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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by sambrown to c/politics

Gerry Brownlee is doing all these interviews where he is saying that "politics" are dirty now; while he was a total dick acting as Speaker. I don't watch Parliamentary TV that often but every time I saw him he was needlessly vindictive and objectively an asshole.

Seeing him in his "soft side" as his exit legacy is a bit disgusting. You can't spend years being an asshole and then afterwards expect people to remember you as a reasonable person based on a few interviews.

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[-] nsh@piefed.nz 3 points 1 day ago

Seeing him in his "soft side" as his exit legacy is a bit disgusting. You can't spend years being an asshole and then afterwards expect people to remember you as a reasonable person based on a few interviews.

He probably won’t be the only one doing that in the coming year - including those who aren’t as sorted as Luxon (like paying mortgage for their (presumably highly leveraged) property portfolio).

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