A suggestion for Kevin
I blogged previously on former ACT member Kevin Campbell, who resigned after his comments referring to the PM as “John the Jew” were highlighted by me.
I thought that was the end of the saga, but he has sent an open letter to Rodney Hide and a large number of ACT members complaining about well basically everything, which includes this paragraph:
“I referred to the prime minister in a blog as John the Jew. I admit it wasn’t a smart comment and it could be viewed negatively by some, but it was off-the-cuff and not intended to be racially offensive in any way. Even so I offered John Key my genuine apology which he accepted with thanks. The matter should have ended there but I underestimated my opponents to the board, which included you and the party president, you chose to escalate the issue into something unsavory to discredit me and damage my election chances.”
This generated a response from one ACT member, which is just too wonderful to keep hidden:
It’s pleasing to see that you realise it wasn’t a smart comment, and even more pleasing to see that ACT chose to escalate the issue to the point that you resigned. Its also a relief to read that the comment was off-the-cuff; had it been the result of careful consideration, ACT would have had to consider even more drastic measures.
Given your obvious continuing interest in politics, and a clear talent for self-exculpation, I’m trying to think of how you could resuscitate your political career. Iran seems the obvious place. Even then, you would have to be careful to ensure that you limited your “off-the-cuff” religious slurs to foreign politicians in a fairly limited set of countries. Check with the President there (Ahmadinejad) before you repeat this sort of performance. He’s not a model of diplomacy but he hasn’t yet made an apparently sneering comment about the religion of anyone above him in the pecking order. Good luck.
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PS: Have a look at your genealogy. If you go back far enough, you may find a Jewish ancestor.
I’ve yet to be informed if this helpful suggestion will be acted upon.