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This is a selection of some of the tweets about the emerging Internet Party being established by Kim Dotcom. The tweets below are in (rough) reverse chronically order – the most recent tweets are first.
Kim Dot Com is the new Owen Glenn of NZ politics
Imperator Fish @ImperatorFish
Feeling a bit left out, because I haven't formed a new political party.
Sir Damian Christie @damianchristie
A few days ago I spoke to a journalist who's joining the @KimDotcom campaign team. Wasn't Al or Martyn. Wonder how many others there are.
went to Scoop to look for Alastair Thompson statement, and, awkward.pic.twitter.com/SPeeZviwKj
@toby_etc went to Standard for some commentary, and, oops awkwardpic.twitter.com/pxj88gk2Ib
Has Kim Dot Com got the NZ Electoral Commission OK for the new logo, colours and name? Ditto with the Civilian? #PirateParties #JustAsking
No application to register Internet Party (or a logo) has been announced by Electoral Commission @nomlah @BMHayward @irihapeta @danylmc
Imperator Fish @ImperatorFish
If any new political party people want to pay for spectacularly bad strategy advice, let me know. My consulting business is now operating
Laura McQuillan @mcquillanatorz
How come Kim Dotcom got a journalist to register his website for him? I thought he was pro at the internet
People selling 'free' tickets to Kim Dotcom's party for profit on trademe. How ironic.
Just had this image of Bomber spreading the word of the workers revolution in the McMansion suburbs of Greenhithe and Schnapper Rock.
Why was the #InternetParty doc a hard copy? #softcopy
Kim Dotcom's rep says Internet Party will not be launched on Monday. Likely in next few weeks.
NZ Election Ads @NZElectionAds
What a start to the election year! Looking forward to seeing some ads from the#InternetParty and @KimDotcom
Would certainly be surreal if @althecat or @CitizenBomber stand for a party founded by someone who donated $50K to John Banks
agreeing w/ @publicaddress that todat be cray and @megapope that 2014 going to be a batshit cray year in politics
CarrieStoddart-Smith @Ellipsister
FWIW, I support internet freedom but I was never so naive as 2 think Dotcom was a socialist.
I would seriously consider voting for @KimDotcom. If he talks about abolishing the#GCSB, I'll happily support him all the way!
@kylemacd @AceMcWicked @kaupapa If I was being cynical, I'd argue that being a key political player would make him nightmarish to extradite.
CarrieStoddart-Smith @Ellipsister
how is it that a very vocal 'anti-capitalist' strives 2 be part of a capitalist project?#hypocrite
@Ellipsister @Inventory2 yes Kim Dot Com is the "ultimate capitalist" according to the author of his book pic.twitter.com/ViV6kXbQXW
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Will the unions keep funding @TheDailyBlogNZ now its editor is a paid consultant to a party other than @nzlabour @NZGreens and Mana? #nzpol
"I don't want 2 get involved in politics it's messy. Why would I do that" - @dfisherjournobook on Dot Com pic.twitter.com/j8BXT5qOb0
The party party is not about the party.
The Internet Party will be launched at a separate event at a separate time.
To clarify - #ThePartyParty is all about the release of my album and does not have anything to do with the Internet Party. Come celebrate!
If the Internet Party gains power I propose a statue of my father the first man to own VHS and Beta for purposes of dubbing in NZ #pioneer
Dotcom hired @GraemeEdgeler: the most pedantic, nit picky, fact-based person on NZ internet: then for balance, also got Bradbury.
BREAKING: Colin Craig & Bomber Bradbury to join forces in a new party, tentatively named The Conservative People's/Internet Party, or TCP/IP
Kim Dotcom should have just called it the Anonymous Fedora Pirate-Bay Lolcats 4Chan Party and been done with it.
Sports Freak @Sportsfreakconz
Alastair Thompson added to the growing list of Kim Dotcom related casualties
Journalism 101:Don't pitch for political candidacy/advice gigs and write favourable blogs without disclosing link @CitizenBomber @KimDotcom
Tim Fookes Mornings @talkbacktim
Can't see Kim Dotcom's political party doing anything but split the vote on the left. It'll defeat what he's trying to achieve - dumb stuff.
