Obama wipes the floor with McCain
There’s not much more that needs to be said about the first presidental debate. McCain was stiff and boring. His framing was awful: […]
Steve Pierson
Shallow recession this year but the future looks tough
We all knew New Zealand was in recession in the first six months of this year. The official figures have confirmed this. The surprise […]
Nats’ ‘NZ sucks’ campaign continues
I remember the first time I met Simon Power, when he had just come into Parliament. He struck me as a man who […]
What a shame
Bob Clarkson chose not to speak during his valedictory speech. Instead, he just held up a sign saying ‘bye bye’ (in the same […]
The hoax revealed?
Incredibly, leading rightwingers including John Key, Maurice Williamson, Lockwood Smith, Rodney Hide, and Roger Kerr still don’t accept the overwhelming evidence for climate […]
Why National won’t win
National has four fatal problems that will prevent it from winning the election. Or, rather, it has two problems, both with two parts. […]
Right Court: charges don’t match the facts
[more great work from 08wire]
Diversion tactics
Key’s three defences on the share scandal are ‘no-one asked how many shares I had’, ‘it didn’t matter how many shares I had’, […]
Drinking Liberally, Palmerston North
The second Drinking Liberally, Palmerston North is on this Friday. Peter Falloon, NZUSA co-President is the guest speaker. I’m going to try to […]
Both Eyes Open shows activism alive and well
The Vote with Both Eyes Open posters had a star turn yesterday when Annette King presented them as evidence that activism is alive […]
Did you pay the tax, John?
Generally, when you buy capital and later sell it, there is no tax payable on any profit. Unless you buy with the propose […]
John’s lying eyes
All it takes is Youtube, some video editing software, and imagination to make great vids, as this video we have just been sent […]
Free trade must be fair
In principle, a free trade deal between the US and the P4 countries (NZ, Chile, Singapore, and Brunei) is a good thing. If […]
PSA launches campaign
The PSA’s campaign looks to get past National’s simplistic ‘tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts’ mantra and ask voters to consider what they […]
Can he look himself in the mirror?
John Key on August 30 “The appointment of a minister to Cabinet has to be done on the basis that as Prime Minister […]
Not with a bang but a whimper
The Privileges Committee has reported back. Peters is censured for not declaring that he had made a pecuniary gain from his lawyer taking […]
Back to basics
I’ve had some interesting conversations with people recently that have me thinking we need to get back to some political basics to build […]
Nats relying on ignorance
It’s really easy to present misleading statistics. David Farrar shows how it’s done with a post on migration today. Note how his figures […]
Questioning politicians
We’re keen to help you get active this election campaign. That’s why we’ve launched Campaign Hub 2008 and its Facebook group to give […]
Small beer
3 News tonight: “the Government wants less pupils per teacher..” Is TV3 employing National’s billboard genius to write the tele-prompter? Also, my inside sources […]
Kerr shows how the Right lie to themselves
The Business Roundtable held another in their series of forums on political issues targeted at young people on Thursday. The aim is obviously to get […]
The Standard Week: 12-19 September
Work rights and judgement look to be central issues in the campaign. The Greens set the standard by putting forward a fantastic work […]
Unacceptable
From Newzblog: “Local activist James Sleep was today exercising his democratic right to protest when he was approached by an entourage of 4WDs […]
Compliments and questions
First, it’s nice to be pleasantly surprised by a tory. Turns out Tony Friedlander’s Road Transport Trust is not just donating to National. […]
Greens good for workers
Work rights should be a big issue this election. National is proposing to strip workers of their rights to undermine wage increases. The […]
Key still wishes we had invaded Iraq
Helen Clark made foreign policy judgement a campaign issue today when she told a Grey Power meeting that if New Zealand had invaded […]
Hooton hits rock bottom
Matthew Hooton lies for a living. He was one of the architects of Don Brash’s deceptive, racist campaign in 2005, he has told […]
The descent continues
I sometimes have Fox News on in the background when I’m home, it’s good to get wound up now and again. So, I’m […]
More slippery attacks, still no solutions
Yesterday, John Key “attacked Labour’s economic record, which he said amounted to overtaxing voters so it could put money into its pet projects” […]
Billboard ideas for Left and Right
I see the National billboard on the corner of Dixon and Victoria in Wellington is already down. Are they pulling them all because […]
Chutzpah
When the EPMU released its investigation notes on Shawn Tan it was obvious that some right-wing bloggers would seize on the fact that […]
How would Nats cut tax? Where would the money come from?
Bill English has confirmed that National still intends to give the average worker a $50 tax cut. That’s $18 a week more than […]
Nats’ dirty tricks exposed?
Cameron Slater, aka Whaleoil, is a nasty piece of work. If you’re a leftie and you get into the media, he’ll dig whatever […]
Nothing to Hide? + more moaning
Prime is running a series of interviews every Sunday until the election with the leader of each party in Parliament, starting with Rodney […]
Govts do keep promises, some more than others
It’s an old saw among those who think knee-jerk cynicism is a replacement for healthy skepticism that politicians always break their promises. That’s […]
Disappointing
I just have to say, it’s incredibly disappointing that a simple prank, a google bomb, gets three newspaper articles and coverage on TV3 […]