Tax cut promises win every time. Clinton proved that in 1992 (though he was, of course, lying) and Obama proved it again in 2008 (and he was lying, too). Someday, the mindless chattering class will hold such scumbags accountable for their lies.
But I ain’t holding my breath.
What's the deal on this guy? Is he your country's version of Barack Obama?
Is this close to accurate?
I’m watching a live stream of election coverage right now. I’m enjoying it a lot more than our coverage here.
At the moment, the Nationals are just over the majority line in projections, but there’s still a lot of counting to go. No way I’m going to stay up that much longer.
Well, it worked for Obama,,,
Excellent! It’ll be great to see her go.
Reuters, Saturday November 8 2008
WELLINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has conceded defeat to the centre-right National Party led by John Key after Saturday’s election, media reported. Clark had telephoned Key to concede that her Labour Party had lost the election, Television New Zealand said.
With almost 99 percent of the vote counted, Key’s centre-right National Party had 45 percent of the vote, which would translate to 59 seats in the 122-seat parliament with support from its allied parties enough to give it a majority.
The centre-left Labour Party, which had been seeking a fourth three-year term, had 34 percent of the vote, translating to 43 seats.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7997444