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1. the sprout 1

   3 June 2009 at 11:13 pm

   All the more frustrating when sh*t for brains at TVNZ decide to put Whaleoil on close Up as their principle interviewee. Very informative having National’s number 2 propagandist providing the ‘inside information’. How stupid are you Mark? I thought you were a comparatively good journalist. It was a shit interview and definitely not worth the cost to your credibility.
   What’s next I wonder? Will Ian Wishart soon being getting a regular slot?
   • Chris G 1.1

     4 June 2009 at 11:31 am

     Mark’s an old school tory so it doesn’t suprise me
2. Outofbed 2

   3 June 2009 at 11:16 pm

   I wish to register a complaint ??
   • lprent 2.1

     3 June 2009 at 11:41 pm

     Arggh… Now you know why it is rare for me to allow my other half to proof-read my posts (and she is damn good at it). Now I have to look forward to Felix looking for the wording as well. At least the comma fetishists seem to be on the wane.

     Everyone is a critic…. I’m a programmer not a writer. No-one has successfully built a compiler for english. I figure that if it is an interpreted language and doesn’t have a formal parseable syntax, then my interpretation is as good as (if not better) than say Johnson.
     • The Sprout 2.1.1

       3 June 2009 at 11:52 pm

       i thought oob was referring to this
       http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~ebarnes/python/dead-parrot.htm
     • felix 2.1.2

       4 June 2009 at 1:16 am

       Please rest assured, I have no wish to complain. I think you write very well, especially considering that technically English is probably your 10th language.
3. Outofbed 3

   3 June 2009 at 11:18 pm

   Yes particularly ironic when Slater is a proven pornographer
4. calltoaccount 4

   3 June 2009 at 11:21 pm

   Words fail really on the way Goff is handling this. Integrity, respect… Looks like he tried to get a solution, and Key made it worse.

   (No need to complain lprent, your site is a a great place to watch this story unfold.)
5. climate 5

   3 June 2009 at 11:47 pm

   Any likely links between Groser and Worth on this one?

   previusly they shared headlines and buisness deals:

   ‘they are joined by the fact that both Richard Worth and Tim Groser were founder shareholders and directors of the India Trade Group, which was formed by the Indian business community in Auckland.

   Some members of the ITG organised a mission to India led by Mr Worth, to pursue some specific business objectives, some of them associated with New Zealand Aviation, a company formed to attract young Indians to an aviation school run by Invercargill-based Southern Institute of Technology, and Indian Overseas Group, a company liked to the ITG.-see article at bottom of page’
   • The Sprout 5.1

     3 June 2009 at 11:56 pm

     Groser was implicated at the time but got off the hook while the focus was on lamer prey

     http://www.thestandard.org.nz/mayday-mayday-worths-bought-it-and-im-going-down-groser-out/

     now Worth is gone perhaps Groser will be the next focus?
     • lukas 5.1.1

       4 June 2009 at 9:15 am

       Or Progressives number 2 who is with Worth at WSD?
   • doc whose asking 5.2

     4 June 2009 at 9:28 am

     that final para has me grasping for real re did some of these – jokers is the local word – come via turkey and pass on to palmerston north via divers regional spots in aotearoa… ??? could the aforementioned have been serving a coordination role..?
6. Outofbed 6

   4 June 2009 at 12:04 am

   Yes the famous parrot sketch as sprouts link 2
   nothing to do with your syntax lprent,
   fuck i would be the last to complain about that
7. calltoaccount 7

   4 June 2009 at 12:17 am

   This from Key’s press conference:

   “I’ve had someone bring an allegation to me, of that nature, and all I can say is I treated that allegation seriously, I investigated it and I was satisfied with the answers I received.”

   And that ‘someone’ was Goff! Kind of a big secret to keep…
8. Anthony Karinski 8

   4 June 2009 at 1:06 am

   One can see how this whole thing has the potential to blow up spectacularly for the Nats. Key got alerted by Goff some time ago about a woman who obviously felt she was being harassed by Worth. Key investigates and receives answers he’s happy with. One wonders what this investigation involved – questioning Worth and taking his word for that nothing happened? Did anyone else get interviewed etc…

   Worth goes on and apparently may have caused more mischief. Key investigates for a week (fair enough, he needs the facts on the table) and lets Worth resign for private reasons. Then he thinks better of it and holds a pressie to let us know it’s not exactly family matters that made the minister resign and that he would have been fired anyhow.Still no word on what the alleged offense is.

   Could it be that Key’s initial investigation was so flimsy (i.e he asked Worth “did you do what Goff told me” to which Worth replied “no” = Key satisfied that all is ok) that it now at best would appear to be extremely poorly managed and at worst a blatant cover up that lead to another crime down the road?

