anita's*thoughts

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

This from the NZ Herald site-

Things to remember about Helen Clark

Helen Clark, Labour party leader

* That motorcade.

* Visited the US and was assured by Colin Powell NZ is "a very, very, very good friend", though not an ally.

* Signed a painting she didn't paint.

* David Lange said of her she was "so dry she's combustible".

* Microwaves half-drunk cups of tea. Doesn't own a dishwasher.

* Stared down the Israelis over the Mossad passport affair until they apologised.

* Sacked her own husband when as Minister of Health in 1989 she got rid of the entire Auckland Area Health Board. And didn't tell him early over the cornflakes.

* Was a political science junior lecturer before entering politics.

* Met Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.

* Called John Campbell a "little creep" in the Corngate affair.

* Likes to commemorate New Zealand's war dead - Anzac Cove, Korea, the Somme.

* Has been in Parliament since 1981.

* Has apologised to various groups for maltreatment in the past - Chinese immigrant workers, Samoans and gays.

* Has had issues at Waitangi: Titewhai, tears.

* Great grasp of policy detail.

* Was second leader on the calling card for new Chinese President Hu Jintao.

* Voted for Civil Unions.

* Has attended five Apec conferences and has the national costumes to prove it.

* Keen on cross-country skiing, mountain climbing and tramping, she has climbed mountains all over New Zealand and the Andes, and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

4 Comments:

I just read an article in the paper about 'Miss Helen Clark'... written by a kiwi too, is she un-hitched!?
Alana.

By Anonymous, at 4:47 pm, September 13, 2005

some of those points on the list aren?t necessarily bad things . However Helen can be summed up in one word: Godless

By Anonymous, at 5:52 pm, September 13, 2005

Jesse - Those two statements don't really belong together. You admit that Helen has good points, yet claim that in essence she is Godless/evil?

While I'm not a fan of her, and I do recognize she has bad points, I also recognize she has certain good points, and can't be summed up in the word Godless.

By Anonymous, at 8:21 pm, September 13, 2005

I don't know that 'godless' necessarily sums her up entirely, but if this dictionary definition is anything to go by, I would suggest that she herself might agree to being godless.

However, she has been created in God's own image, and hence has some corresponding characteristics.

By Dan, at 7:54 am, September 14, 2005