It’s so horrible, every morning I’m driving past large images of politicians. Every National billboard has a picture of John Key alongside whoever is trying to be the National M.P for that area. I think this is probably because all the other National people have public images that are either naturally easy to dislike, or they are so bland and lacking in charisma it’s easy instantly forget them. So National builds their image around John Key, I guess his popularity is used to get voters to accept the other repugnant and boring individuals running for office from his party. Personally I think Brownlee is almost impossible to beat for a public persona that is totally repugnant. It goes to show how popular John Key is. He can even get voters to accept such a reprehensible character as Brownlee. I wasn’t surprised to hear of his recent breaching of airport security, and then him publicly trying to justify it, with what came across as him saying that he was important and powerful enough that the rules don’t apply to him. It is another example of people behaving selfishly and arrogantly once they are in a position of power. It’s the same mindset that led to that other National M.P, Gilmore resigning after trying to use his political position to get his own way after being refused more alcohol. That John Key said he didn’t think this latest abuse of power was serious, is typical of him. If you or I did exactly the same thing we would be charged, and probably locked up for a day or two. I really don’t get it that people like him. His pretend charm is so fake. Of course there are risks for a political party relying on a cult of personality to hold on to power.

Enough about Nats.  Next I’ll tell you why I despise Labour so much.

Just returning to the billboards for a moment. The best ones I’ve seen so far were Mana/Internet, Dotcom dollars seem to have paid for some flashy billboards for Te Tai Tokerau.