Tizard on Tizard
Judith Tizard does another valedictory speech – this time in the Herald on Sunday.
Whale has a summary:
Forty uses of the word “I“
Ten uses of the word “I’d“
Fourteen uses of the word “my”
Two aspects amused me:
While I grew up in a political family, my real apprenticeship was in the hard, cynical school of the Auckland Central Labour Party where Richard Prebble and his mates took no prisoners; where any tactic was fair if you won; where attack (personal or otherwise) was the first line of defence. And you never, never gave up, no matter what.
But I also found people I respected and enjoyed working alongside. Margaret Wilson, Helen Clark, Cath Tizard and Jim Anderton ran smart, inclusive, positive campaigns which taught me and many others like Mike Williams, Len Brown and Matt McCarten how to make a difference.
Matt McCarten has in fact been one of Tizard’s harshest critics.
I saw the on-going attacks on my character and my work, in blogs as well as in the Herald, as a Crosby-Textor/ Karl Rove-style attempt to destroy Labour leaders …
Oh goodness. Not just a Crosby-Textor style attack, but also a Karl Rove style attack. Judith left out Dick Cheney and Richard Nixon.