The states of John Key – Nasty side

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1. r0b 1

   28 July 2010 at 11:06 am

   On the nasty side, Key also described young protesters in Mt Albert as “cold and desperate”. Strong echoes of Clark’s “haters and wreckers” that the right whipped themselves into such an orgiastic frenzy of excitement about…
2. pollywog 2

   28 July 2010 at 11:08 am

   Key’s most effective weapons is to listen politely to someone’s objections and then agree with them, taking the wind out of their sails so he can move on,…

   i do that with jehovahs witnesses.

   agreee that, yes, they as christians set an excellent example of people trying to help others in their community and that we need more people like them out there doing the good work and spreading the good word, but i’m fine with God and He’s fine with me, so i don’t want to upset the mutual understanding and fine relationship we’ve developed….you know, if it aint broke why fix it ?

   …totally throws them cos they’re looking for a good argument to validate their faith and convert me to their cause.

   but back to Key. He reminds me of someone who has charged himself and his lackies to fix things which aren’t really broken just cos they can and to exert some measure of will on them to satisfy their own egos. Powertripping for the sake of it.

   He also reminds me of Odo from Star trek deep space 9, a shapeshifter whose name means nothing…

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_(Star_Trek)
3. Cnr Joe 3

   28 July 2010 at 11:08 am

   I guess he’ll always be able to get the best training, being an ongoing process and all.
   Then there’s the dope they have him on. Its widely understood to be in the pizzas.
4. randal 4

   28 July 2010 at 11:19 am

   at the moment they are bulllying the medical school in dunedin to pay off some tacky promise tony ryall made before the eelction.
   crummy.
5. tsmithfield 5

   28 July 2010 at 11:24 am

   States of the left:

   1. A paranoid obsession with John Key.
   • joe bloggs 5.1

     28 July 2010 at 11:48 am

     States of the Left:

     2. Delusional fantasies about John Key
     3. Dislike of self-determination
     3. Throw enough mud and eventually some must stick – surely!!
     4. People in glass houses can, and should, throw stones – it’s a democratic right

     As for equating Key’s “cold and desperate” comment with Clark’s “haters and wreckers”, or Cullen’s “rich pricks” – sad to say it’s not even in the same region, let alone ballpark… lest we forget May is not the warmest month of the year – of course they’re cold, hehe
     • bbfloyd 5.1.1

       28 July 2010 at 12:08 pm

       j.b. you really need to get out more lad. by the way, is your name written the right way around?
   • bbfloyd 5.2

     28 July 2010 at 12:04 pm

     it’s been my experience that when people make that kind of sweeping generalisation, it most often is a symptem of shallow, reactive thinking. using emotively charged words like “paranoid” does no more than expose the lack of coherent thought being brought to bear. it is innaccurate at best, and insults people who, for the most part, have the intellect, memory, and the social concience to be concerned for the future of our society.
     p.s. please excuse my terrible spelling. my dictionary died last week. sniff
   • ghostwhowalksnz 5.3

     28 July 2010 at 1:07 pm

     Its not an obsession when Key makes it his business to appear constantly in the media….. oops that right hes PM. I wonder how he got there?
   • Draco T Bastard 5.4

     28 July 2010 at 4:02 pm

     State of the Right:

     A paranoid and delusional denial of reality.

     The difference between my statement and yours? Mine happens to be true whereas yours is part of your delusion.
6. Ron 6

   28 July 2010 at 11:41 am

   TS – if we’re talking about paranoid obsessions I’d point to the Right’s obsession with Helen Clarke as a truer example. The Right spent the last couple of years of that Labour term simply making stuff up.

   I think the issue with JK – and the Tories as whole – is that we’ve known their true agenda from the outset but they’ve tried to deny it. If he – and they – had simply been upfront about what they are trying to do then there’d be agendas and policies to argue about but what we get is exactly what’s described above – a smokescreen of reasonableness (is that a word?) hiding an extreme right wing agenda that essentially hasn’t changed since Bolger. It was revealed before the election in the secret recordings (again, their response wasn’t to debate the issues but to attack the whistleblowers); it’s been revealed several times through slips of tongues – they just won’t admit it. It’s not paranoid to KNOW they’re out to getya!

   It’s not that we’re obsessed with Jonkey. It’s that Jonkey IS that smokescreen and we’re obsessed with trying expose that very real agenda.
   • joe bloggs 6.1

     28 July 2010 at 11:52 am

     speaking of paranoid “they’re out to getya!” obsessions – try using that excuse with the 66% of electors who didn’t vote for Clark.
   • tsmithfield 6.2

     28 July 2010 at 11:53 am

     Ron, I selected my words carefully in that comment.

     I believe the litany of fear-laden articles about JK on various themes and the associated posts by left-leaning contributors would meet the test for both paranoia and obsessiveness.
     • Draco T Bastard 6.2.1

       28 July 2010 at 4:07 pm

       They’re not fear laden – just telling the truth.
       • Ron 6.2.1.1

         28 July 2010 at 7:32 pm

         my point exactly
7. travellerev 7

   28 July 2010 at 12:09 pm

   Someone told me that she had been to a political thingy with John Key as the main speaker. When someone asked John Key to explain the world wide financial collapse and why this was happening he answered with a sneer: “That is because your parents wanted a better car.” Yep, according to bankster Mr Nice Key it’s all our fault.
8. Firsttimereader 8

   28 July 2010 at 12:17 pm

   States of the left: Comparing “haters and wreckers” to “cold and desperate”.
9. felix 9

   28 July 2010 at 12:51 pm

   I’m enjoying this series. Contrary to the whimpering protestations of ts and joe, it seems to be based on verifiable facts reported in an uncontroversial fashion.

   Which is why they have no response. They can’t dispute the facts and they can’t feign their usual “how dare you say that about the King” outrage.

   (cue “we don’t respond cos it’s stupid” and “we weren’t playing anyway” etc)
   • tsmithfield 9.1

     28 July 2010 at 2:09 pm

     Paranoia and obsessiveness has become such a normal for you that you can’t recognise it when you see it.
   • Mac1 9.2

     28 July 2010 at 3:33 pm

     Hi,Felix. You forgot the ‘PC obsessed’ that Sean uses below. If all else fails, deflect the criticism by blaming the critic for being ‘PC’.

     Clue for Sean14- non-PC behaviour used to be called bad manners, at best.
     • comedy 9.2.1

       28 July 2010 at 4:00 pm

       Nah, non PC behaviour used to be call having a sense of humour at best, having bad manners by the hoity toity and racism at worst by ijits.
10. sean14 10

    28 July 2010 at 1:04 pm

    A politician moderating their language? How in the hell is that surprising?! It’s a prerequisite for public office in a PC obsessed country like NZ.
11. comedy 11

    28 July 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Is that a photo of him dropping a large flatus ?
12. kriswgtn 12

    28 July 2010 at 4:35 pm

    Nah hes rapping man
13. gobsmacked 13

    28 July 2010 at 4:35 pm

    A year ago I drew attention to the nasty side of John Key. In the comments I expanded further on it:

    http://www.thestandard.org.nz/crossing-the-line/

    The essential point is: Politicians being nasty isn’t so unusual. But when they trade so heavily on their nice-guy image, it’s quite unsettling when it turns out to be fake.

    It’s like discovering that a “strong leader” is chronically indecisive, or that a great wordsmith is just reading someone else’s script. If Mr Nice Guy is not so nice after all, what else has he got?

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