Garth George is usually very considered even when he is grumpy.
Today he comments on the new leaders of National.
[quote]Mr Key and Mr English have a lot going for them. They are not academics, they have never been school teachers, they are not lawyers, they are not theoretical economists, I doubt that either has ever been a union member and they are only in their 40s.
They are men who have made their own way in life – Mr Key in particular – and know what it means to take personal responsibility and to work hard in order to reap life's rewards.
They are intelligent, too – equals of their Labour opposite numbers whose intelligence is unquestioned.
They are both family men, married with children – Mr and Dr English have six, Mr and Mrs Key two – and understand that the family unit remains the fundamental, indispensable building block of society.[/quote]
I can hear the lefty toadies and lickspittles knees slamming together in fear. Labour will be shown up for the useless bunch of failed teachers, academics and lawyers that they are.
