Is this the year we are rid of Winston?

[fixed_truth]

Maybe Not http://www.odt.co.nz/election-2008/t...leave-his-mark

NZ First MP Ron Mark could be the "sleeper" for the party as he contests Rimutaka

[xor]

Hopefully Dunne and Anderton as well

[blynk]

Wouldn't that suck, if Winston lost, NZ First didn't get the 5% but Ron Mark comes along and gets in.
Actually it would be funny if he did, but NZ first didn't get enough % and only got 1 person in.

[Kryten]

I'm voting in Rimutaka and it's going to be interesting - the incumbent has departed (Paul Swain) so you've got two unknowns for Labour and National (Hipkins and Whiteside) and then Ron Mark.

Mark's advertising has been notable for the absence of anything to do with NZ First.

[A Corpse]

Originally Posted by blynk

Wouldn't that suck, if Winston lost, NZ First didn't get the 5% but Ron Mark comes along and gets in.
Actually it would be funny if he did, but NZ first didn't get enough % and only got 1 person in.

If he gets elected then Winny will amost certainly get in too. 2% of the vote is enough to get you two MPs if one wins his/her seat.

I do hope that we finally get rid of that scumbag though. Maybe he can find a new home as Brian Tamaki's right hand man. I equate them at about the same level in self-centredness and outright deceptiveness.

[crocos]

Originally Posted by A Corpse

I do hope that we finally get rid of Scumbag though.

Awh, poor Scumbaggio!

[Wally Simmonds]

Originally Posted by xor

Hopefully Dunne and Anderton as well

What's wrong with Anderton?

[CCS]

He hates fun and wants to ban it.

[A Corpse]

Might be too early to celebrate but it looks like the bitch is dead. I've never been happier for National to win an electorate seat.

[CCS]

7% counted... yeah, it is a wee bit too early...

[zeekiorage]

I don't think Winston is going to win Tauranga, so NZF's only chance is Ron Mark (trailing by a good margin currently) or 5+% vote.

[zeekiorage]

They are stuck at 4.3% with no seat won and almost 90% results in, so it's pretty much game over for NZ First and Winston Peters.

[The Edge]

It looks like Winston's gone!

[A Corpse]

Peters just arrived at his HQ. I'm waiting for a concession speech but as was mentioned earlier in the day it's doubtful he'll roll over and die that easily.

[leadinjector]

hes fucked. good

[SpaceCowboy]

concession speech delivered - tears welling in his eyes.

[Phantom]

oh my god

i'm so happy right now

[A Corpse]

Getting rid of him is giving me the same size grin as Obama winning in the US did.

[zeekiorage]

Well all the inquiries might have cleared them but the people have delivered their verdict. Good riddance.

[badassmofo]

Shame we lost Winston. At least we knew what we were getting with him.

[Mickey]

His concession speech was very classy.

[Phantom]

Originally Posted by badassmofo

Shame we lost Winston. At least we knew what we were getting with him.

Yeah, a lying cheating hypocrite asshole that will screw anyone's grandmother to get himself elected. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[The Edge]

Originally Posted by Phantom

Yeah, a lying cheating hypocrite asshole that will screw anyone's grandmother to get himself elected. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[The Edge]

[ZoSo]

Let himself down really. But you have to admit his gripe with the media is legit. They're fucking woeful and so inept when it comes to politics.

[Deadmeat]

<wizard of oz music>

Ding Dong Winstons gone!
(too drunk to think up the next line)

[Omegakai]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHCL6...eature=related

Gf says this also applies to Helen Clark.

[Ab]

Originally Posted by fixed_truth

Maybe Not http://www.odt.co.nz/election-2008/t...leave-his-mark

epic fail

What were Mark's results again? In third place with something like only a third of the votes of the winning candidate?

[Ab]

Originally Posted by Phantom

a lying cheating hypocrite asshole that will screw anyone's grandmother to get himself elected. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Amen.

Speaking of whatever his name is, I saw his defeat speech via the TVNZ stream so it was basically four flashing pixels. However those four flashing pixels and the warbling 8kb/s audio channel had me thinking...

was he pissed? Seriously, was he drunk?

[Macca@Work]

Possibly..I just thought he was over come by emotion..

[fixed_truth]

Originally Posted by Ab

epic fail
What were Mark's results again? In third place with something like only a third of the votes of the winning candidate?

yep - he couldn't shake his association with NZF.
"If" (for arguments sake only) Labour dropped their Rimutaka canditade and Ron won (though maybe those Labour supporters would rather give their party vote to National rather than to NZF) NZF would have got their 5-6 seats creating a overhang & National/Act would not have had majority seats.

/what if's

[cEvin]

He'll be back.

[adonis]

ACT gets 3.72% and 5 MPs
NZF gets 4.21% ... no MPs.

I don't care for winnies politics, but this is an undemocratic result. Everyone deserves representation, even racist old farts.

*edit* apparently there's an entire thread for this... >.>

[Markh]

Winston gone?

That breaks my Fuckin' heart!

Actually before the election I said the one result I really hoped to see was Winston gone!

[Saladin]

Originally Posted by fixed_truth

yep - he couldn't shake his association with NZF.
"If" (for arguments sake only) Labour dropped their Rimutaka canditade and Ron won (though maybe those Labour supporters would rather give their party vote to National rather than to NZF) NZF would have got their 5-6 seats creating a overhang & National/Act would not have had majority seats.

/what if's

No it wouldn't have created an overhand because they would have won less electorate seats than their list allocation. An overhand can only occur when you win more seats than your %age would have given.

Their 5-6 MPS would have reduced the number of mps in the other parties, proportionally, so probably 3 of nats, 2 of labours. for example.

[CCS]

Overhang

[Saladin]

Bah, I'd only just woken up :P

[Saladin]

When do special votes finish getting counted? I have this horrid vision of them somehow taking NZF over the 5% and Winston rising out of the grave looking to eat some brains.

[A Corpse]

Nah, special votes have in the past not favoured him. I doubt he would have conceeded if there was even the slightest chance that he'd hit 5% with them.

[Saladin]

Aah well, found the answer to my own question..

Saturday 22 November

Official results declared (including special declaration votes). (2pm target.)