Seeing as Key has simply shrugged Maurice Williamson’s grossness off, the question now becomes, does Auckland really want a Mayor who makes sexist and homophobic jokes?
Maurice was primed and ready to announce a run at the Auckland Mayoralty, but the crudeness of his jokes and the crassness of what he thinks is funny for a modern day business event suggests he can’t possibly be a serious contender for Mayor.
The reason support has left Len is because he’s become seen as acting beneath the dignity of the role. Maurice playing sexist and homophobic jokes about oral sex is hardly restoring the dignity to the Mayoralty.
Put aside the whole issue of him calling the cops to try and help out his rich Chinese benefactor whom he was also helping do batch renovations for a domestic violence case, do we really think this kind of sexist bloke routine is the future of Auckland?
What an indictment if it is.
Well we have a PM who acts like a lecher, circus clown and schoolboy attention seeker and the sleepy hobbits love him to bits for it. So why not Maurice Williamson and his jokes?
Just imagine if it had been a left-leaning mayoral candidate saying the same thing! The MSM would get really worked up about it wouldn’t they. They just treat it like ho…hum….Maurice opening his trap (again), no big deal!
Who would have thought we could fall so far and so fast? But I think this has been in the making for the past 30 years. People used to talk about “dumbing down” New Zealand. No one does any more because there is nothing to compare dumb downed with.
So shagging a staff member in the council offices is OK, but making crass jokes isn’t?
Well, at least Len knew he was doing the wrong thing. Silly old Maurice doesn’t seem to have a clue what people will think.
Which of those two things is worse in a Mayor? Hard to say.
In any case Phil Goff, the neo-liberal pretend lefty is looking better by the day!
Neither is ok. I think that was Martyn’s point.
Andy – as usual your comprehension skills are sadly lacking….
“The reason support has left Len is because he’s become seen as acting beneath the dignity of the role. Maurice playing sexist and homophobic jokes about oral sex is hardly restoring the dignity to the Mayoralty”
I don’t think that in anyway confers that Martyn sanctions either action.
Difference is, Andy, he didn’t shag the woman in front of an audience.
Yep – fondling someone’s ponytail is the benchmark, so a few nudge-nudge-wink-wink sexist and homophobic jokes about oral sex can hardly be described as grossness by the PM eh Martyn?
Yep a honey pot affair initiated by Luigi Wewegi and Mr Palino?
Whatever happened to those two right-wing arch villains btw?
Leopards and spots Martyn, leopards and spots…
@ Andy. Actually yes, yes it is. More ok than Turkey Head Williamson’s gobble de gook .
An ideal Auckland mayor would be Tim Shadbolt . Pity he’s doing great things in Invercargill instead. Funny that.
What’s Crusty the Clown up to these days?
And if you think oral sex is funny then don’t for Gods sake laugh during it. If you do ? Tuck things away and go to a bar immediately.
If the choice is to be between Hulse, Brown, Goff and Williamson, I’ll take Williamson any day. You know, the lesser of the evils….
… with a potty mouth and dodgy friends in low places? Interesting way to exercise your democratic right, Schwen.
Didn’t Williamson give the world acclaimed Rainbow speech in Parliament.
Bradbury you have jumped to judgement to quickly. A couple of bottles of wine and a funny uniform and you will possibly end up giving a crass speech at the secret policeman’s ball.
Yes.
Personal sex life – not helpful, but not really affecting many voters, that’s why he got back in.
Sexist and homophobic slurs – the voters in Auckland won’t like that.
Remember Andy, this isn’t about individual moralising, it’s about resonating with the public.
John Key can throw around homophobic and sexist slurs, but he has the popularity to make it irrelevant. But Maurice has the charisma of my left testicle. I doubt he’s popular in his own family.
try and help out his rich Chinese benefactor whom he was also helping do batch renovations
Did he have his “Building Practitioner’s certificate” the red tape crap he invented to stop DIYers doing their own home repairs?
This clown is a real joke grasping for any news he can manufacture the creep.
Maurice’s misjudged Benny Hill style attempt at “humour” is headline attracting but perhaps not the major worry for jaffa-ites that might be tempted to vote for him
as a Nat Minister he proved he was a staunch neo lib and recently tried to join ACT which means lookout Ports of Auckland and the Airport and anything else not nailed down
Auckland voted for John Banks. Twice.
Pretty sure they’d vote for Maurice Williamson.
WHAT!
It was Maurice Williamson who gave that fantastic speech in support of gay marriage that became an internet sensation.
For those with short memories:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCDEiaoEP2U
Actually I don’t care what sense of humour he has, just as long as
HE CAN RUN THIS CITY!
Re Andrew’s Post:
*** That Post was authorised by the Auckland Branch of the National Party. ***
The rainbow faction of the Auckland Branch of the National Party Frank?
No, just the Blue Faction, Winnie.
Nope. Try again.
As a ratepayer I mostly want a competent and experienced manager and leader to become mayor.
I don’t care about his/her personal life and I don’t care what political grouping he comes from. Just as long a they can do the job.
I want:
> Someone who can sort out the budgetary crisis
> Cancel the fantasy transport project
> Sort out the building consent process in order to allow the city to develop
> End rates increases that are above the inflation rate
More investment in trains, buses and cycleways sounds like an environmentally-sound idea to me. It’s the sort of “fantasy” that I want from my elected representatives.
What evidence is there that makes you think he can “run this city”? I’ve seen no hint of that from Williamson.
But if you mean cutting rates for business and the wealthy, then clawing the loss back by selling assets to cronies, booking up mass debt, getting CCO’s to book up more debt so you can hide even more debt and bare face lie to cover up the rest of the cracks, aka the National Party model, then no, he will fail miserably!
I didn’t say he could. I just didn’t like the unwarranted and nasty personal attack made on him.
For the mayoralty I prefer someone who isn’t a retired politician. Someone younger. Someone with a track record of success in turning around a failing venture.
“mean cutting rates for business and the wealthy, then clawing the loss back by selling assets to cronies, booking up mass debt, getting CCO’s to book up more debt so you can hide even more debt and bare face lie to cover up the rest of the cracks, aka the National Party model,”
That’s a great description of NAct’s economic management. They want a Greece inside every border.
I don’t want him as mayor for exactly the same I didn’t want Cunliffe as PM – both demonstrated a total lack of judgement. If he was guest on some puerile show like 7 Days, then yes, that would be ok. But he wasn’t and the video, although funny in a 14 year old male teenagerist kind of way, was totally inappropriate.
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