Labour on Trade Me
May 28th, 2011 at 1:42 pm by David FarrarAn interesting new initiative from Labour. To have one of their MPs go onto the Trade Me message boards and diss your own social media campaign.
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May 28th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
It’s bloody funny reading the comments.
“….im your stereo typical labour voter……”
Here’s one bloke with both ears open who uses no capital letters or punctuation marks and doesn’t understand the difference between stereo and arche. That’s what we got from nine years of labour, NCEA and teachers’ unions.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Are some of them getting a clue that they keep getting canned with this stupidity?
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Very interesting to say the least. There is obviously a pretty big campaign within the Labour Strategy to delve into more social media…
Clare & BIG Trev Twitter up a storm… Have had some fun vice versa’s with them on Twitter. However it seems that most of what is posted is not really relevant to the state of the country in my opinion…
Will be interesting to see where the happy medium is in regards to social media….
We need solutions or attempted solutions, i.e. policies not just muckraking and BS…. I do applaud Clare for the fact that she can stand up and say she thinks the itsnot wen thingy is basically BS…
I flew from Auckland to Christchurch on Thursday, was sitting next to Shane Smith, have to say I actually quite enjoy yarning to him, I feel at times he is so in the wrong party. I am in primary production, so for me he has a good understanding of the primary sector, he does come from a farm… I spoke about the whole Labour Social Media thing, it would be fair to say it is not up Shane Jones alley…
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Whoops, Shane Jones… My bad, know another dude named Shane Smith
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
As soon as they put Daffy Duck in charge of strategy for the election they were doomed.
Goofy and Daffy. What a team. Silent T will be able to roll both of them with ease after November.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Message boards are illegal use on election day.
Vote:From what I read it just got full of abuse and crappy discussion.
May 28th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Is Clare fronting a move to edge (lever) Intolerent Trev out? If so who are her behind the scene cohorts?
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Obviously pre-arranged programing. The comments aren’t genuine.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Oh woe! An MP daring to detach from the hive mind and express an opinion based on her personal beliefs!!
Why next thing you know, they’ll be voting their conscience and representing us voters rather than genuflecting to Phil, John, and the boys in the backroom.
This is precisely the way an MP should operate… seeking views from the public in order to inform her own views on a topic, then (hopefully) acting accordingly.
Typically Labour (and Curran) that it’s about their own media image rather than anything substantial… but having said that, it’s hardly something to be discouraged. At least not if you’re going to come here and complain (as most of us do from time to time) that the bastards don’t give a damn what we think.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Wafe
What movies has Shane been watching lately?
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Paul, that topic didnt come up
I did think about it though. I would say he is well aware it may have hindered his political forward movement…. 
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Appears that the thread has been removed.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
damn, it’s gone…
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
On first reading DPF’s title for this post I thought someone had finally got the message & decided that since no one seemed to want the Labour Party that they’d flog it off for what it was worth.
I’ve formed a syndicate & we’ve got a $2 bid together already.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
To hell with Penny Blight. I’ll bid $5 for Clare.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Here it is:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/MessageBoard/Messages.aspx?id=711197&topic=15
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Clare Curran says on TradeMe
Heh; Kids think that Let’s Not is funny, but Clare Curran, an adult and Labour MP doesn’t. She also described Trevor Mallard’s challenge to WO yesterday as “bullshit blokey stuff”. There’s obviously some tension between Ms Curran and Mr Mallard at the moment; whyever might that be?
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
“bullshit blokey stuff”
Yes that would definitely be anathema to the delicate flowers in Liarbore’s caucus wouldn’t it.
Can’t have anything that angles toward males, unless it’s toward gay males, then it’s OK.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Desperate – like she needs the money? No. Rather she needs the attention.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
“whyever might that be?”
He wouldn’t give her a ride on his mountin bike?
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
DPF it is a very rare moment but I totally agree with you.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
clarecurran1 wrote:
Getting cross now.
Wtf gives you the right to get cross at people, you’ve mislead into thinking it’s game they’re clicking on, when it’s a propaganda ploy!!? Seriously, stand down and get a real job at a supermarket or something, where ethical expectations arent required.
Not going too well for Curran, quite entertaining watching her being so out of touch.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Trouble at t’mill Trevor? Is Caucus not as unified as you would hope, less than six months out fromn an election?
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
The last scene in the last series of Blackadder- Blackadder Goes Forth.
Blackadder and his troops have received orders that at 12 o’clock they are to rise up out of the trenches and charge the German lines.
Blackadder knows that he and his men will die in a hail of bullets within seconds of sticking their heads up.
This reminds me of the New Zealand labour party, they know they are going to get slaughtered, –,-the Blackadder scene was quite moving, the impending labour slaughter is gladdening my heart, the shelf serving swine who did nothing for New Zealand in 9 years are going to get the worst arse kicking they have ever had and they have had a few.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
For just a moment I thought you were talking about shelf serving wine.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
lame and desperate
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Annie – the link you put up wasn’t the original one DPF linked to – can’t remember exactly the original one, but more based on social media, and from memory her dissatisfaction with being a member of Parliament. The second message was referring to the “lets-not” game site.
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
you were talking about shelf serving wine………………………
Thanks Adolf, its like shelf abuse – banging my head against the cupboards
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
I think that there is some sexual tension between Trev and Clare
Vote:May 28th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
Where was it he fell off a his bike?? Did Clare put a spoke in his wheels?
Vote:May 29th, 2011 at 8:22 am
Trev will get the Clare Glare at the next caucus.
Vote:May 29th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
It has gone from TM, but Votemenot has a copy:
http://www.votemenot.co.nz/thread/711187/letsnot-stuff-this-country-up/
Vote:May 29th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Labour on Trade Me, who would want to buy it?
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