GUYON Did you think honestly, Mr Cunliffe, that they were fair brochures to put out, or did you think they were misleading?
MR CUNLIFFE Oh, I wouldn't call them misleading at all. I mean, we're looking at the aggregate impact of GST on New Zealanders. That's a matter that we take to heart. My constituents are struggling. This is probably the absolute worst time, as New Zealand's struggling to climb its way out of a recession, to be putting GST up on ordinary Kiwis. It's just bad timing and it's a bad move.
GUYON Just before I leave that pamphlet, the man who's mentioned in it, Mote Pahulu - is he the same man who's standing with George Hawkins in the supercity left-wing ticket in Manukau?
MR CUNLIFFE I have no idea, I'm sorry.
GUYON You don't think that Labour putting that out and putting him just as an ordinary shopper was again slightly misleading?
MR CUNLIFFE Well, look, I'm sorry, I didn't write the pamphlet and I don't know Mote, and if it is the same one, well, that will be happenstance, but I can't confirm that, I'm sorry.
Oh dear; David Cunliffe gets caught in Labour's porkies over GST, and it's all a case of "happenstance:. We will file that word away for future use!
It's all good though; Cunners is sorry - twice!
Hat-tip: MonkeyWithTypewriter
3 comments:
errrr... so a polictical party stage-manages a media/voter event...
When does that ever NOT happen?
I think you need to adjust yr bullshit detector: all politicians are fucking liars.
your imaginary friend,
G-sus.
A polictical party is that from the third verse of the old Rolf Harris song about the "just passing by"
Greetings from Berlin Inv2.
Cunliffe once again proves the silen t should be inserted.
Anon´- most parties stage managing media events usually tell the truth. Something Labour and their mates the Greens do no.
Post a Comment