Have a look at the video associated with this story at TVNZ. The story is about a personal outbreak Dr Cullen had in an interview with Guyon Espiner where he blames the media attention on tax cuts soley on journalists (such as Espiner) who are wanting tax cuts for themselves. Ok, that’s cool – he’s entitled to his own point of view…
For me, that wasn’t the most interesting thing in the video. Look at Cullen’s mannerisms when he speaks, especially at his mouth and lower lip. I think there is also a difference in the tone of his speech as well, it sounds a tiny bit lispy to me. I’m no doctor but it reminds me alot of my grandmother who suffers from Parkinsons. Has public office has taken it’s toll on Dr Cullen and is he starting to succumb to something? Which begs the question, is he still fit for public office?
I hope for his (and our) sake that I’m wrong and he’s fine. I had to look it up but was surprised to learn that he is only 61 years old.
Note: I’m loath to create a “Politics” category so this gets stored under Life…
