tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post7083198345653187773..comments2023-12-21T23:44:40.324+13:00Comments on Maui Street: The week in Maori politics (updated)Morgan Godferyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-13425755548252857972011-11-14T13:13:29.890+13:002011-11-14T13:13:29.890+13:00I agree with Anonmymous 1's comment, that has ...I agree with Anonmymous 1's comment, that has always been my "feeling" also. Part of National's spin machine is to market itself as a centre right party when it is anything but. It's my feeling that they were always going to let rip in their second term, yet there is no need for the Nats to show their true extremist colours, ACT is such a convenient vehicle to hide behind. The Nats don't even need to sacrifice their own slimey candidate in Epsom, he will get in on the party list regardless. Mind you, the Nats have come on strong despite the image they've carefully managed regarding asset sales. Maybe that's cos their financial backers have been waiting to hit real paydirt for a whole term and aren't gonna be so patient in the second term. Which means the Nats are accountable to money interests, not the public - it doesn't worry them one iota that the public opposes this policy because National seeks approval from the financial elites, not us. John Key is more of a "beige Obama" than we realise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-79624173013035936782011-11-14T09:03:36.343+13:002011-11-14T09:03:36.343+13:00Did I read right? Hone just said "I will win ...Did I read right? Hone just said "I will win mine and Annette will win hers, and I don't care who gets the rest". Has he thrown the towel in on Clinton Dearlove and Angeline Greensil? Who gives up on their team?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-81759218723864096662011-11-13T10:08:05.400+13:002011-11-13T10:08:05.400+13:00So NZF are on 4.5%? Where did this come from? How ...So NZF are on 4.5%? Where did this come from? How can the mood change so quickly when the party was barely registering? Was there some mass means of communication between NZF supporters to finally show themselves all at the same time? This shows just how arbitrary, rigged or incompetent the earlier polls really were. The pollsters now have to save face with some real results or face embarrassment if the results fall well outside the margin of error as happened with the self-serving Marae Digipoll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-40418180371709511112011-11-11T19:40:57.981+13:002011-11-11T19:40:57.981+13:00In a way, I'm hoping National will win. I'...In a way, I'm hoping National will win. I'm looking forward to them totally destroying the white and brown middle class as Bush and Obama have done in the US, Belusconi in Italy, Papandreous in Greece, Zapatero in Spain and very soon Cameron, Sarcozy and Merkel. It's why Wall Street, the IMF and World Bank installed them. Bail-outs, QE and austerity is the name of the game. Get with it.<br /><br />Besides, there were certain responsibilities forfeited to the middle class and most of them are not meant to be there. One obligation was to keep a watchful eye on government and the media. But they haven't done that because the new middle class is made up predominantly of heavily induced working-class and under-class opportunists. So they may be middle class in income but still under-class and working-class in thinking. The real middle class left some time ago when they saw the writing on the wall.<br /><br />The so-called middle-class should go back to scrubbing toilets and standing on the street corner. Vote National and watch that smile turn upside-down LOL. Doesn't anyone keep an eye on world politics?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-162413604559747232011-11-11T16:49:46.962+13:002011-11-11T16:49:46.962+13:00The recent polls suggest National have dropped to ...The recent polls suggest National have dropped to near 50%. This huge slump occured 'overnight' somehow. <br /><br />I smell a rat. Something tells me the Nats were never going to look at governing alone nor do they want to - with the inflated poll figures serving merely as virtual enticements for National supporters and dispair for everyone else. <br /><br />Now the Nats are in a bit of a panic, but I think there's more under the surface. They need Act, not for a coalition partner but to adopt their uber liberal 1% agenda to siphon more of the country's resources to give to ... well, the 1% of course. This way they can blame Act for any public backlash and remain relatively unscathed going forward. <br /><br />I'd say Acts policies resound with the majority of National MPs anyway, but they just don't have the balls to come out and say it. That's not how demagogues work. So they'll do a deal in Epsom with Banks, and probably scuttle their own candidate so that Act can get 2 MPs. It's hardly worth the compromise I reckon.<br /><br />But even if National has an outright majority come election day, they might have to 'dismiss' a 'rebel' MP or two so they'll be 'forced' closer to Act, and closer to adopting their leet policies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com