Comments on: Moore on 2009

By: big bruv

big bruv — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:07:02 +0000

Ross

If you expect to get a bite out of me by having a crack at English then you are sadly mistaken, IMHO the man is an idiot and a trougher of the highest order, Key should have taken the chance to sack him when it presented itself.

The two bludgers that Bennett outed were the ones who choose to go public with their criticism of the government, they decided to take the issue to the media so Bennett was totally within her rights to release details of their circumstances.
Fuller in particular seems to be living very nicely thank you on the back of hard working Kiwis, if anybody fits the description ‘bludger’ then the Fuller female is it.

By: ross

ross — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:44:26 +0000

Yes, BB, I agree but there are two issues. First, if beneficiaries are not taking money under false pretences, then they should be afforded the same courtesy and consideration as you and I. You will be aware that Paula Bennett released private information earlier this year, even though there was no suggestion that the beneficiaries concerned were rorting the system.

Speaking of rorting the system, Bill English became a little tetchy when asked to reveal details of the trust in which he’d placed his million-dollar-plus home in Karori. Ministers of the Crown who are being paid large sums of money by taxpayers should also expect that what they are doing is above board. Otherwise they might be seen to be hypocrites.

By: big bruv

big bruv — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:27:03 +0000

Ross

“The only danger Paula Bennett poses is to the privacy of beneficiaries. ”

Given that these beneficiaries are taking money from me every week then the bastards do not deserve any privacy if they are doing so under false pretences.

By: Hurf Durf

Hurf Durf — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:06:34 +0000

Speaking of the Hoeeruld, what better gift they have to bestow us on Boxing Day than a column by Tracey bloody Barnett?

By: s.russell

s.russell — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:48:08 +0000

In defence of the Herald’s sub-editors, it is highly unlikely they would “correct” Mt Hide to Hyde. So Moore must have spelt it that way. So why did they not correct it? If I had been subbing the story I would have hesitated, then left it unchanged. Because Moore might (might) have been making a play on Mr Hide’s Jekyll and Hyde act – transforming from perk buster to bustee. The trouble with Moore is you don’t know. Was this a clever word play, or is he just so zoned out he can’t spell the name right?

By: side show bob

side show bob — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:39:12 +0000

Nick Smith “I would not be surprised to learn he collects Star Trek dolls”, No , Nicks forte is giving vast amounts of money to foreign ponzi schemes.

By: tvb

tvb — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:52:07 +0000

On the big issues the Government is handling very very well, the above issues are all small matters which count for little except for Labour supporters who do not support the Government. Moore has a screw loose, he basically talks his own book so far as the Labour Party is concerned which includes that punch and grow nutcase Clayton Cosgrove. He has a bob each way on Cunliffe and Jones and supports Goff. Not very revealing, but he is right about Paula Bennett – she providing she gets fully on top of the job will present a very big danger to Labour – which is why John Key decided to take a punt on her. I just hope she is getting plenty of the best help he and his office can provide.

By: Angus

Angus — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:11:03 +0000

“The Prime Minister smiles and sails on, changing tack with the wind. He has this non-political image. A sort of James Stewart, Tom Hanks, Henry Fonda, and golly gee, oh shucks attitude as though it’s all so new and surprising. A bit like the young Anna Paquin on Oscar night.”

Moore is right on there. I’ve found Key’s performance this year so toe-curlingly cringe-worthy it beggars belief. He will have to lift his game because if such a performance continues unabated for another 12 months, it’ll start to wear pretty damn thin with most. Key needs to reduce the embarrassing distractions that the media and intelligentsia will exploit, inevitably eroding voter confidence in the Nats: i.e

* Dick dipping old fools like Worth.
* Double dipping finance ministers.
* Melissa Lee being abandoned in Mt Albert – who was supposed to be managing her campaign for fuck sake ?
* The folic acid debacle.
* Pandering to Maori race pimps and separatists.
* That kind of elitist, born-to-rule arrogance over referendum that the previous ministry had.

By: ross

ross — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:51:30 +0000

The only danger Paula Bennett poses is to the privacy of beneficiaries.

By: Rachael Rich

Rachael Rich — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:46:58 +0000

As always, a rambling incoherent mess from Mike but not half as bad a the 2009 politics review from NZPA.

The Herald also managed to spell Rodney’s surname wrong – but 1,570,000 people on google search have done the same thing. Maybe the Herald was one of them!

By: Graeme Edgeler

Graeme Edgeler — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:44:48 +0000

That’s the most obtuse comparison I’ve seen

I think you mean abstruse. But obtuse kinda makes sense in an insulting way =)

By: Barnsley Bill

Barnsley Bill — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:41:47 +0000

Moore was basically calling Nick Smith a space cadet. Dificult to disagree with that.

By: MT_Tinman

MT_Tinman — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:23:22 +0000

Seems to me Moore is spot on in most of his comments – if not all.

By: s.russell

s.russell — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:52:33 +0000

I feel sorry for Mike. His tendency to rambling incoherence has increased with age. He can still produce some pungent comments, but they so often miss their targets, or don’t make sense.