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January 21, 2008 7:11pm by David Farrar

Happy 70th Jim

Jim Anderton is 70 today, so happy birthday.

Winston still has a fair way to go – he is only 62.

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Rex Widerstrom

70?!! I see another Whaleoil exclusive coming up… “Crates of Grecian 2000 shipped to Wigram at the taxpayers’ expense” 🙂
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January 21, 2008 7:15pm
Andrew Bannister

Oh yeah, here we go…
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January 21, 2008 7:16pm
Barnsley Bill

I wonder if he is drawing the super yet… Oh yeah nearly forgot, he has no shame and will have his hand out like a good socialist when they are nailing the lid on.
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January 21, 2008 7:17pm
dave

Anderton has repeatedly said he is drawing super – and whats so wrong about that?
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January 21, 2008 7:18pm
Razork

The fact that he is honest about it and unashamably claims it means there is nothing wrong with that.
Pity that trait isn’t prevalent throughout the rest of Parliament.
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January 21, 2008 7:23pm
Barnsley Bill

Dave, he is drawing an enormous amount of money to be what he is through parliament. Personally I think it is as obscene as the ambassador for Hampstead heath trying it on when Helen sent him to London
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January 21, 2008 7:24pm
Monty

Well I bet the prick will retire at the next election rather than face 9-12 years on the opposition benches. He has acheivd bugger all in his time and will be no loss to Parliament.

Winston on the other hand will also retire – but his will be a forced retirement.

Good riddence to both Pricks come the 2008 election (which is now less than 10 months away.)

On another matter slightly unrelated – a friend who works in parliament tels me that he has never seen such a grumpy bunch of losers – such as the Labour MPs and their staff are right now – they are certainly not looking forward to trying to find new work come the 2008 election where upon they will be all unemployed as their contracts expire at the election – and as lepers they realise that their chances of work post election are nearly zero.
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January 21, 2008 7:35pm
tim barclay

Yes but all the figures in this Government most notably the Greens are getting so OLD.
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January 21, 2008 7:38pm
john

Do stakes kill cretins over 70 yo,our family will find out,i will send my wife out on this task, with a mallet and wooden stake,BYE BYE jim, no more grandstanding, free lunches,and been a waste of space on the political scene,bye SOON, 2008 hopefully the end of anderton. ps the stake is a joke , the dead thing (member of parliament) moves in daylight
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January 21, 2008 7:40pm
PM of NZ

What an awful nightmare – enduring another 8 years of the Chief Bauble Taker!
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January 21, 2008 7:49pm
NeilM

I like Jim, he’s one of the old school sensible lefties, he’s centre left without any dogma. He’s done a lot to promote NZ industry. I disagree with him on drug regulation but other than that he’s a credit to the centre-left.
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January 21, 2008 7:51pm
Tane

Yeah, Jim gets a hard time for his stance on drugs, and deservedly so (the nos stuff was particularly silly). But when you look at the big picture he’s a man who was willing to risk his own political career for what he thought was best for the country, and in doing so he’s delivered a lot to ordinary New Zealanders. Whether you agree with his politics or not that’s certainly something to admire.
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January 21, 2008 8:00pm
Barnsley Bill

he certainly was good for…….. a west auckland boat building company that morphed into a west auckland propert developer… bwahahaha
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January 21, 2008 8:08pm
Manolo

“..he’s delivered a lot to ordinary New Zealanders.” Like what?

Anderton is an unashamed statist whose performance as Labour’s floormat is nothing short of commendable.
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January 21, 2008 8:11pm
Tina

Ahhh….Jimmy ” I’m a capitalist but I can’t live with myself ” Anderton has apparently rejected any hint of revisionism and rewritten the Will……..

Greens get all, wife gets stipend (lawyer contacts invited), employees get barley sugar and his best wishes.

I’m in Arkansas momentarilly.
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January 21, 2008 8:11pm
Tina

But I digress……

Arsehole not dead yet?

Bugger.
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January 21, 2008 8:13pm
kiki

Yeah what has he delivered?
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January 21, 2008 8:13pm
Redbaiter

“Whether you agree with his politics or not that’s certainly something to admire.”

Seeing we’re all having a personal opinion fest, I’ll provide mine.

There’s nothing to admire about Jim Anderton. He’s a smug smirking socialist arsehole who has had his hand in my pocket too long, and has used the money he stole from that pocket to buy the votes of the parasites, cronyists and welfare addicts who vote for him.

