Muldoon: My Memory

 

I remember the 1970s, and the 1980s for various reasons.

One of those reasons was I became aware of politics, mainly of course, on how politics affected my wallet and my freedom.

I seem to be one of the few.

A couple of days ago I once more read, on a blogsite I usually respect, that the communist dictatorship was the worst Government ever in New Zealand – except for Muldoon.

BULLSHIT!

Sir Robert Muldoon (then not a “Sir”) was a good and popular Prime Minister, his Government a competent group who were far better than anything the opposition put together.

Of the opposition only the great and good Sir Roger Douglas stood out for anything other than wet weakness. Soaking wet. He was demoted by Rowling for being too good.

The quote from that era for me was Muldoon describing Rowling as “a shiver looking for a spine to run up”.

Muldoon and his was popular for most of his nine years even though most didn’t agree with everything he did. One thing most of us did agree with was his treatment of the slime (media). He treated them for what they were, mostly gutless, know-nothing, cowering, near-do-wells or socialists (i.e. communists without the intestinal fortitude).

Only in the last couple of years, when his “team” started suffering from the relentless attacks by the slime and Muldoon was forced to become a lone defender of the faith that was New Zealand did the pressure start to show.

Before that, with “Think Big” and other projects (hydro-electricity generation springs to mind) Muldoon and his Government set the country on the road to prosperity – now destroyed by the scum communist dictatorship of 2017-2023.

New Zealand made more gains while Muldoon was PM than in any era since barring when the great and good Sir Roger held Lange in check and made “God Defend New Zealand” into an anthem rather that a pathetic plea.

The main critics of Muldoon nowdays seem to come from a time when they either left NZ as very young, impressionable people or the bitter, completely cowered lefties who were too scared of Muldoon even to fire from cover.

So, no more bullshit blaming Muldoon.

If you must pick on a National PM pick on Bolger – his Governance completely fucked New Zealand!