Comments on: Paula Bennett lied to Parliament

By: chocbunny

chocbunny — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:39:01 +0000

I got to this site via asking “Mr Google” after giving some thought to the abovementioned complaints about Ms Bennet’s conduct since gaining office,and recent social policy “dependancy” rhetoric being bandied about in the media, and my observation of the recent NZ and world wide clamp down on people who are considered to be “unhealthily” dependant on the public purse. Questions come to mind regarding Ms Bennet’s credibility as a Minister. Regarding MS Bennet’s current attitude. I notice the upsurge in benficiary bashing seems to be concentrated on familiar targets (women and children as usual)She ain’t terribly together for a politition and seems to be bent on covering this up by the kneejerk reaction of softening the public up for a witch hunt by pouring vitriol on her former collegues
( namely women on DPB who probably voted for her,and who aspire to the same path she took to her current sucessful career)What a betrayal!!!
In an effort perhaps to draw away from this embarrassing fact and also to curry favour of her bosses and fanclub. Doesn’t she owe her current academic achievement, without which she would not have had sufficient academic credibility to be voted into her current employment,and to put this in terms that she and her supporters may be able to understand, “sciving off” on DPB whilst enjoying the state’s money to study whilst bringing up her child(ren)instead of adopting her children out to an adoption agency, or extended family, which is obviously what she expects of these sole mums who aspire to follow in her shoes, and working at part time jobs to learn from her past social indescretions of either bearing children outside of wedlock or divorcing her spouse to enjoy the benefits of the welfare state. If it is good enough for her to use her authority to embarrass the cr**p out of her collegues who challenge her actions by breaching their privacy, and closing the very pathway to sucess that she was allowed to get away with following. We have just elected the pot that called the kettle black! good work New-Zealand!

By: Nathan Mills

Nathan Mills — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:26:07 +0000

Trevor, my point is that it seems to be Ok for her to abuse others on here baselessly, yet when she’s called on it, nowhere to be found. I’m not abusing her, merely calling it as it appears! Perhaps you can explain why she hasn’t fronted up?

By: Nathan Mills

Nathan Mills — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:17:35 +0000

One of the worst offences on Red Alert is to abuse my mate Annie Trevor

By: Baz

Baz — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:20:13 +0000

The one reply from Annette King does not to my mind answer the questions raised.

It would appear that it is very easy (and acceptable) to throw around wild accusations, without any need to back them up. Is the sort of thing children do in the playground.

Politics suffers because of this inane, mindless, and bullying point scoring.

By: Nathan Mills

Nathan Mills — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:08:06 +0000

Hello?…

By: Nathan Mills

Nathan Mills — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:08:24 +0000

Ms King, are we likely to get a reply to these concerns? It’s a pretty big call on your part, that appears to have nil backup.

By: Nathan Mills

Nathan Mills — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:32:07 +0000

IF that were true, then how is that a lie to Parliament?!

And if it were true, why wouldn’t the Maori Party be jumping up and down right now, saying “That’s not what we were promised?”

That makes nil sense!

By: Geek

Geek — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:45:39 +0000

In what part of all that is a lie. Labour played the electorate for years.

By: BLiP

BLiP — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:10:06 +0000

The Baron

Let me siplify it down to your level:

1. National Ltd thinks the Maori party doesn’t know how benefit rates are set – further,

2. National Ltd believes the Maori Party doesn’t know the steps required to ensure beneficiaries get support before it is needed, and, by implication

3. National Ltd thinks it can play the Maori Party.

There. Would you like a picture as well?

By: The Baron

The Baron — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:57:55 +0000

“It looks like the National party thinks the Maori party don’t know how benefits are set and what is necessary to ensure beneficiaries are supported before not after their expenses are increased.”

I don’t understand this sentence. Who is guilty of bluster and babble again? Hell, I can at least make sense of what Bennett says!