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[crazylemongirl]

Can't believe the nats are that stupid.
Four leaders in four elections.

[Satori]

I think NZ does well and will continue to do well under a Labour government. I hope this continues for a long time.

[rawiri]

Check this out, its a good laugh!

Don Brash's former chief of staff Richard Long has described him as a gaffe-prone Mr Magoo - a near-blind cartoon character who blunders from one disaster to the next.

Some Dr Brash gaffes:

* Says he went easy on political rival Helen Clark in a television debate because she's a woman.

* Tells a United States delegation a National government would get rid of New Zealand's iconic ban on nuclear powered ships by "lunchtime".

* Says that if he had been in US President George W Bush's shoes he too would have sent troops to Iraq.

* Holds a press conference on leaked National e-mails without proper knowledge of their contents - or even taking a copy of the e-mails with him.

* Later in the same week allows himself to be photographed symbolically walking a plank.

* Is photographed trying to awkwardly clamber into a stockcar - despite questions having been asked about whether he is too old to be prime minister.

* Denies any knowledge of the Exclusive Brethren's anti-Labour and anti-Green election pamphlets but later admits he met with them both before and after the election. Some of his senior MPs say the "whiff of association" with the Brethren hurt National's chances of winning the election.

* Sparks post-election leadership debate himself by making confusing statements over whether he wants to stay on as leader of the National Party.

* Attacks the Labour Party in areas where he is himself vulnerable, such as the sanctity of marriage despite his having admitted to having an affair and not denying another.

* After being attacked by one of his MPs at a caucus meeting over his fitness to lead the party given rumours about his personal life, he confirms the troubles and sparks a media hunt by issuing a statement that his marriage is in difficulty.

* Upsets Maori by questioning whether Maori remained a distinct indigenous people given there were "few, if any, fully Maori" left.

* Gets an interim injunction preventing the publication of e-mails he said were stolen from his personal computer. That stops Nicky Hager's book from being published, but makes it look like he has something to hide, so he does a U-turn to let the book be published.

[Satori]

[The Man known as The Man]

[kiwiliz]

I am sooo pleased. He should have gone after the last debacle!

And I am not a fan of John Keys either. methinks with the release of Nicky hagers books he has a muh reduced chance of replacing Brash......I hope he doesn't.

Unfortunately that leaves Bill english...oh well...atleast I would trust him a bit....atleast for a few months.

[Satori]

Bill English is from my home town, Nelson, and he was the architect of the disasterous education policy we have now if I rightly recall...

[rawiri]

Aside from my student loan/interest, what else is so disasterous about it?

[Satori]

My loan...

[xtchr]

Satori; I think you're thinking of Nick Smith (maybe), Bill English is/was a farmer from Dipton.

[Satori]

[Ron Stevens]

politics in NZ = disaster zone

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