22 May 2013
Crikey, I'm struggling to recall a bigger liar Prime Minister than John Key - maybe one of the readers can jog my memory. Piggy wasn't a liar; he was batshit crazy, but he always told it straight, St Helen only lied on the small jobs - the painting, for instance - and Lange was honest to a fault, stopping Rogernomics in its tracks for a cuppa. Shipley & Bolger never said anything to lie about, and back in the dim days of Holyoake and Savage, men were men and didn't lie. Much.
Key has now lied about the GCSB CEO, conveniently "forgetting" that he'd known the bloke all his life; he utterly "had a brain fart" about being told about Kim Dotcom, and anyway, why would he remember details on such an insignificant matter. The morning tea with John Banks contained such a plethora of lies that he was forced to co-opt the police into action to protect his cover-up.
He has now been caught in another lie - suggesting Solid Energy requested a billion dollars from the government. Now, a billion bucks is nearly 1% of our entire GDP, so you'd expect the Prime Minister to be remember WTF he was talking about.
Not our Johnny, and we now know, with release of papers from SE, that such a request never happened.
Why would Key make up such a dumb lie on this subject? Is he trying to deflect from the Government's appalling performance as sole shareholder of a company that would be in liquidation were it in the private sector?
Whatever the reason, it firms the already-conclusive point that Key is playing PM just the same as any small boy playing toy soldiers. Parts he doesn't like, he makes up, changing the rules as he goes, swapping sides when it suits, and generally treating the country as his action figures.
John, please pick up your ball and go home - you have become a tedious embarrassment.
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