Comments on: Poor Melissa, well, not so poor

By: felix

felix — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:41:39 +0000

The overwhelming impression Melissa Lee gives is that her parliamentary career is simply an extension of her broadcasting career.

That’s why, as others have noted, she doesn’t appear to take ANY issues seriously – because the only issue for her is raising her own profile as a “celebrity”.

The most serious consideration I’ve seen her give to a question in this whole campaign is “what’s your favourite Mt Albert cafe”. I think she actually thought she’d piss it in by being well known at her local.

The troublesome business of, you know, representing people, making decisions on their behalf – working, to put it bluntly – is an afterthought, if it’s a thought at all.

Make no mistake, she’d be just as pleased with a lead role on Shorties or a primetime newsreading gig on tv3.

And after 2011 those will probably be her best options.

By: Ag

Ag — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:39:52 +0000

Jeez. It was a joke. An old joke and not a good one, but a joke I’ve heard before and which people from all walks of life make.

By: Tom Semmens

Tom Semmens — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:54:04 +0000

Now, John Key likes to surround himself with people whose values and class are similar to himself. Melissa Lee, Steven Joyce, etc etc. These comments from Lee show the utter disconnect and the inflated sense of self importance that now exists in our society between the self-styled ruling elite like Key and Joyce and Lee safely tucked away in their fortified mansions and the reality of the lives of most hard-working New Zealanders.

By: Ianmac

Ianmac — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:39:27 +0000

What really impresses me about Melissa is her total positiveness about herself. I have met those who have had assertive/positive training and they give me the willies. (Like bullet-proof teens?) Isn’t it the same as those who have belief in Scientology? Is Melissa a Scientologist?

By: Craig Glen Eden

Craig Glen Eden — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:39:04 +0000

If Key is smart politically he will distance him self from her after the election.I think she will probably be told to be very quite and she will get a great job offer before the next election. Lee will then state I am leaving for personal reasons I have decided to look after my son.

She will continue to be a biased Journalist about as credible as Paul Henry.

Amazingly similar those two, both think they are funny when they are not, both arrogant and full of their own self importance and after Saturday, both will have had their arse’s kicked by a strong Labour Candidate

By: Maynard J

Maynard J — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:13:51 +0000

I can not wait to see a few more of National’s rising stars in action, especially the ‘JK hand-picked’ variety. Will be interesting to see if he has a genuine affinity for crass idiots or if this was a one-off.

By: jarbury

jarbury — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:11:45 +0000

Meanwhile, the WHO declares a flu pandemic. But who really cares about that when we have Melissa Lee to laugh at?

By: gobsmacked

gobsmacked — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:08:28 +0000

On the Herald website, the most popular stories currently:

First, and second: Melissa Lee. She even comes in ahead of David Bain.

Thanks, National – and thanks, John Key!

By: jarbury

jarbury — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:05:08 +0000

Perhaps she is working SO much harder than she’s ever had to before.

All I seem to hear from Melissa Lee in this byelection is how hard she says she’s working, how long the hours are that she’s working, how she has sore hands from working… blah blah blah.

I just have one word for her really:

“Diddums!”

By: StephenR

StephenR — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:31:18 +0000

MAN she’s bad at being funny.

“working hard to get herself into third place.” – HA! That she is.

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$15 an hour – sign the petition « g.blog — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:24:08 +0000

[...] Melissa Lee seems to have made a fool of herself (yet again) at the Unite Union’s candidate forum. Lee quipped “I think I am currently on $2 an [...]

By: ropata

ropata — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:20:27 +0000

Ms. Lee still thinks the byelection is all about herself. She hasn’t treated ANY questions very seriously, responding with either personal reflections (“oh my hands are sore from campaigning so much”) or baseless speculation (showing poor preparation or unbecoming memory lapses). I hope other National MPs show better perception and respect for the public.

By: rocky

rocky — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:17:45 +0000

What a pathetic joke. Even if Melissa Lee were working 24 hours per day, she would still be earning above the minimum wage.

$131,000 divided by 8736 (the number of hours in a year), means if working every hour of the day, Melissa Lee would be still be earning $15 per hour, which coincidentally, is exactly what Unite are advocating as the minimum wage!