A photo from Mt Maunganui

October 20th, 2008 at 11:18 am by David Farrar

Someone has done well, especially as the billbpoard is a fair way off the ground.

Incidentally doesn’t the Churchillian pose just come across as so pretentious as to be odious?

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31 Responses to “A photo from Mt Maunganui”

Monty (871) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 11:26 am
He hasthe funds to put up billboards??? – Now that is a surprise!
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radvad (484) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 11:31 am
I think the two fingers means he only wants two baubles.
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DamnedAngry (242) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 11:34 am
I hate to say this but the ‘photo’ has been totally photoshopped in my opinion…the two fingers and bubble speech is an overlay.

Good job though
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Peter Cresswell (48) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Does anyone else read that as:
“Protect and Save
New Zealand First…”

Which to be fair pretty much summarises Winston’s only genuine political motivation.
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Rakaia George (313) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Shouldn’t the fingers be the other way around?
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DamnedAngry (242) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Peter yes, once again thanks to Photoshop.

Rakai yes, but then it wouldn’t have been even more obvious that it was a photoshop creation, and I’m sure DPF wouldn’t have fallen for it…though who knows? Gut feeling tells me that DPF was well aware it was a Photoshop production, and was just having some fun with us.
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dime (6,426) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 11:55 am
wow! he could afford a sign?

did someone buy his house?
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Murray (8,833) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Guys he had no trouble funding this. Do you have any idea what citizenship costs these days?
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Murray (8,833) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Hey just a quick question here, is there ANYONE out there who isn’t being sued by Peters this week?
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dime (6,426) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Dime isn’t… yet!

One more crack about his financial health and i might be though!
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Viking2 (9,608) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
There are more of his signs about, quite a few with no authorization address.
If Winston is only going for a LIST seat then surely he can’t get two ticks? can he? If not then the sign is misleading.
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dave strings (608) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Put NZ first, but not on your web address (what’s wrong with .nz?)
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DamnedAngry (242) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Hello??? Anyone heard of PHOTOSHOP???
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Shoreboy (20) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Photoshop or not it’s a great laugh. Frankly credit to anyone who can actually find a NZF billboard this year- thought they were extinct after the last election. However there seems to be a theme building here

2005: Winston as Jesus, walking on water,
2008: Churchill
so in 2011: Winston wins the World Cup???
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kisekiman (224) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
If he was chewing on a cigar and had a glass of whisky in his hand, he might appear more Churchillian but he as usual he just appears reptilian.
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LabourMustBeLiquidated (264) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
haha the best thing about political billboards is the graffiti. For example, down the road from my place is an ACT zero tolerance for crime one which has been tagged up – kinda neatly illustrates their point.
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Bryan Spondre (554) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Peter Cresswell – thats the way I read it. Interestingly the official NZ First website is WinstonPeters.com. Odious indeed, that mother-fucker must go.
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DamnedAngry (242) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Okay guys, how about something totally different, MP’s favourite songs?

To get the ball rolling:

Helen Clark: I kissed a girl and I liked it (dedicated to Cath): http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=rrhyLTOOEj0

Chris Carter: I kissed a boy and liked it (dedicated to all guys out there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0292ZQgmxqI

Rodney Hide: You Sexy Thing (ode to Louise): http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=MGllegMKToo

Dover Samuels: Only 16 (or younger): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPA6vwKIBGQ

David Benson Pope: Little Red Ridinghood (Schoolgirl version): http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fWCHa1FyI

Michael Cullen: Money for Nothing: http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=aNaKWXqXkhw

Russel Norman: Up in Smoke (Wicked shit): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAhMLx72UwU

