A question
November 4th, 2008 at 6:26 am by David FarrarHas Labour run even a single positive advertisement on TV?
I don’t think they have. Every single advertisement they have run on television is an attack on John Key. Not a single advertisement talking about what Labour will do if re-elected!
Most campaigns have attack ads as a component of their campaign. But can anyone recall a time when a political party has run nothing except attack ads the entire campaign?
I think it sums up the state of Labour – nothing left to offer.
Incidentally you know the latest advertisement showing a young mother feeding a child and saying she does not trust John Key. A source has informed me that the “young mother” is not a mother at all – just a professional actress named Rachel.
Isn’t that ironic, if true? Labour campaigns on trust by using a fake mother!
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November 4th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Oh how rich.
Who on earth trusts Hulun Klark and the fast dwindling inner circle of nepotists?
Faux Labour.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 6:35 am
The whole tone of that ad is one of the Labour Party speaking directly to John Key. There is no attempt to speak to the electorate or involve them in a thoughtful process. It’s a failure.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Just par for the course as far as Labour are concerned.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Out west auckland they arre putting a sticker on Labout Party billboards ‘For leadership you trust, vote Labour.’ The first time I saw it i thought it was a piss-take, by an opponent, but, not, it turned up on all of them.
Labour H.O. actually think it’s a positive pitch.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 6:40 am
I trust John Key 10 time as much as I trust Hulun.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 6:42 am
But remember, it’s National who are “cancerous and corrosive”. Say that enough times and the MSM will believe it.
Actually, given the MSM in New Zealand you only really need to say it once and they’ll believe it.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Labour’s campaign strategy has been
1. Discredit John Key
2. Bribe the Greens
3. Pressure the Maori Party to support them
That is why there has been almost no policy and nothing but negative ads.
Hey, Labour’s banner ads are running on Kiwiblog today, remember to click
Vote:regularly everyone.
November 4th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Negative ads?
That’s what political parties do when their own pollling shows they’re up the creek without a paddle 4 days out from a general election isn’t it?
Vote:Cannot see any other explanation.
November 4th, 2008 at 6:55 am
No – not one positive ad, but this has been the tactic all along to drag all others down to their level.
Vote:I can’t believe the level of left wing bias in the media, from TV right through teletext and print media. 4 days ago National indicated it’s intention to have both Act and Peter Dunn in a coalition, teletext reported it as the worst kept secret in recent NZ political history, when Labour did the same it was reported as a natural choice of partner.
Now I see how frustrating it must have been for those black residents of New Orleans when hurricane Katrina struck, media handled itself in the same way, anyone white was seen to be gathering food to survive in the aftermath whereas those black residents were looting, poor reporting and pathetic lack of integrity on the part of these reporters and editors.
November 4th, 2008 at 7:23 am
Labour; the party of the chip on the shoulder.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Nine years of Labour has certainly been a negative experience for New Zealand.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Labour also know they are beaten hence the desperate attacks on John Key.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Running a negative campaign should be natural when your leader/chief strategist has gone around for 9 nine years lecturing and speaking to everyone in a hectoring manner.
Just remembering who your party president would make anyone feel negative.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 7:32 am
The ad with the “mother” is the funniest thing I’ve seen for some time. How much was she paid to say what she said?
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 7:34 am
1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
3. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
4. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
5. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.
6. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
7. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
8. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
9. You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
10. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.
[Lincoln did not say these things. They were written in 1916 by the Rev. William J. H. Boetcker, a Presbyterian clergyman and pamphlet writer]
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 7:37 am
No surprises here. Yet again the Nats have put a highly intelligent and successful individual up as an opponent. What has Clark done, what has worked for her before. She has appealed to the Kiwi spirit of tall poppy bashing. She openly rails against this sad side of the kiwi pshyce, yet come election time tries desperately, and for 3 terms successfully manipulate it.
English, Brash and Key are all bright, articulate and successful people, they have all been run down by Clark, an individual who has never achieved a single thing other than to be a career polly.
Maybe just maybe kiwis will wake up and realise that for a country to succeed it needs leadership from people that know how to succeed because they HAVE!!!!!
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 7:44 am
slightlyright – I thought the same thing, woman/mother in the ad came across almost as bad as the Australian actor they used to advertise drop down curtain airbags preventing head injury. Doesn’t matter how much you pay someone sincerity comes from within!
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 7:55 am
If criticising your opponents is the best campaign strategy you can come up with after 9 years in government it means you don’t want to campaign on your record.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 7:59 am
What else would be expected? Everything Clark does is on the negative.
Vote:Roll on Sunday so this 9 year nightmare can be over!!!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
November 4th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Labour’s negativity has also been shown in some of the negative remarks directed at Inga and Michael Jones.
