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We Kiwis Owe Mr Trump A YUGE Thank You!
October 22, 2017 at 7:39 am
As some of you may (or may not) know, we have a new prime minister - Jacinda Ardern. She is a progressive social democrat, supports gay rights, higher taxes on the wealthy, an increase in the social safety net, and liberalization of current abortion laws.
A Wellington newspaper conducted an informal poll and asked about 500 respondents why they supported Ardern. 24% responded that they voted Labour because Ms. Ardern was the least like Donald Trump of any party leaders on the ballot.
Thank you, Mr. Trump...just for being you.
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RE: We Kiwis Owe Mr Trump A YUGE Thank You!
October 22, 2017 at 7:44 am
Don't thank him, thank us. We're the ones paying for your largess.
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RE: We Kiwis Owe Mr Trump A YUGE Thank You!
October 22, 2017 at 7:50 am
We have an old family friend in Dunedin, Otago, so NZ is kind of interesting to me (less angry wildlife than Oz). The PM result kind of surprised me. I thought the government selected the PM (and that this young lady was of a different party than the majority).
It's not even 5am. Maybe I shouldn't post. But she seems lovely.
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RE: We Kiwis Owe Mr Trump A YUGE Thank You!
October 22, 2017 at 8:11 am
The dominoes are falling. Time to wake up america.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
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RE: We Kiwis Owe Mr Trump A YUGE Thank You!
October 22, 2017 at 9:10 am
(October 22, 2017 at 7:50 am)c172 Wrote: We have an old family friend in Dunedin, Otago, so NZ is kind of interesting to me (less angry wildlife than Oz). The PM result kind of surprised me. I thought the government selected the PM (and that this young lady was of a different party than the majority).
It's not even 5am. Maybe I shouldn't post. But she seems lovely.
Labour and the New Zealand First parties have formed a coalition, which gives them more seats in parliament than the National Party.
The PM is simply the leader of the party with the most seats or, failing that, the leader of the largest party in a coalition government.
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RE: We Kiwis Owe Mr Trump A YUGE Thank You!
October 22, 2017 at 10:20 am
(October 22, 2017 at 8:11 am)mh.brewer Wrote: The dominoes are falling. Time to wake up america.
If I wake up will it only be a bad dream?
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RE: We Kiwis Owe Mr Trump A YUGE Thank You!
October 22, 2017 at 10:26 am
Can you PLEASE spread some of that sanity over here?
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RE: We Kiwis Owe Mr Trump A YUGE Thank You!
October 22, 2017 at 12:42 pm
The WLB - Serving as the Bad Example for 9 months now.
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