It is almost certainly the quote of the week, unless the next couple of days are out of the box.
I would suggest the Massey University people have, hopefully, lined it up as a contender for the quote of the year.
In fact, this might well be some sort of turning point for Chris Luxon and his apparent battle with getting traction in the polls.
Here is the thing - I don’t actually think he has a poll problem, mainly because the polls are not reflecting what's going on in the country.
What makes his line so funny is its really only news because the media happened to be there when he said it. You don’t think he's said it before?
You don’t think that every meeting he goes to, they aren't saying it to him and he's not saying it to them?
I am bombarded with the sentiment literally every day and I am out and about nowhere near as much as he is.
As we told you the other day, he is packing out halls up and down this country. In Taranaki the other day, their hall holds 100 people and they packed 200 in, with another 200 still waiting outside.
This is the story of this campaign. Real New Zealand is out and interested and Luxon is out and meeting them. What you heard in Helensville is repeated, and applauded, almost daily up and down this land.
The fact the media seemed to think this had "raised a few eyebrows" shows you just how out of touch the media is.
This country is in rotten shape. It's in rotten shape by virtually any metric. Look at the economy, crime, health or education. Pick your problem because it's there and it’s a mess.
What Luxon articulates, and the reason it has traction, is that it wasn’t so long ago we were actually not wet and not inward-looking. We were successful and aspirational.
That’s been smashed to pieces in six short years. As I have said a number of times, since David Lange I have not seen a more disparate, desperate, sad and angsty country in my lifetime.
The Government has taken a robust, independent country and, through a combination of fear-based policy, economic incompetence and ideological nonsense, wreaked havoc.
Luxon uses the words wet, whiny and inward-looking. I could use many more.
The point is, he's right. The bigger point is, a lot of people agree with him.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings.
Here is the thing - I don’t actually think he has a poll problem, mainly because the polls are not reflecting what's going on in the country.
What makes his line so funny is its really only news because the media happened to be there when he said it. You don’t think he's said it before?
You don’t think that every meeting he goes to, they aren't saying it to him and he's not saying it to them?
I am bombarded with the sentiment literally every day and I am out and about nowhere near as much as he is.
As we told you the other day, he is packing out halls up and down this country. In Taranaki the other day, their hall holds 100 people and they packed 200 in, with another 200 still waiting outside.
This is the story of this campaign. Real New Zealand is out and interested and Luxon is out and meeting them. What you heard in Helensville is repeated, and applauded, almost daily up and down this land.
The fact the media seemed to think this had "raised a few eyebrows" shows you just how out of touch the media is.
This country is in rotten shape. It's in rotten shape by virtually any metric. Look at the economy, crime, health or education. Pick your problem because it's there and it’s a mess.
What Luxon articulates, and the reason it has traction, is that it wasn’t so long ago we were actually not wet and not inward-looking. We were successful and aspirational.
That’s been smashed to pieces in six short years. As I have said a number of times, since David Lange I have not seen a more disparate, desperate, sad and angsty country in my lifetime.
The Government has taken a robust, independent country and, through a combination of fear-based policy, economic incompetence and ideological nonsense, wreaked havoc.
Luxon uses the words wet, whiny and inward-looking. I could use many more.
The point is, he's right. The bigger point is, a lot of people agree with him.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings.
5 comments:
To solve a problem first state the problem loud and clear. Luxon has now done this, we’re all on the same page and we don’t like it.
The truth will damn the coalition of chaos. Vote them out and into oblivion, then the real work begins of building the nation back up. Clearing the woke and the woeful out of Government will be the first job.
I agree Mike, Luxon was right in what he said but within hours of it being in the media he backtracked and said it was not Kiwis but the Labour Party he was talking about. Luxon is his own worst enemy. His advisors and researchers are just as bad. There was an informal Stuff poll that had about 65% agreeing with him and he still backtracks.
As for his comments about being aspirational etc. (which took from John Key's comment last week), that is great but where are National policies that actually reflect that?
We must hope and pray that the numbers are enough - the fight ahead is massive .
Supporters must be active way beyond election day - throughout the entire term.
NZ media have the knives out for Luxon and are mis-quoting or badly paraphrasing or straight out misrepresenting what he is saying.
He's not the quickest thinker which doesn't help. However the interest in politics has picked up and the crowded town hall meetings are a good indication. When Winston has them they are hardly ever reported. If they are, they have been reported as him supporting something he never said he did but they don't report the words he actually said. Professional journalism is very thin on the ground in the MSM.
MC
The country will be 'code red' if this tyranny is not stopped. Where does Luxon stand on this I wonder?
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