Doesn’t say a lot for some Labour supporters when they try to trash a couple of proud men who have done a lot for their people.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 8:06 am
She looks like a Labour Party clone (Street, Dyson, H2, et al). Where on earth do they make them? And she has Helen’s voice.
I agree, the whole thing looks staged – you can tell the child is not hers.
By the way, where is the father?
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 8:16 am
the ‘mastermind’ of these ads seems to have his own blog – http://www.frasercarson.com – looks like a lot of whinging on there.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Well, of course not. It was blindingly obvious that Labour was going to run a high-risk “presidential strategy” where people were naturally going to see through that evil baby-raping, pig-fucking ‘secret agenda’ bearing Gordon Gekko rich prick currently leading the National Party. And last week, the H-Fee ‘neutron bomb’ — which Labour has been hyping around the Press Gallery for months — was going to reduce ‘Slippery John’ to a puddle of irradiated goo in the critical last week of the campaign.
The problem is — critical swing and undecided voters aren’t buying it, and its too damn late to flip-flop on your whole campaign strategy in the last four days. I know I’m going to get a lot of negative karma for saying this, but it sure reminds me of McCain-Palin. A smear-and-scare strategy only works if people are in the mood to buy what you’re shilling; and I think this week is going to show both McCain and Clark haven’t read the political weather that well.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I can’t wait until the dark gloomy clouds of Helen Clarks negativity are blown from this country with a cleansing storm. Roll on Sunday November 9 and the positive warming rays of the sun might shine on this land again.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Clark – what can you say. Real champs know when to bow out.
Hasta la vista, sweetcakes.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Col. Masters (8.06am) – of course the actress looks like hulun, its staged to be that way.
Subconsiously labour are trying to connect the mums and dads with hulun as a trustworthy figure
To do this they present an actess displaying similar vocal and facial attributes as hulun (low voice, masculine facial shape, dark short hair)
These labour fuckers are so slippery and deceiving it makes me sick.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 9:19 am
lol expat – that will be why they had to find an actress for the role!
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Truly frightening. This was one of the last questions I mused upon as I fell asleep last night! Great minds I am sure. Basically Labour’s campaign comes down to we’ve got nothing but Key’s a prick.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 9:30 am
stayathomemum – the Klark team have fallen out of touch with the people. Too many chaufferred cars, aircon hotel suites and 9th floor chin scratching.
Not to mention a severely curtailed marketing and advertising budget this year (wonder why Hulun?).
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 11:28 am
What a classic!
Labour are campaigning on ‘trust’ and yet their ads contain fiction.
Where as National’s ads contain non-fiction i.e. actual real headlines and story clippings from recent and varied newspaper articles.
Pretty much sums it up really.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Wow, where have all the Labour/Green trolls gone? Not one left wing post or negative thumbs down! Guess they’re already accepting a bitter defeat and are stocking up on their favourite drugs, to see them through the next 9 years under NATIONAL!
So much fun being on the WINNING side
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 11:42 am
“Out west auckland they arre putting a sticker on Labout Party billboards ‘For leadership you trust, vote Labour.’ The first time I saw it i thought it was a piss-take, by an opponent, but, not, it turned up on all of them.
Labour H.O. actually think it’s a positive pitch.”
The Nats should start using the word “credibility” on their advertising to counter this absurd piss take, the arrogance of Christina Carter and Co out West is a cunning stunt, it aint about trust just remember the Whangamata Marina fiasco.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Labour is just like their ideological ancestor Karl Marx: characterised by negativity and criticism. It’s the old technique of creating a villain so that you look like the good guy, also known as the distraction technique. Winston Peters does this all the time.
The Labour ads I’ve seen over the past week remind me of a post I wrote a while ago:
http://kiwipolemicist.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/election-2008-a-tale-of-two-hucksters/
The Left is always an aggressor, as I discussed in this post, point 2) d) & 2) e):
Vote:http://kiwipolemicist.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/the-liberal-left-agenda-in-new-zealand/
November 4th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Negativity & criticism?
Thank goodness nothing like that ever happens on Kiwiblog
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
****Don’t feed the trolls people****
Shoot them instead
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Im sure I read some studies indicating that votes are more likely to be swayed away from something people dislike, than toward something they like. But Im at work, so I cant source this.
If this is true, then Labour is being quite canny by smearing the opposition.
Vote:November 4th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
How dloes Helen Clark reconcile her admkission that she knew in February this year (and probably well before then) of the $100K Glenn gave to Peters, with her later protestations that she accepted Winston’s word that no such donation was made because he was “an Honourable Member”. That involves wilful suspemsion of disbelief on such a grand scale as to amount to duplicity. Trust Helen Clark? Yeah right. That is why Labour has to resort to negative attack ads. They need to divert attention from their leader’s lack of integrity.
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