Open Mic FRIDAY 14th AUGUST + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive presidential terms, leading directly to the passage of the 22nd Amendment limiting presidents to two terms.
POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY:“If you hate violence and don’t believe in politics, the only major remedy remaining is education.”
― George Orwell,
POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:
Free speech swings both ways
Ani sues, while Bomber blogs
Irony logs on
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The photo of Luxon & Stanford shows what a “walk-over” Luxon is and what an absolute hypocrite Stanford is. There is no way our media have got it wrong in saying Penk was her ‘numbers man’ – she was to be PM and he her deputy. She has backed off and left Penk to carry the can and is now crawling all over Luxon to get back in the Right camp! She’s a disgrace, along with the other four who again lacked the necessary “guts” to take the plunge this time. Luxon is old history. He has made a huge mishmash of the job of PM but hasn’t the politial acument or brains to see it, let alone admit it. To him, he is “perfect” and the “greatest PM” NZ has ever had! That tells it all!
Luxon: “Uhh……I can feel her twisting it, but….ouch……somehow….must last another 78 secs….oww…..”
Stanford is thinking ,WHY DID I NOT ACT LIKE AN ADULT ?I COULD BE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MIC SMILING LIKE THA CAT THAT STOLE THE CREAM .
“That’s strange, I’ve just put the knife in and I can’t feel the backbone.”