Note of caution on Whaleoil’s very interesting story: there may be a difference between what Bomber wants Dotcom to do and what Dotcom does.
Good reasons not to hire @CitizenBomber as a political consultant: he's leaky
'Dotcom' is a German word for methodically compromising and embarrassing everyone in New Zealand politics.
I'm finding it difficult to not think that the Dotcom/Bomber/political party thing is an elaborate Civilian hoax. Please let it be so.
So, Left unity enthusiast Martyn Bradbury consulted first for socialist party Mana then for internet tycoon Dotcom. That's unity, all right.
I think Martyn lost Dot Com when he proposed The Mansion host 300 sweaty volunteers for 6 weeks. #occupydemansion
Leighton Smith. RT @Sportsfreakconz: Odds on who the “High Profile Broadcaster” who will stand for The Internet Party in may be?
Jordan McCluskey @JordanMcCluskey
David Shearer will also be acting as a trouble shooting consultant on issues of Leadership for Kim Dotcom #InternetParty
Tobias Brockie @tobiasbrockie
it's hilarious that kim dotcom would have seen the daily blog and thought "yes, this is who i need advising the party"
Jordan McCluskey @JordanMcCluskey
No one stole those documents from Kim Dotcom, it was "innovation" #InternetParty
KOSH / Dan Satherley @radioovermoscow
First Banks, now Bomber... wonder how I can get in on some of this seemingly randomly distributed Dotcom cash...
KOSH / Dan Satherley @radioovermoscow
@PeterDunneMP Any comment on Kim Dotcom's new party using all-purple branding?
Laura McQuillan @mcquillanatorz
Kim Dotcom unveils "Internet Party". That's not a fullstop in the logo, it's a dot(com). RT@KimDotcom pic.twitter.com/zVA8VYQ2pf
The Internet Party. Dotcom poised to become the Beppe Grillo of New Zealand. What an exciting prospect - hey, who moved my vomit bucket?
Kim Dotcom's named his party, "Internet Party", usually an internet party involves closed curtains, beer & incognito mode
Is Dotcom's party the new Legalise Cannabis Party, i.e. the I don't give a fuck so I'll vote for them party?
My new political party won't be named Mega Party. We are the Internet Party. Here's our logo for the first time. pic.twitter.com/0bkhRV5oQV
15k signed up for @KimDotcom's #ThePartyParty in a couple of hours. That's 0.5% of the vote, and it'll only go up from there.
WOW!!! Over 15,000 tickets registered for #ThePartyParty. Moving the event to Vector Arena now. This will be EPIC.
Incredible. We had 10,000 ticket registrations for #ThePartyParty in just a few hours.
Is providing free tickets and probably refreshments to a political party launch regarded as treating in an election year? #dotcom
The Dutch have a Party Party with house music focus ...is @KimDotcom affiliated?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_the_Future …
Kim Dotcom's party should really be called the Please Don't Deport Me Party.
Will be curious to see the start price on the sure-to-be-forthcoming @ipredictnz stock on the DotCom party. 3%?
Torn between immensely disliking Kim Dotcom and also hoping his party will bring issues of copyright and net laws into a better spotlight.
Kinda suspect, tho I don't know shit, that dotcom will get votes from mostly well off, mostly white, kids who usually wouldn't vote Green.
"How can the Prime Minister extradite me if I am the Prime Minister!" - Kim Dotcom. International super villain.
The party list order of Kim Dotcom's political party will be determined by the member's rank on Call of Duty.
Jordan McCluskey @JordanMcCluskey
Expect this new party will promise unlimited seats,but really just be full of ads and not deliver for its customers http://bit.ly/19kFRwf
My political party will activate non-voters, the youth, the Internet electorate. We are going to make politics exciting. More on January 20.
Get ready for low blows and smear against me and my political party. My attackers are worried. They should be. We will get more than 5%.
I hope the DotCom Party does well, if only to convince some that there exists a liberal anti-spying constituency. http://j.mp/1lzIqh1
Bryce Edwards
Thu, 16 Jan 2014
Thu, 16 Jan 2014
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Top tweets about Kim Dotcom’s new Internet Party
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