Ruffled Feathers???

Dan Eaton in The Press claims John Key and Bill English have “ruffled feathers by using an interview in Right-wing Investigate magazine to attack Prime Minister Helen Clark and the Government.”

I am amazed at stories like this. Where the hell do the media get the idea that an Opposition Leader should not attack the Government, and that somehow doing so is “ruffling feathers” which is language suggesting it is outside the norm.

Where the hell were the stories about Helen Clark ruffling feathers in 1998 and 1999 with her attacks on Jenny Shipley?

And does the story say whose feathers have been ruffled? The only comment recorded is from the PM’s press secretary.

Stories like this really piss me off. When Michael Cullen uses his wit to savage National MPs, the gallery almost wets its pants with joy (I enjoy Cullen’s wit also). When Peters does an over the top attack on say Brash they cover it adoringly. But then when National’s Leader and Deputy say some negative things about Helen Clark in an magazine read by a few thousand people only, somehow this is tut tut and ruffling feathers.