then piss off and don’t read this blog until after 7 pm!
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June 13th, 2009 at 9:54 am
What’s happening in Mt Albert tonight ?. I thought the rugby test was in Dunedin.
June 13th, 2009 at 10:04 am
I voted, so I can do what I want and read what i want.
Oh, and WTF was Damien O’Conner doing sitting in Okra Kingsland Auckland this morning. There can’t be any parliamentary business for him here!
June 13th, 2009 at 10:16 am
I don’t know, maybe because he is not an MP
June 13th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Be like that. I’m off to vote.
June 13th, 2009 at 10:28 am
What if I vote in Mt Albert but live in Chicago?
(faxed my vote yesterday)
June 13th, 2009 at 10:37 am
no..!
phil(whoar.co.nz)
June 13th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Tuija – get with it! O’Connor returned to the House when Cullen cut and ran. He is a Labour list MP, so that makes Alex’s question a valid one.
June 13th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Tuija (201) 0 4 Says:
June 13th, 2009 at 10:16 am
“I don’t know, maybe because he is not an MP”
Another leftie bites the dust……..comment credibility of tuija = 0
June 13th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Last year during the general election (having two phone lines into this house) I got two calls from the [insert_self_serving_law_breaking_corrupt_party_name_here] asking me if I had been out to vote for [insert_self_serving_law_breaking_corrupt_party_name_here]
I wonder if the [insert_self_serving_law_breaking_corrupt_party_name_here] will use such illegal tactics in this by-election?
June 13th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Has Cullen left ?
June 13th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Shit when did that happen
June 13th, 2009 at 11:49 am
burt it is not illegal to call people (or knock on their door) and ask whether they have voted and if they need a lift to the polling booth. It is however illegal to tell them who to vote for on election day.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Six weeks ago Tuija
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10569442&pnum=0
June 13th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
rochelle – is it legal to put the fear of God into immigrants by telling them that they MUST vote or face prosecution, accompanying them not only to the polling station but into the booth itself, and telling them who to vote for?
http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-dirty-tricks.html
June 13th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
tuija, is embarrassed and rightly so……….tosser…it just proves you are nothing more than a shit stirring knowledgeless troll, wanker doesn’t even know the makeup of the left wing oppositon…hahahaha..your comments no longer have any credibility on this blog pal.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
rochellerees
Yes I understand the law on this.
She said (both times – same caller) Have you been out to vote for the [insert_political_party_with_zero_regard_for_rule_of_law_name_here] party. Both times I asked for the callers name (caller ID was blocked) and both times she refused to supply her name. I guess I could have called the police and laid a complaint but the chance of having it investigated when it is a [insert_political_party_with_zero_regard_for_rule_of_law_name_here] party breach of electoral law is, as we know, remote.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
One of the essential things to advise Liabor party voters that, contrary to the actions of a large number of Liabor MP’s,
Mount Albert is not an instruction.
June 13th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
burt if that is true that is a problem. The Labour Party is very strict about training volunteers to not do that sort of thing.
June 13th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
rochellerees
Of course it is a problem. I think your view of how well the Labour party adhere to the law and the reality are different animals. I made it very clear to the caller the first time that they were doing an illegal thing and that didn’t stop them the second time. Guess that “training” is a waste of space when there is an election to win.
EDIT: As an aside – I live in a safe Labour seat so it is all a bit moot really. Pissed me off all the same that Labour show no respect for the law when it is expedient not to.
June 13th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
burt, my view of how well they adhere to the law is based on what I have seen. I have seen the door-canvassers and phoners being briefed and trained before they do it. I’m not disputing that what you said happened happened. My advice would be to anyone who ever has that happen would be to call our headquarters. I think you’d find we’d be fairly concerned and get the person responsible taken off canvassing duties.
June 13th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
rochellerees
Taken off canvassing duties… What about charging them with an illegal practice? If what you say is correct and they are told what not to do and what they should be doing then the woman was deliberately breaking the law.
How would you react if you got a call ‘have you been out to vote National yet?’
June 13th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
burt – did the caller have an Indian accent?
June 13th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I2
lol, no and reporting it would have been Worthless.
June 13th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Lofty firstly although I have never met you i think that I can say with some degree of certainty that I would never be you “pal’ and secondly I made a mistake I am pleased that you are happy
and thirdly regarding the veracity of my intelligence . May I direct you to this comment
Worth gold to the Nats.
That riding on JK’s performance, and the fresh face of Mellissa, stacks up to a close but certainly winnable by electiion
Guess who said that?
June 13th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
burt yes I wouldn’t be adverse to someone doing that being charged. Our door and phoning scripts have big capital letters on them instructing canvassers NOT to tell people how to vote, or anything along those lines.
June 13th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
rochellerees
Good to hear.
June 13th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
tuija….don’t try and justify yourself to me PAL, hurts when it comes back at you doesn’t it?
You are a most prolific poster of hateful comments on this blog, so yes it gives me warm glow when you trip yourself up, made my day in fact, thanks.
June 13th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Looks like the kiddies from Young Labour can’t read their scripts:
http://pc.blogspot.com/2009/06/labour-still-campaigning-on-election.html
June 13th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
with a little plug for Labour too
What does that mean? They were wearing rosettes?
June 13th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Asking “have you have voted” is not campaigning nor is saying who you are and which party you represent.
Do you think this might make the difference between Mellisa winning by a landlslide or just winning well?
June 13th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Update – Key washes his hands of Lee.
June 13th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Jesus George on a bicycle! When will the pretentious fuckwits who comment here learn the difference between adverse and averse?
June 13th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
What is it about the Nationals and Indians? Worth hits on them, Lee takes over their restaurant for her headquarters. Are the Nationals considering outsourcing the government to Bangalore?
June 13th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Adolf – I’m still coming to terms with kiwis’ inability to differentiate between ‘loose’ and ‘lose’.
‘Averse’ may be a bridge too far. . .
June 14th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Oh yeah burt, well last election a national supporter tackled me in the street one night and carved a backwards K into my face!