John Key under fire from the sloppy thinkers

On page 24 of the NZ Herald on Sunday today (and quoting from the opposable thumb blog), there is the following statement: "Key would be the last person qualified to run an economy, especially as the particular business he was in - investment banking - is all about maximising profit pretty much regardless of other considerations, and doubly especially given the current crisis, which has been visited on us by the colossal mismanagement of, you guessed it, investment bankers".

I didn't think this was fair on Key, so I thought I'd make a few brief comments:

- If you were in a plane, and planes all around the would started falling out of the sky, and then your pilot died, would you rather put someone in the seat with plenty of prior experience as a pilot? or would you think it sensible to blame the problem on all pilots and put someone with no experience in the job instead? 

- All Kiwi's should want the country to do well - what is wrong with being aspirational and having a leader who wants the country to run profitably? I like the idea of sound business principles being applied on a country level so that we all end up wealthier.  If Key has experience and a successful track record in maximising profit, then isn't that a good thing for us all?

- Would Key *really* be the *last* person qualified to run the economy? I suppose a P-addicted gang member could be more exciting...

- Is cutting political commentary really your skill if you use expressions like 'doubly especially'?