tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post5919422328049207773..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Another leader downPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-53272980505454411852013-12-05T21:49:21.654+13:002013-12-05T21:49:21.654+13:00Stephen Berry coming third for Mayor, ahead of wel...Stephen Berry coming third for Mayor, ahead of well known (and well publicised) professional protestor John Minto and the often reported ironically named Penny Bright, is closer to the future.<br /><br />ACT eviscerated itself with its combination of naked ambition and invertebrate attitude to arguing just about anything. Time for a decent burial and the decent folk within it to move on.<br /><br />Stephen Berry's Mayoral campaign for Auckland showed the future IMHO.Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-78660703873850110702013-12-05T18:43:16.599+13:002013-12-05T18:43:16.599+13:00It would have been nice if ACT had been consistent...It would have been nice if ACT had been consistent with their philosophies & policies, but they haven't.<br /><br />Rodney Hide is best remembered for been a leader of ACT, which supposedly supports less government, but then creates the Auckland "super city", which could have reduced costs & therefore rates, but got turned into an empire instead. To make it worse, spending is out of control & I'm not going to even mention the other 'drama'.<br /><br />B. Whitehead<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-16191776669783167922013-12-05T18:04:40.211+13:002013-12-05T18:04:40.211+13:00@Paul, you said, "... this blog has twice as ...@Paul, you said, "... this blog has twice as many anti-ACT articles as Greens."<br /><br />Welll, the blog has been going for nearly ten years, but in recent years (since Google starting counting tags the record here is nearly three times the reverse of what you suggest:<br /> Posts on ACT: 80<br /> Posts on Greens: 200<br /> Posts on Russel Norman: 24<br /><br />You can rest assured that very few of any of these are positive. But feel free to use that Search Box above to check for yourself...Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-28136642620271786502013-12-05T17:41:23.770+13:002013-12-05T17:41:23.770+13:00Maybe it's implicit in this that Act people sh...Maybe it's implicit in this that Act people should know better. Or that at least the Greens don't hide the fact that they are lying thieving evil bastards, whereas Act came in preaching freedom and small government and delivered the exact opposite. twrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312229399327994398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-78521471575664238372013-12-05T16:47:42.339+13:002013-12-05T16:47:42.339+13:00@Paul: I call trash 'trash.' What do you d...@Paul: I call trash 'trash.' What do you do?Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-49417447873320963182013-12-05T15:37:27.116+13:002013-12-05T15:37:27.116+13:00Oh that will explain why this blog has twice as ma...Oh that will explain why this blog has twice as many anti-ACT articles as Greens. Hey, surprise, surprise, there’s yet another ‘ACT is crap’ article been added today (including Gerry Anderson cartoon) If you think by trashing ACT it will somehow translate into disenfranchised ACT supporters seeing The Libertarians as ‘a new home’ you are going around it the wrong way. Such a pity you guys are so bitter. Paul Goodsorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14781782197534347279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-89103133662735160952013-12-05T09:33:25.712+13:002013-12-05T09:33:25.712+13:00@Paul You assume that libertarians have more in co...@Paul You assume that libertarians have more in common with the right that the left. I can only speak for myself, but I don't care for labelling something left or right, communist of facsist, as if any of it really matters. There is ONLY central planning and the relentless advance of the state and its concomitant destruction of private planning and property rights. To suggest that other libertarians should share your enthusiasm for ACT/National central planning is, in my view, absurd and highly presumptuous.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-59304681479164133632013-12-05T09:15:40.435+13:002013-12-05T09:15:40.435+13:00Oi Pete, this Libz crusade against ACT has paralle...Oi Pete, this Libz crusade against ACT has parallels with The Life of Brian skit ‘The Peoples Front of Judea’. In the bigger scheme of things: under the scheme of MMP what are Nationals options? Colin ‘Man On The Moon’ Craig? Or would you be far more happier with a Green/Labour/NZ First coalition? Sticking the boot into ACT does the Libz cause no good. Leave the nastiness to the left, they do a better job anyway. Paul Goodsorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14781782197534347279noreply@blogger.com