"I would no more think that National's polling over 50 percent than I thought there were fairies at the bottom of the garden, that is not reality," Miss Clark said.
Coming from Broomstick 1, I'm not so sure her version of reality is any clearer than those in this recent poll. Perhaps Helen is confusing polling with the actual voter turnout and results. The outcome there is still any-one's guess. I think NZ is about 50% left, 30% right and 20% clueless. Arguably, that 50% left could be broken down into 20% die-hard socialist and 30% clueless-but-loyal, but that is not important right now. It's the standard 20% clueless that will continue to shape the political landscape, made all the more delicate by MMP.
For example, in spite of the hammering Winston has taken with his credibility in tatters, and a parliamentary censure in spite of backroom pressure exerted on the minor parties, he still only needs his die hard supporters to cast their vote in the usual way, and he could be back with baubles on his crown.
But in spite of Helen dismissing the SFO on the matter of Winston, in spite of her dismissing the Privileges Committee on the matter of Winston, in spite of Helen dismissing the polls and other grumblings from outside the beltway, Helen may not be able to so easily dismiss the fairies in the bottom of her garden. They may be invisible right now, but they could come out on November 9th, much to her surprise.
So let's all sing:
Fairies wear boots, you gotta believe me...
Hat tip goes to fellow fairy believer Oswald: Yes I believe in fairies
Stuff: PM does not believe in fairies or polls
Coming from Broomstick 1, I'm not so sure her version of reality is any clearer than those in this recent poll. Perhaps Helen is confusing polling with the actual voter turnout and results. The outcome there is still any-one's guess. I think NZ is about 50% left, 30% right and 20% clueless. Arguably, that 50% left could be broken down into 20% die-hard socialist and 30% clueless-but-loyal, but that is not important right now. It's the standard 20% clueless that will continue to shape the political landscape, made all the more delicate by MMP.
For example, in spite of the hammering Winston has taken with his credibility in tatters, and a parliamentary censure in spite of backroom pressure exerted on the minor parties, he still only needs his die hard supporters to cast their vote in the usual way, and he could be back with baubles on his crown.
But in spite of Helen dismissing the SFO on the matter of Winston, in spite of her dismissing the Privileges Committee on the matter of Winston, in spite of Helen dismissing the polls and other grumblings from outside the beltway, Helen may not be able to so easily dismiss the fairies in the bottom of her garden. They may be invisible right now, but they could come out on November 9th, much to her surprise.
So let's all sing:
Fairies wear boots, you gotta believe me...
Hat tip goes to fellow fairy believer Oswald: Yes I believe in fairies
Stuff: PM does not believe in fairies or polls
I'm not sure why the PM doesn't believe in fairies--she has enough of them in her government.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about 50% left, I think the majority of people just aren't interested in politics at all. So if someone says "the government will give you x" they think that sounds an excellent idea and vote for it. They don't worry about whether the government paying for something is left wing or not, they aren't interested in these concepts at all. They just vote for what they like, and what they like is the government offering more stuff, which happens to be socialist.
ReplyDeleteI am not saying voters are stupid, they aren't. They are just focussed on other matters that are more important to them, and aren't interested enough in politics to think through the whole implications and philosophy behind the policies on offer.
Mr Dennis
Mr Dennis, I mean clueless in the nicest possible way.
ReplyDeleteSo, as I said, of the 50% that vote left, 30% are clueless and thus prone to absorbing the typically leftist/socialist dogma that pervades our society.
Some of it is meant with the best possible intentions - people can see the value in providing welfare for those in need; medical facilities for those that are sick; government owned enterprises for key infrastructure.
And there is a role for government to play in protecting citizens and preventing the excesses one can get when companies only consider profit.
But the arguments of the right are not well understood by the masses, and certainly, the policies of the conservatives nor the classic liberals are well represented.
So we get clueless voters, for whatever reason, until the carpet is pulled from under them and they look around for some-one to blame.
Then we get clueless voters being fed by spin doctors and a apathetic and substandard media.
Hooray for the blogs. I'm sure we will eventually reach as much as 1% of the voters, even if only tangentially. Time for another song methinks:
"99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer..."