pleasure in adding Winston Peters blog to the beta blog roll
August 14th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
“And not a single comment that’s anything other than totally neutral or dribbling praise, so I assume either heavy moderation or no one’s listening.”
There is now Rex, although I don’t know how it will fare in the moderation process.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Yes, is moderated. I went for:
GPT Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Nice beat up on the media. Some of it is even deserved and relevant. But, without wishing to let the facts get in the way of media bashing, the issue you have constantly sidestepped is one of deciet and hypocracy.
You have spent 15 years campaigning against business donations and claiming business influence on policies in the other parties. You have railed against “secret trusts” and claimed to be party funded by small investors.
You might not have broken the law (and there is no proof that you have) but you have failed to explain donations to the Spencer trust and lack of disclosure of donations from Owen Glenn, Bob Jones and the racing industry preferring to blame the media and call it all a smear campaign.
It is quite clear that you and/or NZ First (to be fair, basically one and the same) have received large donations from wealthy donors. Fine. But given your record of campaigning against such things you will have to forgive the public and the media for pointing out your hypocracy.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I’m sure that the New Zealand public will be as respectful of Winston Peters as Winston Peters has been of the New Zealand public.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Yes my first contribution was:
“Most people I imagine thought that when you said “No” you meant no. The issue has never been about legality it’s about ethics. Got that, sunshine?”
Also in moderation. Smirk. Anyone want to compete to see who can get banned first?
August 14th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Here’s what I left on the media post. Like everybody else I am in moderation and expect my comment has an ice-cubes’ chance in hell of surviving.
“Yes however it is an affront to reasonable people, who have genuine questions, to have these arrogantly dismissed as nonsense. The allegations may well be nonsense but saying so without evidence does not make the allegations go away. I’m not asking you to prove yourself innocent, I am asking you to base your defence of these allegations on facts and explain why they are false, rather than just say something like “I’m not talking to you, you lying wanker.”
Put simply you haven’t demonstrated how the allegations are lies. You’ve simply said that they are. Sorry that is not enough.
Surely you can see that makes sense?!
A second element comes into play here too. It is not just whether NZF complied with the law as it stood/stands. Someone as well versed as you Winston knows that the very sniff of hypocrisy is damaging to a politician. For years you have railed against donations from big business and secret trusts. They’re not illegal but you cannot dismiss cries of hypocrisy by claiming you acted legally. There is a difference between legal and ethical – much like practising what you preach.
It is a debateable point as to whether the media is hostile towards you. Considering for a minute that claim is justified, can you blame them? You have accused them of lying and demanded resignations. Quite what for you have never said. Once again the test of someone lying is not your word sir. It is the evidence you present to corroborate your claims.
They’ve produced theirs. Now you produce yours.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I can still read mine on there, even though it has “your comment is awaiting moderation.” Typical NZF, promises, promises…
August 14th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I’ll be very interested to visit Winstons blog tomorrow and see if any of the questions/comments above have made it on.
If they have – that’s good, Winston may have some idea about how this blogging thing works.
If not – just another echo chamber al la The Standard, well, as our good friend Sonic would say – ping.
Somehow I suspect its going to be ping.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
What’s the point of having a blog if he is going to moderate every message?
He may as well just have a journal that he can wank on about how fucking wonderful he is!!
SHOW US THE MONEY WINNIE!!!!
August 14th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
I’m amused, no – hang on – amazed !
There are more comments on this blog about Winston Blogging than there are on Winston’s blog. (and 80% of those over there are from the same person, and all about Personal Accounts in the Cullen Fund!
Never mind. Maybe FillMe has found another place to give his opinions where he won’t be challenged as much to be more appropriate.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Heh “favourable” comments written subsequent to mine aren’t in moderation and appear fine. I guess we can fairly conclude that there is censorship occuring there.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
BTW
is anyone running a book on how often Winston actually makes an entry himself?
“I leave that to the Party Officials” is likely to be the reality!
August 14th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Christ on crutch, I’ve made it on there. Let’s see if it’s still there in the morning.
August 14th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Who’s paying for it? Us I suppose, again
August 14th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I don’t believe Winston actually knows how to add a post to a blog, so his press sec must be copying and pasting his speaches in. The press sec that Tax payers pay for. Will it go on his election expenses return? I doubt it.
August 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Chicken Little: “If not – just another echo chamber al la The Standard, well, as our good friend Sonic would say – ping.”
I guess it has one thing over “The Standard”: transparency of agency.
August 14th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Alex,
“Who’s paying for it? Us I suppose, again”
I wondered as much as well. I called the number on the “contact us” portion of the website, mostly to ask why I was still in moderation. The phone was answered by someone in the Parliamentary office of NZF. Unfortunately he did not know why the comment was in moderation as this was being managed by the “media person” who was working from home. He did not know why the number went to the office it did.
Alas I missed the opportunity to ask him if this media person working from home was Tommy Gear.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Winston = Cadmus… remember FFS.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Hang on, if this requires Winston to be dedicated to regularly working on something, how long will it last?
And;
big bruv (1330) Add karma Subtract karma +3 Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
“…….Did I not predict that Winnie would attempt to woe the thousands of old greedies who lost money in the various finance companies that have gone tits up?”
Yep, and it was depressing to see a letter in the last “Listener” from some elderly lady saying how much she still trusted her Winnie and would be voting for him as usual.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Nicks I like to see on Winston’s Blog:
Sunshine
Lying Wanker
Spencer Trustee
A Somali Taxi-driver
August 14th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I wouldn’t want to be Winnies computer. I would not be looking foward to a long life span, expecting that used Johnny Walker bottle to come flying through the screen any moment. Prehaps Winnie will be in deep shock as he realises his public does not adore Winnie as much as Winnie adores Winnie.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
dave strings “Never mind. Maybe FillMe has found another place to give his opinions where he won’t be challenged as much to be more appropriate.”
