John Banks guilty

[mada]

Sorry guys but time for a reality check. You can laugh all you want.

John Banks irritates me but I'd shake his hand:

Lets compare the guy to ourselves and the other politicians out there:

John Banks parents were criminals and went to jail. No bloody use to a child.

John Banks somehow overcame that in an era when most bad kids went to the Boys Home and disappeared.

Eventually he rose from nothing to own a restaurant and then expanded to more. What a prick eh! Successful from nothing.

Eventually he got elected to Parliament. And became Minister of Police.

Then Mayor of Auckland.

Not bad for a kid from the streets.

Then he adopted orphans from Russia.

How many politicians in NZ have done that?

Then he stood up for animal rights and opposed laboratory testing of drugs on animals.

I'd guess that many of us here wouldn't have done that.

This is a man whom you disrespect? Really?

You left out the part about him being a director and managing Huljich Wealth Management. The company got charged and convicted along with Bank's close mate Peter Huljich, very lucky for Banks not to face any charges - maybe he had no idea about what he was managing and signing and was just plain old incompetent...

http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/heat...scheme-3395381

Imagine the furor and frenzy if Cuntliffe was the involved in such a company?

Then he provided advice to Krim Dotcon on residency and immigration (potentially in breach of the Immigration Advisers Licencing Act) and dodgily lobbied Maurice Williamson to approve his OIO land purchase.


I respect all hard working people and politicians until the point where they lie and become deceitful and use their positions of power to gain personally and for their mates.

Never heard that joke about who would make the better leader?

It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates.

Candidate A: Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two Mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be your choice?

[ellipsis]

John Banks .......

...he may be all of that, he may even have been naive enough to think his great mates in parliament would help him out of the shit that HE got himself into...after all, how many of the fuckers from any of the political parties get away with heaps worse than this (granted, some of the wankers have fallen on their sword, but that probably suited them)...just another man who helped the leading liars to retain their power and then dropped and stepped over when he was a liability...sounds like politics and politicians normal standards to me...lie down with dogs, expect the fleas...how many times does that Nick Smith cunt have to have portfolios removed and put at the back before he is at the front again...

[mashman]

how many times does that Nick Smith cunt have to have portfolios removed and put at the back before he is at the front again...

As often as people forget what a cunt he is.

[oldrider]

You left out the part about him being a director and managing Huljich Wealth Management. The company got charged and convicted along with Bank's close mate Peter Huljich, very lucky for Banks not to face any charges - maybe he had no idea about what he was managing and signing and was just plain old incompetent...

http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/heat...scheme-3395381

Imagine the furor and frenzy if Cuntliffe was the involved in such a company?

Then he provided advice to Krim Dotcon on residency and immigration (potentially in breach of the Immigration Advisers Licencing Act) and dodgily lobbied Maurice Williamson to approve his OIO land purchase.


I respect all hard working people and politicians until the point where they lie and become deceitful and use their positions of power to gain personally and for their mates.

Never heard that joke about who would make the better leader?

David Parker hasn't got a clean slate and that is being conveniently forgotten about these days!

[Banditbandit]

David Parker hasn't got a clean slate and that is being conveniently forgotten about these days!

Politicians ALL seem to have very bad memories .. they can't remember diddlesquat

[Hinny]

David Parker hasn't got a clean slate and that is being conveniently forgotten about these days!

Pray tell.

and ...

Does this information detract from him being an economic wonderkid?

[Hinny]

Sorry guys but time for a reality check. You can laugh all you want.

John Banks ...

Some years ago John Banks was interviewed on the radio.
After the interview a listener rang and asked
" Did I hear Mr Banks say that he used to box when he was a young man?"
He received confirmation that this was correct.
The caller rejoined with the classic line...
"Oh, well that explains it then".

[Hinny]

Unless their name happens to be Philippa Cunningham.

Good point.

Classic case of 'Cultural hypnosis'. (Dover Samuels)

[Hinny]

As often as people forget what a cunt he is.

Reminds me of the politician who stood up in the Aussie parliament and said "I'm a country member...".

at which point a member of the opposition interjected with "I remember.."