Not the ACT party list

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1. Bored 1

   29 August 2011 at 1:45 pm

   Ha…theres a few who think a hole is being left for Cactus Kate. She is off shore…Whale? Cant see why any party would want as an MP a young lady who is trying to rerun the life of a person who failed miserably at everything, especially in her personal life…St Ayn. Unloved, unlovely.
   • mik e 1.1

     29 August 2011 at 5:15 pm

     Dirty old Dinosaur Don no doubt will have a place for her,hope she likes corned beef and mushy peas.
     • Bored 1.1.1

       29 August 2011 at 8:30 pm

       They say that there is somebody for everybody…just so long as we dont have to watch!
     • Jum 1.1.2

       29 August 2011 at 11:00 pm

       Mik e,

       I just hope Diane Foreman doesn’t get jealous.
2. Pete George 2

   29 August 2011 at 1:45 pm

   Anthony, are you just miffed that you’ll have to redo your Dunedin North election strategy?
3. mickysavage 3

   29 August 2011 at 2:09 pm

   Ha, good one.  Was Hillary the one with the little fish and Brash the one with the rather large fish?
4. randal 4

   29 August 2011 at 2:21 pm

   Act seem to be a party of wealthy misanthropes who beleive their own thoughts to be facts when they are just wishful thinking.
   they cause more trouble than they are worth and all their slimy legislation has to be undone at the next turn of the wheel which in this case willl be november when the tory whackjobs will get the old heave ho from a country that has seenthe idiots and the nutcases get too much traction for their own good not to mention the damage they have done.
   • neoleftie 4.1

     29 August 2011 at 7:35 pm

     @randal – Act represent a very large proportion of voters, not just those who naturally vote ACT but also a voice for the right wing block of the National party, another 5-10% of voters who have act like views but vote for a main party.
     IMO the centre, centre right to right voter matrix is expanding, as i see it the voter matrix has shifted to the right over the years. voters identify solely on issue by issue as party ideoligical groupings fade apart from the hardened core party identifier. You now have a vast swing centralist voter ( double peak, single peak etc ) who arent really aligned but vote on issues that have some impact upon them.
     National using ‘smile and wave’ and their own captured media basically manufacturing a solid voter base esp with the swing voter by being more clever – smoke mirrors and an electorate that is basically shallow.
     Those who are activists within a party are also blinded by the construct and usually limited to a certain limited contact sphere.
     • Jim Nald 4.1.1

       30 August 2011 at 10:44 am

       Look to donkey, voters, if thou hast eyes to see:
       he hast dealt to her
       and, next, you
     • prism 4.1.2

       30 August 2011 at 11:04 am

       @Neoleftie – Great analysis – seems a true summary.
     • Ari 4.1.3

       31 August 2011 at 12:32 am

       I wonder if with the direction ACT is headed now if they actually really represent very much of the right wing of the National party any more. Don’t get me wrong, they definitely represent some of them even now, but a lot of the National bloc consider themselves “classical liberals”, even the ones that are quite far right, and probably don’t like how the ACT Party is now becoming an authoritarian Republican-wannabe Party.
       • the pink postman 4.1.3.1

         1 September 2011 at 3:57 pm

         If you believe that Ari you will believe the Nats are now left wing. Believe me National is an extreme right wing party . In fact they just love Acts philosophy . The only reason they do not announce it is they they realise they would lose support. They will “give” a couple of seats ie.Epsom so as to blame them for the extreme policies they will bring forward. The asetts sales will be mild when compared with what this lot really believe. Low wages ,unemployment , long hours and no unions. just listen to them when they think nobody is hearing them. Most would fit very well into the Fascist model. The old adage that there is only one good Tory ? is still true today .
5. prism 5

   29 August 2011 at 2:34 pm

   Ah light relief with a cooling water splash at the end. All it needs is a few G&Ts and we can pretend to forget all about the ACT party for a while. I have just managed to buy DVD of Cold Lazarus and the thought of people like Don Brash (and Robert Mugabe et al) going on for years after death as a talking head twists your guts. Mine already have that reaction when I hear him on radio now.
6. aerobubble 6

   29 August 2011 at 2:39 pm

   Create mystery, demand for your brand, leave one of your list members unnamed.
   Sums up ACT view of politics, branding not content.
   • Treetop 6.1

     29 August 2011 at 3:52 pm

     Would a man put up with being squeezed in there just to attact the gender vote so Act does not appear to look sexist?
     • Treetop 6.1.1

       29 August 2011 at 4:05 pm

       attract not attact
7. Jim Nald 7

   29 August 2011 at 2:59 pm

   Can’t help thinking, when looking at the ACT list, about the trinity of asininity:

   the granny,

   the lamington and

   the unholy goat-who-is-waiting-to-be-named.
   • Treetop 7.1

     29 August 2011 at 4:01 pm

     The unholy goat is of the female gender and yes she will be sacrificed, (Acts MO concerning the female gender). May be she aint being named because she may flee before the election due to how Act treats women in their party e.g. Roy, Culvert.
8. Treetop 8

   29 August 2011 at 3:35 pm

   Rodney is real quiet these days. Wondering what his next move will be Laughed at the comment this morning Brash made about new faces in the Act Party.

