What on earth is she doing?
Election 2020: Judith Collins: My eyebrows will tell you when I’m joking
National leader Judith Collins has clashed with reporters on her way into today’s caucus meeting, calling questions “stupid” – and explaining how to tell when she’s joking.
In a testy discussion with reporters this morning she explained that her comment yesterday that no one had escaped while she was Corrections Minister was merely a joke.
This was in reference to the fact a number of people have escaped isolation facilities in the past few weeks.
When put to her that people had, in fact, escaped under her tenure – Collins said she was, in fact, joking when she made the comments.
When pressed, Collins pushed back and said questions regarding how voters would be able to trust her – given the fact she did not say at the time the comments were in jest – was “silly stuff”.
But she did provide some respite as to how reporters – and voters alike – might know when she was joking from now on.
“When my eyebrows go up, it’s a joke,” she said, before quipping “do you not understand a joke,” soon after.
What on earth is she doing?
She’s not a bloody comedian, she’s the Leader of the Opposition, we want to know when she says something it’s true, not ‘I’m joking’.
She boosted at an Election rally as part of her Crusher shtick that no one escaped prison when she was Corrections Minister but the truth is 24 people escaped from prison while she was Corrections Minister, making her Crusher claim bullshit and now she’s been called on it, she’s blaming that she was ‘joking’.
This isn’t open mic at the Chuckle Shack Comedy Bar, she’s in a job interview for the most powerful position in the country.
Boosting she is the Crusher who never allows anyone to escape, and then getting busted lying about that claim is bad enough, pretending to be joking to gloss over her obnoxious gloating manages to be worse.
She is a train wreck of candidate, National will be lucky to have 25% at this rate.
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This is a good example of her career, all talk but when you look at the facts they don’t back it up, e.g. “Crusher” Collins who crushed barely any cars. I’ve always thought that leadership would expose her various failings as a politician, and we can see that is happening now. Like all the recent National leaders the media think for a week they are the bees knees, but then some pressure comes on and they crumble. Tova has really turned her eye on Collins as shown by the way she was relentlessly questioning her on this, Collins kept trying to deflect but Tova wasn’t having her get away with her one-liners.
She is DEFINITELY a SPOOKY train wreck of candidate, MARTYN.
Our very own She-Trump.
(Do NOT add bleach to your hot Toddies…)
I reckon unless “Crusher” Collins can deliver a big hit this week, eg a crushing blow to the Govt -the polls will be self fulfilling
Its crunch time –this week –make or break.
If there is a National Black Ops team –ill say it again –“they are amateurs ” .
Dear oh dear, she is now starting to come across as slightly unhinged. And definitely emphasising a born to rule arrogance too. What’s with the, you will respect my presence gig, Judith?
Picture a personality such as this wielding the power of a PM.
She and Michelle Boag went to the same Eyebrow School.
Lol
Yep, but her eyebrows are permanently raised, does that mean she is continually joking or lying?
Boag and Collins have painted on raised eyebrows for the purpose to dominate and behave as authoritarians.
They come across more as dominatrix. I’d comment on her policies but I’ve had my fill of roads so therefore I’ll comment on her personality.
bert – Boag’s eyebrows are painted on, but I think Collins are the real thing – just like Jack Nicholson’s.
The Boag brows can be quite hard and time consuming to do; some of our lovely young checkout operators’ similar eyebrows are wonderful – literally awesome, and they are rightfully proud of them. I have virtually no eyebrows at all, which may be why I have spent so much of my life totally speechless.
There’s someone else in Parliament with well drawn-on brows and sometimes a flower behind her ear, but I can’t remember her name, nor noted their mobility, but I won’t watch Parliament at all if this is the type of scrutiny required for just les femmes.
How are we meant to know when a bloke’s serious ? I dread to think.
Very good question?
I disagree Martyn. Collins is a comedian. Everything she’s spouted off thus far has been a joke.
What would make this week even better and funnier would be tomorrow nights Colmar Brunton poll results on TVNZ. My math and logic say Thursday night is the night. Polls don’t get released on Friday nights and if it was happening tonight, we would have got the nod.
If you want to see some magnificent comedy, just watch the Latrine Rodents if the C.B poll is similar or even worse than the recent “rogue” poll. Will be a cross between watching Collins and Brownstain eating rats and them having a mix of egg and poo splattered all over their faces. Now that’s comedy gold. Will be very sad of course 🙂
She (judeath) isn’t starting to ‘lose the plot’ she lost her mojo a long time ago. That is why jhonkey had to reprimand her. When are people going to realise the only lead she should control is her dogs, when walking it.
MEANWHILE, WE HAVE JACINDA WHO PASSED A BILL, during Lockdown
ALLOWING ABORTION
of FULL TERM BABIES.
And BTW CONGRATS to YOU MARTYN ,
For advocating change in abortion law
and HELPING TO BRING THIS ABOUT.
Ok 1 – claiming Jacinda passed law to allow full term abortions is the most disingenuous bullshit way to describe a law change that was necessary and righteous. Your use of fear is designed to frighten and spook people of conscience into a backlash.
The law change allows for babies to be aborted past 20 weeks with the agreement of a dr. This is a rare decision for women to ever make, only a handful of pregnancies are terminated at this late stage and it’s almost always because there is a serious medical danger to the mother.
The way you frame this is dishonest and deceitful. You need to examine your conscience on this Cassie because you are bringing a stain to your honour here.
As for thanking me to bring that change about, why thank you. That is so sweet, I worked so hard to support this law change and am really, really, really happy that woman have more power and agency in their hands.
Happy days.
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