Anderton and his contemptible ilk have perverted democracy for the sake of political power and with their clapped out Marxist ideas have been a brake on the prosperity of this country for far too long. .. and its not the end of it. NZers will pay dearly over the next few decades for the bad judgment of Anderton and his power driven parasitical acolytes.
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January 21, 2008 8:21pm
Tane

<i>Anderton is an unashamed statist whose performance as Labour’s floormat is nothing short of commendable.</i>

Well there’s Kiwibank, four weeks annual leave, paid parental leave… things that Labour probably wouldn’t have done by itself (or at least would have needed a lot more pressure to do) were it not for the Alliance.

I know you’re a libertarian and that’s cool, but if you read my comment I wasn’t saying you had to agree with the dude.

<i>Arsehole not dead yet? Bugger.</i>

There’s no need for that.

[DPF: Laila Harre might dispute how much credit Anderton gets for those as compared to others. Kiwibank is clearly his though. And he did of course destroy the Alliance when they refused to surrender control to him]
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January 21, 2008 8:29pm
first time caller

This Govt is soooo old.
Anderton 70
Clark almost 60
Peters 63
Cullen 63
Wilson 62
King 61
They deserve a long retirement.
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January 21, 2008 8:30pm
Oswald Bastable

Retirement as in ‘Blade Runner’
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January 21, 2008 8:34pm
Tina

Noooo…..don’t misunderstand me Taney.

I’m hoping his passing is painless.

So stick your “need” somewhere moist.
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January 21, 2008 8:36pm
1984

I wouldn’t bank on him retiring, he could I suspect be an overhang MP on election night and potentially crucial in cobbling together a government.

This election won’t be decided by the big numbers in the polls, it will be decided by vagaries of MMP that are within the margin of error of any poll:

do the Greens/NZ First get 4.99- or 5.00+, either is potentially a huge impact
also the overhang seats, Maori/United Future/Progressive could easily combine to 4 or 5 overhang seats
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January 21, 2008 8:45pm
tim barclay

And some of the leading figures must have had facelifts or botox. Both Annette King and Helen Clark seem to be getting younger in appearance.
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January 21, 2008 8:46pm
Tina

“DPF: Laila Harre might dispute how much credit Anderton gets for those as compared to others. Kiwibank is clearly his though. And he did of course destroy the Alliance when they refused to surrender control to him”

Jeeeesus.

The “right” (sic) in NZ are a lefty coffee collective.

No wonder Depression is your national sport.
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January 21, 2008 8:57pm
Tane

And he did of course destroy the Alliance when they refused to surrender control to him]

Yeah, he’s no angel. I’m trying to be generous here though, it’s the guy’s 70th birthday.
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January 21, 2008 9:02pm
GPT1

DPF are you turning over a new leaf and be nice to people you hate or is this just a odd bout of hypocracy? I agree he’s not as dislikeable as Winston though.
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January 21, 2008 9:05pm
democracymum

gotta love the tv1 coverage of jim on the news tonight – old footage of jim blaming Labour for the bad economy.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (translation_
The more things change the more they stay the same

If ever there was a need for no more than 3 terms in parliament – jimboy is it!

I wonder what french for lapdog is?
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January 21, 2008 9:10pm
Buggerlugs

mener par le bout du nez
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January 21, 2008 9:12pm
democracymum

parfaitement
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January 21, 2008 9:21pm
NeilM

“And he did of course destroy the Alliance when they refused to surrender control to him”

bollocks. Harre wanted to go out on the fringe left – and look where that took The Alliance. Jim stayed in the centre and achieved tangible results for workers and NZers in general.
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January 21, 2008 10:45pm
Rich Prick

Well, we will be funding this useless old coot for years to come. Wigram, we should strike a special tax for its inhabitants.
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January 21, 2008 10:56pm
David Farrar

I’m nice for birthdays ending in a zero.
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January 22, 2008 7:23am
PhilBest

Anderton reminds me of some of those OOOOOOOLLLLD dinosaur gabardine-and-fedora-wearing Politburo members that we used to see photographs of back in the bad old days.
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January 22, 2008 4:25pm
Dale

Happy birthday Jim and thanks for sorting out those greedy market fixing fuel companys like you promised. Dont you think its time to go spend time with your family? Instead of bludging off mine. Time to go you pay packet parasite.
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January 22, 2008 5:19pm
Jum

Happy Birthday Jim.

Your birthday present is another three years in Parliament.
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