Steven Joyce strikes out

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1. r0b 1

   19 July 2011 at 1:59 pm

   2 hours later, and the Nats have turned out in force to defend their figures…
   • Zorr 1.1

     19 July 2011 at 2:13 pm

     Gnats? What gnats?
   • mickysavage 1.2

     19 July 2011 at 2:42 pm

     Cameron where are you?
2. mapped out 2

   19 July 2011 at 2:40 pm

   Doesn’t really matter though does it?
   Does not appear that the great unwashed is listening
   Turkeys voting for xmas eh?
   Too late to replace Goff
   Kiss goodbye to assets {Kiwibank next term methinks}
   Oh well, He is such a lovely man that Mr Key
   Oh well at least Murdoch is going down, something to smile about

   goff
   • Craig Glen Eden 2.1

     19 July 2011 at 5:39 pm

     At least the reporters are starting to realize that the Nats have no plan and that they are constantly spinning bullshit. Most economists I also think have come to that conclusion. Four months is a long time in Politics and Public life case in point the cellphone hacking mess, go back 3 or 4 weeks ago and everything seemed sweet for the Murdochs.

     The more the likes of Joyce, English and Key has to front the better. Keep the faith peps.
     • Carol 2.1.1

       19 July 2011 at 6:03 pm

       Yeah, but we have the voters of Epsom to contend with. The way NAct are rorting that little MMP loophole, against the spirit of democracy, RNZ this evening reckons Banks could bring in about 5 ACT seats on his coat tail.
       • Jasper 2.1.1.1

         19 July 2011 at 7:28 pm

         And Dons little scheme that he’ll be rorting in Dipton territory too. “Get a Don with a Bill!” “Get a Bill, and a Don!” “Party Vote The Don, Electorate the Bill”

         It’s enough to make you wonder why the Left shouldn’t just say “Principles be damned” and stitch up a deal with the Greens in marginal seat to run a split vote campaign which may be more effective than two ticks.
       • Georgecom 2.1.1.2

         19 July 2011 at 9:22 pm

         Don was running around a few weeks ago stating he expected 10 to 15 seats.

         Unsure if he meant at the ACT national conference?
3. Windy.City.Struggler 3

   19 July 2011 at 3:00 pm

   ‘mapped out’: Do I detect premature electoral celebration ?

   I could mention a few other disorders ….
4. mapped out 4

   19 July 2011 at 3:10 pm

   Do I detect premature electoral celebration ?

   No quite the opposite
   Fuck everyone. off to get myself an allotment, bicycle and gun
   • AAMC 4.1

     19 July 2011 at 4:54 pm

     “Fuck everyone. off to get myself an allotment, bicycle and gun”

     You read my mind….
5. Ianupnorth 5

   19 July 2011 at 4:32 pm

   I would join you, but if Key does get back in I’ll wave to you from the plane as i head off elsewhere
   • Windy.City.Struggler 5.1

     19 July 2011 at 6:32 pm

     Well, if the Australian polls mean anything, it could Prime Minister Abbot’s Catholic
     fundamentalism entrenched in Canberra for the next few years. John Key might start looking relatively good in comparison.

     It’s two years until the next Australian Federal election.
     • Windy.City.Struggler 5.1.1

       19 July 2011 at 7:03 pm

       .. assuming there is no sudden change of heart by the 2 or so independents by which they hold a majority.
       • Lanthanide 5.1.1.1

         20 July 2011 at 9:30 am

         Or deaths.
     • prism 5.1.2

       19 July 2011 at 7:15 pm

       Yeah Gillard said read my lips there’ll be no carbon tax. A rush of blood to the head. And Australians don’t seem to see that it’s necessary and are encouraging that Abbott who sounds a stupid dork in the John Howard tradition.

       Oz shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Punish Gillard some other way but don’t throw her out in a hissy fit because she didn’t keep her word about the carbon tax. I say get it in place while one of your main parties is stoked ready to do it. It’s like going to the doctor at an early stage when a cancer is suspected, leave it too late and the suffering is unpleasant and death may be the result. If the legislation is reviewed two years later then action to improve on fairness and encouraging innovation can be carried out.
       • bbfloyd 5.1.2.1

         19 July 2011 at 10:25 pm

         tont abbott is australia’s answer to bill english… yes,,, he is that scary…..
6. Tangled up in blue 6

   19 July 2011 at 5:21 pm

   Cunliffe for PM.
7. mickysavage 7

   19 July 2011 at 7:54 pm

   I think it has something to do with Nat’s selection of Goldsmith for Epsom.  All the rwnjs are running around trying to say it is democratic and a representation of local democracy to select a f*(&wit for what should be the safest National seat in the country.

   My mad uncle would be a better candidate! 
8. tc 8

   19 July 2011 at 7:55 pm

   This whole unfolding saga of the shonkiest budget in living memory, more dodgy numbers and now jackboot Joyce climbing in with his media poodles in tow is simply depressing.

   Across the ditch the media alone would’ve torn the govt a new one whilst here they’re too busy with penguins and following sideshow on his latest photo opp tour…..hope they all sleep well at night knowing they’re not discharging their responsibilities but taking a pay cheque instead.

   Labour need to roll the sleeves up and start some provocative rhetoric the MSM can’t screw up….our grandkids deserve better than the future this bunch of self serving sell outs will deliver.
9. gnomic 9

   20 July 2011 at 3:12 am

   Let’s cut the guy some slack – it can’t be easy being the minister of everything. Mere mortals might struggle with just a single portfolio.

   Obviously it would be completely wrong to think that this is not an intellectual titan but just a slightly sleazy hack who has one attribute in common with his equally ineffectual leader – no new ideas. Oh, come to think of it, he’s also fully vested, like the smiley wavey one, that may explain their nonchalance.

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