This election is about Trusts

John Ansell requested a billboard yesterday, so the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy leaped into action. First we had this excellent response from Whale Oil:

Now who wants to donate some money to get that up on a billboard? 🙂

And an overseas based reader sends in another version:

Also an excellent effort. Feel free to promote these via blogs, e-mail etc.

As for why the PM declared this election is about trust? Leftie blog Adding Noughts points out she is copying the John Howard playbook as noted by the Sydney Morning Herald:

THE New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, has taken a leaf out of John Howard’s book, calling an election and immediately defining it as being about trust.

Miss Clark yesterday said the country’s future would be at stake on November 28, when New Zealanders would decide which party they trusted most. …

“I do believe the future of New Zealand is at stake,” Miss Clark said. “I believe that Labour has shown, through its record in office, that we can be trusted with the future of New Zealand.

“It is about which leader and which major party we New Zealanders trust our families’ and country’s future with.”

When he announced Australia’s 2004 election, Mr Howard said: “This election, ladies and gentlemen, will be about trust.” He asked voters to trust him with the economy and interest rates and in the fight against terrorism.

Speaks for itself.