It’s taken a long time, but finally their economy with the truth is starting to surface in the public arena.

No, no no – reality has a left-wing bias, remember? So either we’re lying, or discussing the EFB simply isn’t in the public interest.

I agree that Sam’s defence of the EFB was half-hearted. And if you’re reading this, Sam, saying one has a law degree isn’t a bus-ticket to credibility either – unless you write something sensible.

1.)

Justice Minister Annette King said the revised period was “transparent and fair” because the previous three-month limit often left parties guessing when it would start if the Prime Minister had not announced an election date.

Letting the Prime Minister plan when the election is going to be held is problematic, in that it favours the encumbant. Possible fix: Amend the bill to have the period regulated back to 3-months, but the Prime Minister must set the date prior to Jan 1st of the election year.

2.) The government will crank-up “policy awareness advertising”, as we have seen in 2005, and as we will see again next year. This is not just policy awareness – its brand awareness. The ads say one thing (Kiwisaver, WFF, Health policy etc), and Labour then ‘identifies’ themselves with this. Again, skews the playing field towards the encumbant. Possible Fix: Cap government spending on policy awareness to be no more than the minimum of the previous two years. That way, the spend can’t escalate in election year – it must be static throughout the electoral cycle.

I’m actually much happier to see Sam “I have a law degree” Dixon slapped down by the person he was misquoting over from the Standard. It’s taken a long time, but finally their economy with the truth is starting to surface in the public arena.

DPF:

Could you do an update listing the specific page and/or section that you derive each of your assertions from? It would make it quicker to fact-check your claims.

DPF on this thread (complete with cross-references to the EFB):

There are probably more than this, but here’s an initial list of 19 problems with the revised Electoral Finance Bill:

Phillip John/Roger Nome on this thread:

[nothing to say so far]

Congratulations, DPF, on burying the garden gnome.

Ha ha ha.

Talking of Labour trolls, have either Judith Tizard or Maryan Street made any comment about last Saturday’s march in Auckland yet?

“The days of the National party relying on millions of dollars of money from anonymous donations appear to be over. The controversial electoral finance bill has been reported back from select committee and it severely limits how much parties can fundraise through anonymous donations.”

Not only is the tone biased in the extreme, and correct me if I’m wrong here, but its also untrue as I understand that anonymous donations will still be allowed under the bill.
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If Sam had actually rebutted the points and backed up his assertions. You cannot simply write “This is wrong.” and “No, doesn’t work that way” and count it as a serious rebuttal.

Every attempted rebuttal he posts is ridiculous and only shows his absolute committal to supporting Labour’s attack on freedom in this country.

Abraham Lincoln

And enforced silence is the ONLY defence against lies!

ME!

Priceless!

I think that its great that you enjoy helping children discover the joy of Christmas. Those shiny, happy, innocent faces, pressing forward expectantly….Little hands, reaching and touching…..A few little elves, rummaging through your sack……maybe a polaroid of little Sarah with Santa, to go into Nana’s Christmas stocking. Lovely!

After that excuse for a report, I’m going back to Granny One, shame on TV3

I guess you’ll be looking forward to ‘hanging out at the Mall’ shortly.