Tuesday 19 December 2017

Liars of Our Time

Liars of Our Time (compiled by the team at Daisycutter Sports Inc.)

No. 59 Judith "Crusher" Collins: "I just feel SO SORRY for his wife and family. It’s so appalling….."
No. 58 TVNZ spokesperson: "There was no intention to mislead viewers and Mike's comments were presented as a throwaway line made in the context of a light-hearted exchange between the hosts."
No. 57 Mike Hosking: "You can't vote for the Māori Party because you're not enrolled in the Māori electorate." 
No. 56 Donald J. Trump: "The United States and our allies are working together throughout the Middle East to crush the loser terrorists and stop the reemergence of safe havens they use to launch attacks on all of our people. ….”
No. 55 James Cameron: “I remember almost getting in a fight with Harvey Weinstein…”
No. 54 Recep Tayyip Erdogan: “The greatest supporter of ISIL is the Assad regime.”
No. 53 Richie McCaw: “The win over France in the quarter-final put some demons to bed.”
http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-19112015/#comment-1098032
No. 52 Michael Cheika: “I genuinely feel for Craig Joubert. It’s so unfair. No other referee has had this stuff put out there like that and he’s a very good referee.”
No. 51 Binyamin Netanyahu: “Israel is a law-abiding state.”
No. 50 Cameron Slater: “I don’t break the law, and that’s the end of the story.”

No. 49 Jay Carney: ““He [Edward Snowden] is not a human rights activist. He is not a dissident.”                        
No. 48 Jim Mora: “Fantastic! I’ll have a listen to the full version [of Tony Doe’s new song] after The Panel.” http://thestandard.org.nz/ope-mike-08022015/#comment-978969
                                                              
No.47 Simon Mercep: “Coming up in a few minutes, The Panel. …. Whoever they are, quality broadcasting will ensue.” http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-18022015/#comment-970927
No. 46 Julia Gillard: “I have got a lot of respect for people who whistle-blow, ummm….”
http://thestandard.org.nz/ope-mike-08022015/#comment-965394
No. 45 Zara Potts: “Sir Bob Geldof has assembled the best of modern musicians for this year’s record, including Ed Sheeran and One Direction.”
 http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-11112014/#comment-924196
No. 44 William Jefferson Clinton: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never.”
No. 43 Asst. Commissioner Alan Boreham: “Look, integrity is absolutely critical to the New Zealand Police. It’s a core value.”
No. 42 John Key: “We’ve been given a tremendous gift tonight, the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders, and I do not take that trust for granted.”
http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-30082014/#comment-876265
No. 41 Richard Prebble: “What I do know is that John will consider everything. He’s an honorable man….”
No. 40 Colin Craig: “I’m interested in raising the level of debate.”
No. 39 George W. Bush: “We will be standing with the people of Afghanistan and Iraq until their hopes for freedom and liberty are fulfilled.”
No. 38 Jeremy Hansen: “I read a great column by Paul Thomas in the Herald….”
No. 37 Alan Seay: “You know, we respect the rights of people to protest….”
No. 36 Paul Dykzeul: “No we won’t be changing the Listener; it’s got a terrific editor….”
No. 35 Mark Jennings: “I think Paul’s a bright guy and he will be able to bring a discipline to his performance….”
No. 34 Willie Jackson: “I thought we’d been sensitive with her yesterday….”
No. 33 Supt. Bill Searle: “I think what’s happened here is the police officers have done their very best….”
No. 32 Sonny-Bill Williams: “It’s good to get the win over Papua-New Guinea, a strong Papua-New Guinea side, aahhhh….”
No. 31 John Palino: “Suggestions that I am somehow orchestrating some grand right-wing conspiracy to unseat Len after the election are so wrong…”
No. 30 Alan Dershowitz: “I will give $10,000 to the PLO if you can find a historical fact in my book that you can prove to be false.”
No. 29 John Banks: “I have nothing to hide and nothing to fear. And never, ever would I ever knowingly sign a false electoral return. Never ever would I ever.”

No. 28 John Kerry: “…we are especially sensitive, Chuck and I, to never again asking any member of Congress to take a vote on faulty intelligence.”

No. 27 Lyse Doucet: “I am there for those without a voice.”

No. 26 Sam Wallace: “So here we are—Otahuhu. It’s just a great place to be, really.”


No. 25 Margaret Thatcher: “…no British government involvement of any kind…with Khmer Rouge…”


No. 24 John Key: “…at the end of the day I, like most New Zealanders, value the role of the fourth estate…”



No. 23 Jay Carney: “…expel Mr Snowden back to the U.S. to face justice…”



No. 22 Mike Bush: “Bruce Hutton had integrity beyond reproach.”



No. 21 Tim Groser: “I think the relationship is genuinely in outstanding form.”



No. 20 John Key: “But if the question is do we use the United States or one of our other partners to circumvent New Zealand law then the answer is categorically no.”



No. 19 Matthew Hooton: “It is ridiculous to say that unions deliver higher wages! They DON’T!”


No. 18 Ant Strachan: “The All Blacks won the RWC 2011 because of outstanding defence!”



No. 17 Stephen Franks: “Peter has been such a level-headed, safe pair of hands.”



No. 16 Phil Kafcaloudes: “Tony Abbott…hasn’t made any mistakes over the past eighteen months.”



No. 15 Donald Rumsfeld: “I did not lie… Colin Powell did not lie.”



No. 14 Colin Powell: “a post-9/11 nexus between Iraq and terrorist organizations…connections are now emerging…”

No. 13 Barack Obama: “Simply put, these strikes have saved lives.”





No. 12 U.K. Ministry of Defence: “Protecting the Afghan civilian population is one of ISAF and the UK’s top priorities.”



No. 11 Brendan O’Connor: “Australia’s approach to refugees is compassionate and generous.”



No. 10 Boris Johnson: “Londoners have the best police in the world to look after us and keep us safe.”



No. 9 NewstalkZB PR dept: “News you NEED! Fast, fair, accurate!”



No. 8 Simon Bridges: “I don’t mean to duck the question….”



No. 7 Nigel Morrison: “Quite frankly, they’ve been VERY tough.”




No. 6 Herald PR dept: “Congratulations—you’re reading New Zealand’s best newspaper.”




No. 5 Rawdon Christie: “…a FORMIDABLE replacement, it seems, is Claudette Hauiti.”





No. 4 Willie Jackson: “The X-Factor. Nah, nah, there’s some GREAT talent there!”




No. 3 John Key: “Yeah we hold MPs to a higher standard.”




No. 2 Colin Craig: “Oh, I have a GREAT sense of humour.”




No. 1 Barack Obama: “Margaret Thatcher was one of the great champions of freedom and liberty.”


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