February 21, 2006 5:54pm by David Farrar

More PM spin

Oh dear Helen really is trying hard to divert attention. Take today’s Hansard:

Rt Hon HELEN CLARK: I have seen reports that the police

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Adolf Fiinkensein

Yes, she no longer seems to be troubled by her own competence.

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February 21, 2006 6:22pm

Graeme Edgeler

“spending $112,000 more on its election advertising than it was allowed to spend”

This does of course conflate two issues – one National’s acknowledged overspend on broadcast advertising, and two potential overspend on the election as a whole. Do we know whether the mistake National made in it’s broadcasting spend impacted on it’s overall spend? If National spent up to the maximum allowed on the election, does the extra $112,000 get added on to the $2M and change and push National over the same limit Labour went over?

Anyone know?

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February 21, 2006 6:38pm

darren

Yes, the Liar-bour leader is obviously rattled.
Come on, some of you bloggers out there must know how to work photoshop.
Get a picture of Miss Honesty and show her with a really long nose.

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February 21, 2006 7:14pm

tim barclay

She is not helping matters by putting up irrelevant fabrications. She misappropriated tax payers’ money for the benefit of the Labour Party. The matter has gone to the Police who will not limit their inquiry to the over spending under the Electoral Act. They are the meat in the sandwich but it was the Labour Party that put them there when they decided to take a very aggressive interpreation of how the Leaders’ fund should be spent. It would have been very easy to get a “safe harbour” interpreation from the AG, but she went out of her way to avoid him as there were plans afoot for the pledge card with the money. Tough, let us see how our institutions deal with this.

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February 21, 2006 7:53pm

Paulc

Will Clark ever concede that the difference is that Labour mis-appropriated taxpayers’ funds and the EB spent their own damn money? Oh, and lets think about the union movement

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February 21, 2006 9:58pm

Craig Ranapia

Look, as John Armstrong pointed out a while ago this has nothing to do with facts. It’s all about providing soundbites to be dutifully broadcast, and construct a legal and political defence if several members of Labour’s campaign team end up in court.

And, Graeme, as far as I’m aware National would still be under the total campaign spending limit.

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February 21, 2006 10:04pm

Paul

Come on Helen, how about a bit of integrity and honesty, Take some responsibilty for your actions and your party’s spending of public money for political gain! Oh thats right you dont have any say on how the labour card was paid for,, and thats not your real picture, or signature, while comming clean on those facts why not come out of the closet as well! sweety.

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February 21, 2006 10:17pm

Paulc

Craig, regrettably I think you are right, it is all about broadcasting sound-bites that don’t interfere with the wholesomeness of cute animal/victim-of-the-day stories that pose as news in this country.

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February 21, 2006 10:30pm

Sinner

Craig is right – both sides got public money, but Nats/Act etc were under the limit.

Spending public money is not a corrupt practice.

Breaching the spending cap *is*.

Of course Labour are positioning like made: if the police prosecute the PM could very well be charged (her name on the pledge card).

Which is why – in several australian states – when things get this bad, when the govt is referred to the police by electoral watchdogs or the ICAC or whoever – the premier resigns on the spot. Before the police investigation. Before charges are laid.

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February 21, 2006 11:21pm

TomTom

Come on people let’s not kid ourselves here !!!

Neither through paintergate, corngate, speedgate, doonegate or any fricken gate has this PM taken a rap over the knuckles. And to expect our Police to procecute anyone in the Liar-bour party is really dillusional!!

Only one person has the balls to procecute & that person is the PM himself!

She’s a top bloke our Helen !!

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February 22, 2006 6:57am

nigel201065

Heres a Headline you will never see ‘Helen Clarke lied in Parliament and to the people of NZ’ instead she has a totally compliant press who are either not prepared to even question her integraty or are to lazy to think up a hard question incase they have to think for themselves I will make it easy for them here are some questions I would like answered
Why did you lie and slander Peter Doone,
Why do you continue to lie about the EB brochures,
Why do you continue to lie about your overspending at the elections
Why do you continue to lie about your feminist agenda
Why are you covering up for your corrupt ministers
and
Why are you not doing the correct thing and resigning because of your corupt actions

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February 22, 2006 7:17am