NZPA on Hodgson
November 10th, 2010 at 5:45 pm by David FarrarNZPA report:
A spokeswoman for Mrs Wong told NZPA yesterday the minister had sought Cabinet Office advice and had not done anything wrong.
“That advice is that there’s nothing wrong with witnessing a document as she did,” the spokeswoman said.
“The Cabinet Manual wasn’t breached, nor was anything else. It’s Pete Hodgson once again trying to muckrake and smear and it shows Labour isn’t focused on the issues that matter.”
That’s the official response. And the unofficial response:
Prime Minister John Key’s chief press secretary, Kevin Taylor, put it more bluntly when he reportedly told Radio New Zealand Mr Hodgson was a “f…wit” — a comment Mr Hodgson later said was not helpful or accurate.
Well I agree with Pete Hodgson, that the comment wasn’t helpful.
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November 10th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
may not be helpful……. but accurate.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
I hope he tries to dance again.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Do Labour really think this is the way back into power. He is a crusty ancient f…wit who should be euthanased.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
I prefer the more accurate description .. fuckwit
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
pongo …….. the well is dry
Vote:smears – all that is left …… although this effort was soooo feeble.
it is the dance of the desperates or as gazzm points out the dance of the hopelessly embarassing middle-aged man trying to be relevant …… which is sums up labour.
November 10th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
But very accurate – Gollum is one angry and pathetic person. And as Danyl Mclauchlan says [on Red Alert]:
Vote:November 10, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Kevin should send Pete Hodgson some flowers; these endless clumsy smears just make the opposition look desperate and weak, which is supposed to be KT’s job.
November 10th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
The comment wasn’t helpful only in the sense that it was redundant.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Hopefully someone will do to Hodgson what he did to the west coast timber industry. Fuck him forever.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
I found the comment helpful, it gave me another reason to laugh.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
This comparison is unfair to fuckwits.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
I’m still undecided about how much ‘wit’ came into play . . . , but I broadly agree with the sentiment, even if it is a rather unprofessional sort of comment to make..
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Chris Carter sought approval for his travel, it was granted, and therefore he did nothing wrong. But it was politically stupid. Hmmm…..
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Rather ironic that Hodgson views the fuckwit comment as not helpful or accurate when it appears his
Vote:attack falls into the same category.
November 10th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Pistol Pete fires a blank…………..again
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
I was wondering if he ever did apologise for assaulting Madeline, then I thought I’d google up an answer. Seems he claimed he would, but then turned around and said that she made him do it to make the Dunedin MPs look bad (probably would blame her for DBP’s troubles too if he had half a chance.)
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Shit a brick whats wrong with calling that two bob a fuck wit. It’s about time this government got a bit rural and called these tossers out for what they are. I know we are all suppose to be civilised, as far as I’m concerned political correctness and the fear that we may transgress in our language will bring down damnation, this has turned us into pussy, fart arsed wimps. The man is a fucking lefty lunatic and his politics and his hairy arsed mates are total fuck wits.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
He is also a bully. Stand up to him and he cries foul. But he can lay on the invective with the best of them. Calling him a f’wit is far too mild for this prick.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Whenever Hodgson speaks, it results in automatic attention shutdown, such is his integrity and honesty etc. Yaawwnnn.
How does one get hold of those people, that for some reason like stealing garden gnomes, taking them overseas and sending back the pictures of them at various locations to the owner? Maybe Pete could do us all a favour and get lucky and go away on an extended trip – one way no return unless the picture postcards sent back raise enough money from Labour Party supporters to bring him back again?
I’m actually being kind to Uncl’ Pete, I could imagine him in a hawaiian shirt, sunnies and holding up a glass of chardonney to the camera, with a speech bubble “up yours too Phil”, somewhere exotic by the beach. I’m sure Pete might actually get to like a nicer way of life in his retirement years – I’m bloody sure he could afford it unlike us suffering taxpayers
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Is he still an MP? Bugger me. When he speaks I’m always reminded of a marshmallow wobbling on a plate. Don’t quite know why, but his breathless pontifications catch me with the force of an 80 year old’s wheeze before a hacking phlegm episode. Zzzzz Labour Zzzzzz.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Did anyone else catch Pete talking on NatRad at 0630 the other morning or should I say rambling on about the SAS, it was an embarrassment for Labour and NatRad who hadn’t edited the senile old duffer.
Vote:November 10th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
It certainly is unhelpful of Kevin Taylor to offer an accurate and blunt assessment of parliamentarians. Political spin things telling the truth is a most undesirable precedent.
Vote:November 11th, 2010 at 8:06 am
It’s getting pretty bad when a leader is using words like fuckwit. Kids are suppose to look up to these people. Although I agree with him, maybe more descriptive words like “confused” , “moronic”, but come on guys, swearing in a leadership role lowers the bar.
Vote:November 11th, 2010 at 9:04 am
Why does Hodgson keep doing this? Do Labour think that if they use him to mount sleaze type attacks, Labour won’t be tarnished? Or does he enjoy it? I mean, it would be different if there was any substance to this stuff, but there never is.
Vote:November 11th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I wondered why I had missed Peter’s obituary – he appears to be still alive, but seemingly brain dead – poor old sod.
Vote:November 11th, 2010 at 10:54 am
From Not PC 2005:
The Hodgson incident [man-handling Madeleine Flannagan] is more sinister because it was done in cold blood to censor the protest and Hodgson refused to release her when asked. It seems that Mr Hodgson targeted the women after he was upset by the release of tennis balls alluding to his colleague Mr Benson-Pope.
Pete, also a former secondary school teacher, and Mr. Tennis-Ball-Mouth-Stuffer couldn’t, and it appears in Pete’s case, still can’t grasp the very basic concept of ‘when it’s not a good idea to lie’. Saying KT’s comment was not “helpful or accurate” was certainly one of these moments. I found it extremely helpful to my psychological wellbeing today, and entirely accurate.
As George Bernard Shaw once said: Those that can do; those that can’t teach.
Vote:November 11th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
The conundrum in Pete’s argument is how does a politician describe their profession on any legal document. For instance do you describe yourself as a politician or as a M.P. .Other interpretations offered on this thread include F.W. tossers and wimps.
Vote:We so love our politicians.
November 12th, 2010 at 9:56 am
I too thought at the time that Hodgson had lost the plot with those questions. But seems there is much more to the story:
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