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Written By: Guest post - Date published: 10:27 am, February 17th, 2010 - 4 comments
Categories: Minister for Overseas Holidays, humour, john key, slippery -
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With tongue firmly in cheek George notes:
When asked in Parliament why he hadn’t paid closer attention to his share portfolio, Key gave the reply: ‘small technical issue, I’ve been busy running the country’. That statement must come close to misleading Parliament.
He is the PM in name, so from a position as figurehead he could argue that ‘he has been running the country’. From a sutstantive position however, his claim in untenable.
Surely photo opportunities, overseas holidays and doing little in no way counts as ‘running the country’.
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No, surely the comment was true, but merely unfinished?
“I’ve been busy running the country…into the ground.”
I was thinking about this yesterday after PQT. It is a somewhat disingenuous position for him to take after routinely claiming he was “relaxed” about everything for the past 12 months.
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John Key is unlike any other PM in NZ history. He is relaxed and obviously enjoying himself. His CEO skills have been admired for decades. Honeymoons last 3-6 months. Claims in Parliament today by Ross Robertson that the “honeymoon will wear off” seem ludicrous and somewhat despairing 15 months after the election.
Update: Key running the country … here’s his latest cringe-making photo-op. They’re getting worse:
http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/local/news/depression-despair-finds-pms-ear/3910178/
You know, I saw the headline “Depression Despair” and actually thought “Good on him, maybe he’s doing something about mental health services, that’s just the kind of value a Prime Minister can bring, getting the media to focus on tough issues.”
Wrong. It’s just the Clown Prince dressing up again.