   How long has Hillary been in parliament, yeah right!
   • Lanthanide 8.1

     29 August 2011 at 3:50 pm

     I would be classic if he signed up under the Conservative Party to contest Epsom. Probably not too likely though.

     Could still stand as an Independent though.
   • mik e 8.2

     29 August 2011 at 5:20 pm

     New Faces I don’t think theirs enough botox in NZ let alone plastic surgeons but on the latter alot of them probably support the DEADWOOD party I here the swearinagain!
9. thejackal 9

   29 August 2011 at 3:36 pm

   Oh the mystery… Oh the intrigue… Oh!
10. randal 10

    29 August 2011 at 4:02 pm

    THE ACT PARTY LIST
    1. get some more baloney for Don
    2.get some vanishing cream for Wodney
    3. get some more instructions from Wackjob HQ in the U.S.
11. mik e 11

    29 August 2011 at 4:23 pm

    I think Hact have scored another own goal even a gerry hatrick. Dinosaur dons.Global warming wiped them out.
12. swordfish 12

    29 August 2011 at 4:25 pm

    Not necessarily my favourite Monty Python sketch, but thanks for the laugh, R0B !
    • ianmac 12.1

      29 August 2011 at 4:36 pm

      Yes. As daft as Act. Couldn’t help watching more Monty Python sketches and there was Don talking “banter” which left the others completely unable to understand what he was saying. Amazing how many characters MP could so easily fit Act personal.
      • felix 12.1.1

        29 August 2011 at 4:43 pm

        The Black Knight springs to mind. “It’s only a flesh wound!”
        • swordfish 12.1.1.1

          29 August 2011 at 4:57 pm

          Obsequious old bearded prisoner of the Romans hung upside-down for 30 years in Life of Brian expresses his views on penal reform: “Nail em up !!!, Nail em up, I say !!!.”
13. randal 13

    29 August 2011 at 5:15 pm

    the act party list:
    1. more baloney for don
    2. vanishing cweam for wodney
    3. more instructions from “nutbars ‘r us”
14. Rodel 14

    29 August 2011 at 6:44 pm

    Nice to see Don choosing woman number 3 but keeping her and us in suspenders (sorry I mean suspense).
    Wonder what Don’s previous women, numbers 1 and 2 think about it all ?

    Like us they probably don’t care. Probably say, “Don who? “
15. William Joyce 15

    29 August 2011 at 7:06 pm

    Before and after shots of ACT party list members
    • The Baron 15.1

      31 August 2011 at 3:52 am

      Wakka wakka wakka. These pictures are fucking lame.
16. Mac1 16

    29 August 2011 at 7:55 pm

    At a recent ACT meeting in our little home town, Hilary Calvert dared to have a different opinion to that of her leader over MMP. Payback time? Brash is a misogynist and when leader of the Nats he dealt to a woman MP so badly that she left parliament at the next election. There was no place in his party for uppity women.
    • neoleftie 16.1

      29 August 2011 at 8:24 pm

      or brothel building owners maybe – the eyes have it
17. Jeff O 17

    29 August 2011 at 8:02 pm

    I am enjoying re-reading The Hollow Men, by Nicky Hager, just to remind me about how Don Brash operates. Deja vu!

    Also, funny how the Hollow Men also makes a great read if, every time you read ” Don Brash”, you mentally insert the words “John Key”. The sales strategy is the same – make a raving neo-liberal look like a centrist man of the people. They couldn’t quite manage it with Don though.
18. Glunch 18

    30 August 2011 at 10:29 am

    Can somebody please find out a bit more about who number 26 Alex Spiers is and what he does . I have heard that his name may be misspelled on their official list which would be a bit of a laugh and confirm they can’t even get something simple like that right.
    • prism 18.1

      30 August 2011 at 11:14 am

      @Glunch – looked on google and he is a dj in Liverpool, or under alex speirs there are three professionals in UK. Can’t find on NZ white pages. Could be Alec.
19. Glunch 19

    30 August 2011 at 11:23 am

    Candidate for Hutt South no less . And yes they did spell his name wrong – plonkers

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alex-Speirs/212131022175692?sk=wall

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