Please add to the list
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Inventory2 (8,891) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Billboards are not as much fun as they used to be. Someone I’ve known since I was born had fun back in the 1978 election in Palmy (and face it – there’s neber been that much to do in Palmy!!). Joe Walding lost the Palmy electorate to John Lithgow in the Muldoon landslide of 1975, so in 1978, the town was full of piccies of Big Joe with “Re-elect Joe Walding” on them – so it seemed like the natural thing to do to change re-elect to re-eject……
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Buggerlugs (1,609) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Shoreboy – you’re assuming he’ll still be around in 2011. I’d say the prick will be just about eligible for parole by then…
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DamnedAngry (242) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Adding to the fun, my list of MP’s possible favourite songs from YouTube:

Helen Clark: I kissed a Girl and Liked it (Ode to Cath): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HddR5t6RNTA

Chris Carter: I kissed a Boy and Liked it (For all the boys I’ve known): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0292ZQgmxqI

Sue Bradford: I’m an Ugly Girl: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1150273/im_an_ugly_girl_anti_barbie_song/

Dover Samuels: Only 16 (Or younger): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPA6vwKIBGQ

Rodney Hide: You Sexy Thing (Ode to Louise): http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=MGllegMKToo

Russel Norman: Up in Smoke (For Nandor): http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=PrO76R7gKjQ

David Benson Pope: Little Red Ridinghood (Schoolgirl version): http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fWCHa1FyI

Michael Cullen: Money for Nothing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNaKWXqXkhw

John Key: Hopelessly Devoted to You (What tour?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJpyG3PXoKw

More anyone?
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adc (519) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Shouldn’t that read

Protect and Save New Zealand First Jobs and Asses

and what’s with all the capitalisation? Save, Jobs and Assets are not proper nouns, so don’t deserve capitals.
?
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petal (697) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
“I think the two fingers means he only wants two baubles.”

I’d be happy with two larger baubles.
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Rex Widerstrom (4,971) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
adc: Well spotted. That’s shocking grammar and punctuation. Perhaps he’s so short of funds he’s had to hire the local greengrocer to do his signs – you know, the person you find in every town advertising his tomato’s and avocado’s.

Much as I have no time for Winston I do wonder whether, if I popped across to precious Chris Trotter’s blog and accused the author of maternal incest, my comment wouldn’t be sent to oblivion by the ubiquitous and eponymous “blog producer”?
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Captain Crab (351) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I remember when Arthur Anae ran in Auckland Central……
His billboards all got hit and you can guess how.
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pywacket (12) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
The latest billboard to go up at the busy Bayfair intersection, Mt Maunganui, reads: “Politicians don’t need to retouch their photos. Yeah, right.” It’s a Tui, of course.

And on the same subject, 15 k’s to the east at Papamoa, there are three “headstone” size signs stuck in the roadside verge, all reading “I’m voting for Winston, our MP.” As Papamoa is in the Bay of Plenty electorate where Peter Brown is supposed to be the Peters Party candidate, we beach locals are wondering who could be so confused to do such a thing – especially as it’s a good hour’s walk to the nearest rest home.
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Glutaemus Maximus (2,207) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Think he means that he can explain the Owen Glenn donation, and the 158k that he knicked in just 2 minutes.

And yes we are all still waiting.

Do you think the fabulously wealthy Scampi Quota Meister might have a wager with me?
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Ross Miller (1,543) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
This unhealthy obsession with a totally descredited and rather sad throw back to the 1970s is not doing any of us any good.

Think positive folks. In less than 3 weeks NZ will be rid of the Winston-Labour Government and will be a far better place for that.

I think too a large number of foreign governments will breath a sigh of relief. Just trying to figure what part of the NZ Government Winston First is speaking for must exercise many minds. I mean just how do you react to those briefing papers and the comment that his favourite exercise is ironing his sox with a glass of JW (Blue) in his hand?
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Fletch (4,403) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Someone has done well, especially as the billbpoard is a fair way off the ground.

Um, I posted a link to a Winston billboard photo I took, like 5 days ago?
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Paul Marsden (812) Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Winston_Peters
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Fletch (4,403) Says:
October 21st, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Paul, that is some REALLY bad photoshopping….
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