After getting his large posterior soundly kicked in Waikato, Husband whined like a baby to an Australian-owned and controlled rag about how “mean” farmers had been to him and NZ First at the protest rally held in Morrinsville during the election campaign. Your old mate notes that Husband failed to mention in his little cry-fest how he, Winston Peters and his fellow NZ First losers tried to hijack the rally for their own political ends and this was not appreciated by the audience – hence the heckling. Now Husband claims he will rethink his support for farmers in his other role as a Waikato regional councillor.
Speaking of dropkicks, the Hound reckons the biggest crybaby and bad loser in this year’s general election would have to be the failed, NZ First candidate for the Waikato seat Stu ‘Cry Me a River’ Husband.
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