Can National win the next election?
One of those late night thoughts that came up and I had to write about.
I was thinking could the National party actually win the next election? I have to answer, their chances took quite a jump when John Key took over from the Jandel Man.
Not that I have been a long term obsever of the National party and its policies, but in my political rememberance I don't think I have ever seen one person in so short a time do so much damage to a political party than I did see Don Brash do in three years. The biggest change I saw that that he repaired some of the damage Bill English did three years before him. But the man who I've come to call the Jandel man for his notorious flip-flops...did some damage.
But I have to think that JK, just might have the lead in this new wave of the National party. He tactfully put Billy back into leadership and is re-shaping his front line while I know he himself, after listening to him in parliaments debates, and reading the transcripts of his recent speeches, is placing himself out there as a person for the people.
I do wonder some times when these politicians go out there and try to kick soccer balls in $5,000 suits look like they are going to break their ankle before they move the ball 10 inches, if they have sometimes forgotten what it is to be a person who is not driven around in corportate cabs, have their travel picked up by the government, and uses their own bank account card to pay for gas, rather than a fleet card. I wonder sometimes if they have forgotten what it is like to be an 'average Joe' any more.
I wonder if this is the way Key, English and the new Nats like Power, Collins, and some of the old school like Smith, Williamson, and Mapp are going to try and change the look of the traditional blue colar outlook of the Nats. Make themselves look like the average kiwi. (Granted earning more than the average kiwi).
Anyways, it will be interesting to see what happens when we next go to the polls, that if the Nats gain enough support, who the alliances will form with and the shape of the next MMP government will be.
I was thinking could the National party actually win the next election? I have to answer, their chances took quite a jump when John Key took over from the Jandel Man.
Not that I have been a long term obsever of the National party and its policies, but in my political rememberance I don't think I have ever seen one person in so short a time do so much damage to a political party than I did see Don Brash do in three years. The biggest change I saw that that he repaired some of the damage Bill English did three years before him. But the man who I've come to call the Jandel man for his notorious flip-flops...did some damage.
But I have to think that JK, just might have the lead in this new wave of the National party. He tactfully put Billy back into leadership and is re-shaping his front line while I know he himself, after listening to him in parliaments debates, and reading the transcripts of his recent speeches, is placing himself out there as a person for the people.
I do wonder some times when these politicians go out there and try to kick soccer balls in $5,000 suits look like they are going to break their ankle before they move the ball 10 inches, if they have sometimes forgotten what it is to be a person who is not driven around in corportate cabs, have their travel picked up by the government, and uses their own bank account card to pay for gas, rather than a fleet card. I wonder sometimes if they have forgotten what it is like to be an 'average Joe' any more.
I wonder if this is the way Key, English and the new Nats like Power, Collins, and some of the old school like Smith, Williamson, and Mapp are going to try and change the look of the traditional blue colar outlook of the Nats. Make themselves look like the average kiwi. (Granted earning more than the average kiwi).
Anyways, it will be interesting to see what happens when we next go to the polls, that if the Nats gain enough support, who the alliances will form with and the shape of the next MMP government will be.
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