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Helen Clark made foreign policy judgement a campaign issue today when she told a Grey Power meeting that if New Zealand had invaded Iraq with the US as John Key wanted we would have lost up to 60 soldiers*. Through a spokesman, John Key said…
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Matthew Hooton lies for a living. He was one of the architects of Don Brash's deceptive, racist campaign in 2005, he has told lies about me personally in his SST column, and he lies endlessly on his new paid blog. The latest lie is that…
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I've just come across Labour's tragic new campaign website, Labour08.co.nz, and I'm of the firm opinion that someone needs to get their shit together very quickly. Let's recap here. Labour, according to the polls, is anywhere from 6 to 18 points behind National. Even accounting…
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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 used to seeing the most bizarre attack angles masquerading as serious journalism. But I took a second-take when I saw this one…
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Yesterday, John Key "attacked Labour's economic record, which he said amounted to overtaxing voters so it could put money into its pet projects" So, what are these 'pet projects' and which of them National would cancel? Well, Labour's major spending projects have been increasing the…
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I see the National billboard on the corner of Dixon and Victoria in Wellington is already down. Are they pulling them all because they have been unanimously ridiculed or were the hilarious extra comments* that kept appearing on this one making it a liability? Either…
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Some commentators have pondered whether an election in NZ so close to the election in the States should be a concern for Labour. Helen Clark has already said: "... Obviously we all take a great interest in the American election but our election is what…
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Fair to say this is video is pretty much out there...
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Just came across this on G.Blog. Pure gold: ps. Is that Winston in the bottom left corner?
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When the EPMU released its investigation notes on Shawn Tan it was obvious that some right-wing bloggers would seize on the fact that Tan had been employed on a probationary agreement and stupidly claim that, therefore, the union was hypocritical for opposing National's fire at…
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Bill English has confirmed that National still intends to give the average worker a $50 tax cut. That's $18 a week more than they will get in Labour's tax cuts after 2011. If National's would increase the cut for all taxpayers by around $18 a…
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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 dirt he can find on you from the 'net and what he can't find he'll make up in an attempt to intimidate…
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When John Key responded to the PM's announcement of the election date on Friday he stated: This election is not about the past. It's not about the old political battles of the past 20 or 30 years. And I got to thinking, what exactly are…
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Prime is running a series of interviews every Sunday until the election with the leader of each party in Parliament, starting with Rodney Hide last night. It was surprisingly good. Hosted by Bill Ralston with a panel of Barry Soper, Audrey Young, and Colin Espiner,…
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08 wire are staying on the case - coming to a screen near you:
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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 challenged by an interesting study out of Canterbury University about whether governments keep their election promises. In the 11 terms from 1972…
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Well it turns out my niece has been having fun and done an effective google bomb on John Key. I've just been watching her TV3 clip when I wrote this post. Rochelle shows her experience with the media in expressing her opinion. This is something…
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I just have to say, it's incredibly disappointing that a simple prank, a google bomb, gets three newspaper articles and coverage on TV3 and when talkback radio suggests The Standard was tipped off on the election date that is an issue worth following up with…
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Agenda this morning showed, in several ways, that if you want to ask difficult questions, you have to know your topic. Guyon Espiner gave a comprehensive lesson in the dangers of only knowing the media hype on a topic, not the actual detail. Defence Minister…
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This week the election was announced and the third question to the PM (asked by Colin Espiner) was about whether The Standard possibly knew the date (Helen doesn't tell us either). Colin thinks we're being sensitive about the mainstream media's attitudes to The Standard as…
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A reader just sent us the screenshot below with the attached explanation: Thought I should start to read up on some of the content from parties involved - from their own websites of course. Mainly to educate myself as a voter. National party site -…
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There's an important difference between negative campaigning and dirty tricks but it already seems the two are getting confused in the media. Negative campaigning is saying bad things about your opponent that are at least arguably true (eg Clark saying Key was like a tourist…
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The election date was announced as November the 8th. Everyone had worked that out based on the available dates. But that didn't stop Colin Espiner asking the PM if she had tipped off The Standard about the date seeing as we have called the 8th…
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It's not John Key's week really. Winston disappears like magic off the front pages (I honestly thought I had time travelled somehow when I woke up as usual this morning to Moaning Report and there wasn't a single item on Winston & Glenn), Labour keeps…
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Anyway, Tane sees the article on Stuff that the election date is going to be announced. He puts up a post about it and bets it will be November 8th (which we have already been predicting for weeks, you can see my rationale for it…
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So, Helen Clark is expected to announce the election date at 12.30. $20 says it's November 8. UPDATE: The 8th it is. I'll be collecting my $20 off each of you in due course. Full text of the speech over the break: PM's announcement on…
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Finally, from realestate.co.nz, we have an example of illiteracy to rival National's billboards: I blame Labour's failing education system. [Hat-tip: Matthew Pilott.]
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The Catholic Church has called for politicans to take a 'moral stand' on abortion, adoption by same-sex couples, gambling, embryonic stem-cell research, and euthanasia. Ok, well here are my moral stands on those issues: Abortion: is an awful thing for anyone to have to go through…
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On Sunday, John Key, apparently off-the-cuff, announced he would dismantle the Families Commission and give the money to church groups, who just happened to be the people he was speaking to at the time. Then, he had to speak to UnitedFuture Leader Peter Dunne. The…
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Visit google.co.nz search for the word "clueless" then hit "I'm feeling lucky". I wonder where you'll end up... Update: Make sure you select "pages from New Zealand"