   Be interesting to see what happens. Maybe the other woman decides to launch a complaint. Maybe Key’s investigation skills will be exposed. Remember, Key may come to be seen as partly responsible for the second (and unknown) offense if it could have been avoided had he given Worth the boot after the first incident.
9. Dean 9

   4 June 2009 at 1:18 am

   Can we compare and contrast this to, say, Clark’s handling of the Dover Samuels situation?

   Yeah, I thought not.
   • calltoaccount 9.1

     4 June 2009 at 1:30 am

     Ask Key. (I don’t think dredging up overstated distractions is going to work this time.)
     • Dean 9.1.1

       4 June 2009 at 2:11 am

       Ask Clark. It seemed to work for her. (Pretending Labour weren’t as bad at this as National are is just plain stupid).
       • Maynard J 9.1.1.1

         4 June 2009 at 10:13 am

         So Dean, the people you hate with a passion (and what a passion!!) are in your eyes just as bad, now, as those I presume you support. Sucks to be you.
       • calltoaccount 9.1.1.2

         4 June 2009 at 11:04 am

         Dean: My point, as you missed it, is it would be suicidal if Key (and you) play politics with an issue like this.

         But, ignore my advice, go on, ask Key. Please.
10. bobo 10

    4 June 2009 at 2:02 am

    Didn’t Therese Arseneau on closeup look like a child that’s just found out Santa isn’t real… And if we had a actual media that had done some digging instead of just parroting what Key said in his media release we would have more of an idea of what NZs own Les Patterson minus snot stains on the tie has actually done by now.
11. SHG 11

    4 June 2009 at 3:55 am

    If this is true, then good on Goff. He will have gone up in my estimation.
12. Outofbed 12

    4 June 2009 at 6:56 am

    It seems that Key waited till the summing up in the Bain trial to drop the “Worth” bombshell
13. gobsmacked 13

    4 June 2009 at 8:02 am

    Sources close to the Beehive have leaked the following transcript of the Prime Minister’s investigation:

    Key: “Sorry, Richard, Goff’s on my case. Pompous prick.”

    Worth: “Oh dear, what am I supposed to have done now?”

    Key: “I dunno mate, I wasn’t listening. He does go on, doesn’t he?”

    Worth: “Yeah. So, is this a – er – bollocking then?”

    Key: “Yeah, consider yourself bollocked, and thoroughly investigated! If the media ask, I’ll put my game face on – “Up with this I will not put”, the usual crap. They lap it up.”

    Worth: “And you do it so well. So, another drink?”

    Key: “Yes, Minister!”
14. Tom Semmens 14

    4 June 2009 at 8:30 am

    According to Sean “I want to suck John Key’s unmentionable” Plunkett’s two unbiased commentators – Dick Griffin and Richard Prebble, it is all Phill Goff’s fault.

    When anyone wonders why National is so popular, I would look at this scandal. John Armstrong unilaterally declaring victory for John Key; Two hard right commentators interviewed by a hard right interviewer in an interview which descended into a Fox News farce; And who is on Close Up? Why, the slimiest right wing shyster of all, Cameron Slater.
15. The Voice of Reason 15

    4 June 2009 at 9:38 am

    A bit tough on Sean Plunkett, Tom. I don’t think he’s a right winger at all, but it struck me as piss poor work on the producer’s part to get two genuine righties to comment on this matter. Perhaps RNZ were fooled by Richard Griffin’s supposed ‘independant commentator’ status?
16. Juana Atkins 16

    4 June 2009 at 9:57 am

    Labour had their chance to put the boot in and they blew it!

    WHY? because Phil the Wuss cannot handle one round in the ring with Whaleoil.

    Well done. He has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
    • The Voice of Reason 16.1

      4 June 2009 at 10:28 am

      Er, are you Tim Ellis in disguise?

      Despite the best efforts of the desperate right spinsters, Phil Goff has come out of this looking like a leader. The wuss is Key, who should have dumped his minister after the India trip, but lacked the nous to spot the unguided nature of Worth’s rocket.
17. wil 17

    4 June 2009 at 10:51 am

    Incredibly, this site banned robinsod, numerous times. And you have the audacity to now say you want Goff et al to email you tittle tattle so you can out the offenders like Whaleoil and other rightcrapwing blogs?

    Robinsod was the only leftwing blogger who could compete with whalearsehole and his ilk on their terms, and you banned him. You want politically correct discourse, fair enough and kudos to you. But see the contradiction here.

    Wanted: A left wing blog that is prepared to kill. Present url online so I can find it. Thankyou.
    • Chris G 17.1

      4 June 2009 at 11:38 am

      You could just make one.

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