tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post1961055933333210907..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Digitally Together - Politically AloneChris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-21102581295813630292017-05-17T23:05:47.833+12:002017-05-17T23:05:47.833+12:00TO: "Gorilla Sturgeon"
Choose another n...TO: "Gorilla Sturgeon"<br /><br />Choose another name.Chris Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-2069914479486699442017-05-17T13:22:18.756+12:002017-05-17T13:22:18.756+12:00What I do remember about the '84 snap election...What I do remember about the '84 snap election announcement was the look of horror on the face of Sue Wood, the National Party President, who was considering a snap election that they would likely lose on the strength of a bottle and a half of gin.<br /><br />It's been said that after the announcement, Muldoon went back to his office and polished off the remainder of the second bottle.<br /><br />Regardless of your politics, and on one level, it's the stuff of legends.Sluggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-39745027773234742482017-05-17T13:15:29.942+12:002017-05-17T13:15:29.942+12:00Muldoon did have a quirky sense of humour about hi...Muldoon did have a quirky sense of humour about him.<br /><br />I recall one time when he walking to the chamber to deliver the budget speech, he faced and chuckled to the TV camera and said: 'Too late now...' and kept walking.<br /><br />BlisteringAttacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-71530544038675520852017-05-17T12:39:16.698+12:002017-05-17T12:39:16.698+12:00David Stone
Your thought that the info is out ther...David Stone<br />Your thought that the info is out there for potential voters is true and yet it has to be presented so the ones susceptible to reason are reached. I remember reading about Hush Puppies finding a way to gather interest and get the brand up from its seemingly inevitable decline. political parties should read about that, they make good shoes and I am glad they got 'saved'. I'd like Labour to also do that.<br /><br />For the uninformed, and the wilfully ignorant voter. Well. You can't find your way in a fog. You have favourite clothes that suit whatever persona you adopt, and it's like that with your mind; convenient clothes, convenient ideas. The incessant quick rap that you hear on the radio, the carefully orchestrated tv celebrity news readers. The pre-digested opinions, delivered dramatically and emotionally. The ill-considered prejudices, the unreasoned expectations, acceptance of overweening authority - all prevent rational thought and fill the mind with bubble wrap. <br /><br />And the only way through to the precious mind and brain within is to pop all the bubbles starting with one at a time, till the brain wakes up and seizes the day. Carry the message along with something the life. Not a Tui moment, but a We People moment.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-18512028064323451032017-05-17T08:01:37.073+12:002017-05-17T08:01:37.073+12:00I meant to add they are still turning out in numbe...I meant to add they are still turning out in numbers in the rain to Corbyn's rallies.<br />D J SDavid Stonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-21376267023322429932017-05-17T07:58:58.245+12:002017-05-17T07:58:58.245+12:00Hi Chris
Together with the directed messages...Hi Chris<br /> Together with the directed messages this amazing technology provides everyone with unlimited (except by time) opportunity to find the answers to their own questions. There is nothing that could ever be done about the wilfully ignorant voter ,but I'm sure the chances of getting an informed result have never been anywhere near so good . The policies , and their credibility will have to win people over rather than emotive rhetoric and stand up debating competence. Sad perhaps to loose the excitement of the hustings but I don't think democracy is a net looser.<br /> The millennials who inhabit facebook twitter and snapchat are very used to spam and bots of all kinds arriving on their device. The persuaders had to get with the programme or loose relevance entirely , but again I think the net result is a better informed public.<br />Cheers David J SDavid Stonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-55168052984883400592017-05-16T20:51:36.850+12:002017-05-16T20:51:36.850+12:00I met Rob Muldoon twice: once when I almost bought...I met Rob Muldoon twice: once when I almost bought his house; and once when I was the next speaker on Radio Pacific. On both occasions I was ready to dislike him. But, in person, he had a strange charm. I wonder how – if at all – that would have come across on social media.Jack Scrivanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-66669686134446428382017-05-16T15:10:35.945+12:002017-05-16T15:10:35.945+12:00Brings back a great many memories. But older peopl...Brings back a great many memories. But older people don't need all the publicity to vote any way. Most of us KNOW who we are voting for long before we go into the polling booths.peteswriteplacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474922953916383101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-56361601789067192902017-05-16T10:57:28.080+12:002017-05-16T10:57:28.080+12:00They won't catch up with quite so many old peo...They won't catch up with quite so many old people on Facebook – and old people do tend to vote. Still, if they can get some kids out voting I'll be very pleased. I remember sitting listening to Muldoon once, and I have a memory that someone brought a piglet into the auditorium and made it squeal – a fair bit. Probably animal cruelty, but funny. But I've no idea if it's true. Memory failing. In my defence, it SHOULD be true.:) But I still think that there is no substitute for face-to-face, house-to-house canvassing. I've lived in the same house for more than 30 years now and been canvassed once – by phone. National probably wouldn't bother where I live, but Labour damned well should.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-78804525470296804902017-05-16T10:04:12.744+12:002017-05-16T10:04:12.744+12:00I remember Norm Kirk saying: "and how do we g...I remember Norm Kirk saying: "and how do we get into this position? Heckler: "Vote Labour!"<br />Today every article, every commenter on a current affairs panel is monitored and weighed for effect. Only some are qualified to have an opinion while the rest have been declared "natavist" (unclean) and therefore disqualified.<br /><br />PR consultant David Cormack and former ACT MP Heather Roy discuss the week in politics with Patrick Gower and Lisa Owen. <br /><br />David Cormack: <br />No one thinks immigration is a good thing , which I think it is a good thing. You know they tend to come in and fill roles which we traditionally don't fill. They add diversity and they're human beings that we are talking about, and it is just so sick of our political parties using it as a dog whistle of populism which is so upsetting in the New Zealand political landscape.<br />Lisa owen: <br />“would they do it though if the public wasn't interested?'<br />David Cormack:<br /> That isn't a reason to do something. You don't do what the public thinks is right: you do what is right. They don't necessarily mesh up.<br />http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2017/05/panel-david-cormack-and-heather-roy.htmljhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-33854627964539538862017-05-16T09:27:17.196+12:002017-05-16T09:27:17.196+12:00Beats trudging the streets in all weathers with ar...Beats trudging the streets in all weathers with arm fulls of leaflets that most probably ended up in the bin...Sluggernoreply@blogger.com