As the election approaches, its lack of partners is becoming
obvious to everyone; Peter Dunne and John Banks have been or are being
investigated for serious misbehaviours and it's their two votes that have
given National its slim majority in Parliament.
With only that odd
'bring back the smack, man didn't walk on the moon' Mr Craig to replace
them, National knows that its best chance, its only chance, is to attack
the Green Party.
Labour, in coalition with the Greens, will win the
election comfortably, National knows, unless it can demonize the Green
Party, by calling them names every time they ask questions about coal
mining, deep-sea oil drilling, genetically-modified foods, climate change;
all of those things National wants but New Zealanders are unsure about.
Calling your ememies 'crazy', 'mad', 'loopy' or 'evil' works quite well,
as Mr Key, who does it often, knows.
By frightening New Zealanders at
every opportunity, the National Party hopes to disguise the fact that its
support from other parties is weak.
Look out for it, as the year
progresses, not only from National MPs, but also from its supporters who
comment in the media, even the writers of letters to this newspaper.
Attack, demonize, frighten and lable is the strategy.
If National can
convince you that anyone who questions them is a terrorist, they'll be in
with a chance.
Robert Guyton
Riverton
(Thank you, Southland Times).
