Politics and Prose

Lo and behold, Labour is at it again, circulating lies and attacking Key for having vision. Below are excerpts taken from labour08.org (possibly the worst political website in the world).

It confirms that Labour’s main campaign website is not only as misleading as their adverts, but also run by twelve year olds (who haven’t heard of spell check).

Note the spelling mistakes (in bold):

So John Key wants to take the tourism portfolio. But while he’s praising the importance of tourism with one side of his mouth, he’s ripping it down with the other. The thing is,
New Zealand’s tourism industry is built on our environmental image - 100% pure, remember? The trouble is, John’s flip-flops on climate change aretn’t going to fool anyone when his policies show just how little he cares about New Zealand’s clean, green image.

The last thing we need is a brand advocate (which is what the Minister of Tourism’s role includes) who is at best luke warm about the central concept you’re trying to sell.

There’s nothing in National, or John Key’s view of the world that suggests that they understand that being Minister of Toursim is more than just photo-ops, it’s about building an industry and a country that has sustainability at its core.

It also includes a picture from Wikipedia (where coincidently Labour gets most of its “facts” from) of Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.  Labour slams Key’s pledge to take on the Tourism portfolio, and asks “Is this John Key’s (AKA: Shadow Tourism Spokesperson) vision for Tourism in New Zealand?”  For Labour’s information, Waikiki Beach makes USD200 million a year from tourism alone, it is one of the popular beaches in the US and invests 23% into the Hawaiian economy.  I’m sure local businesses in and around Takapuna Beach or Oriental Bay wouldn’t mind an injection of that magnitude every year. 

But Labour isn’t opposed to Tourism for any other reason that Key has advocated it.  Remember their campaign is all about undermining Key’s creditability and maintaining lies about him so they eventually stick.  

Shame about the so-called “neutron bomb”.