Haha check it out…
“phillip ure Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
good on you for opening a blog..
..i.also ..am highly critical of the media..but for different reasons..
..i run an on-line news-service..whoar.co.nz…
..and ‘that is what i have done about it..
i’ve done a story on yr blog-opening..
[link whores]
..and i’ll come back later to argue the toss..
phil(whoar.co.nz)”
Starts off with brown nosing, then claims to run a news service, then brown noses some more, link whores, then wants to come back for some kind of ‘relations’
August 14th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
“Welcome to the blogosphere Winston”
Really? “Welcome”?? Come off it. You have absolutely no respect for Winston Peters. (I’m not saying that’s wrong!)
GPT: I would “moderate” anyone who so repeatedly mis-spelled hypocrisy too, to save him from public embarrassment.
Big Bruv: He stole $158,000/4,000,000 = $0.0395 from YOU three years ago. That’s nearly four whole cents. Also accusing the blog owner of theft is no way to endear yourself or your comments to him, nor is acting all big and tough a way to win friends and influence people generally
August 14th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
RRM
sorry m8
there are NOT 4,000,000 taxpayers in God’sown more like 2,000,000. So doube that to a rounded up 8 cents – pml
August 14th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
dave – no doubt you’re right, but how much tax did you pay, and how much did I pay, and how much did Telecom pay? I have no idea how many cents Winston stole from me personally, hence dividing the sum by every man, woman & child in NZ seemed reasonable at the time…
August 14th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
I doubt very much this really is Winston Peters. He will be paying some lackey to write the drivel. It’s amazing what you can do when you have an unaudited, unaccounted, unseen personal slush fund, regularly topped up by grateful business interests.
The best thing anyone can do is ignore his alleged blog. Like everything else about this fellow, it too will turn out to be nothing but a fraud.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Has anyone checked to see whether he is displaying the proper Electoral Finance Act authorization statements?
August 14th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
RRM – You seem very unhappy here? You don’t like the posts, you don’t like the comments, you appear to have an uncontrollable desire to be a hall monitor. Why bother? Why make yourself unhappy? I don’t get it.
I really don’t think it matters if Winston stole 4 cents or 8 cents off me. I do think it matters that he stole. It may not be high on your list of prerequisites that our leaders be honest but it’s on mine.
I hope most Kiwis feel the same.
August 14th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Adolf Fiinkensein suggests:
Absolutely. As I’ve already explained Winston knows as much about computers as he knows about integrity.
In fact the domain name is owned by Frank Perry, who writes most of the rubbish Winston spouts, and has for some time since those who knew what they were doing walked out on him one by one, so it’s a simple matter for him to copy/paste it to a blog and pretend it’s His Master’s Voice.
If anyone being censored would like to ask Mr Perry why, by the way, his contact details here.
Congratulations to those who’ve posted remarkably restrained comments. If he doesn’t publish them perhaps it’s time for a “stalker blog” in the tradition of Kiwiblogblog. Perhaps WinstonPetersCon.com. Or Winston-Peters.com and WinstonPeters.net are available. Not that I’m suggesting anyone make mischief, you understand
August 14th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Thought I might ask him a question or 3……
1. michaels Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Evening Sunshine,
Three simple questions….
1. When can we have our money back please?
2. Will you ever tell the truth again?
3. What job will you get after the election as you’re not quite old enough for what will be JK’s money and you’re fucked?
Thanks Michael.
I suggest that all posts be copied here and lets see how many get through moderation!!!!!
August 14th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I guess I could get demerits for posting off topic, but alas, he doesn’t have a demerit system so I guess he’ll just use the courts and Ma and Pa’s money as he has no other.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Michaels – he’ll get parliamentary super. He’s been in for a fair while, I think its a pretty big whack of money. Enough to buy a few suits, keep the shoes polished, and allow a few tours of locations that have women who have shiny shoes and a nice suit.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Hagues
Phillip ure? did he leave the man off that? Or what! strange name.
Terrible to be so prdictable though eh!
August 14th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Chicken Little – Since you’re talking **about me** thanks, but I’m here ’cause I’m having a great time! I know how right I am.
Of course the $158,000 is despicable but to get all emotional a la “the $158,000 YOU STOLE FROM ME” is exactly the kind of overblown hissy-fit that over and again stops blogs like this from achieving what they could if they were just that LITTLE bit more rational…
August 14th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Welcome to the shark tank… chum.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
waiting waiting waiting….
another…..
# michaels Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
good on ya D4J!! We miss you you know!!!
August 14th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
I think it’s very cruel of him to characterise The Standard in that way, don’t you?
Murray: You missed the “p” off the end of that last word there, didn’t you, Sunshine?
August 15th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Well my comment remains unpublished so clearly questioning Winston is out.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
“Well my comment remains unpublished so clearly questioning Winston is out.”
His P A has been given added duties
winston probably only looks at it once a week. If that.
August 15th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Have just come in late and had a look at Winnies Blogsite.
Man talk about spin the crap.
If you took him at his word and didn’t know any better you’d think he was the lone light against the darkness.
The Nelson Mandela of the antipodies.
He will do what he set out to do.
Spin the faithful who may be wavering and assure the new conspiracy believers who abound in any society.
He is hoping for the 5% because polling suggests he is toast in Tauranga.