It'll be the way from this point on. Key will drive his 'Greens say no to everything' line as hard as he can, backed up by the sneering Bill English and unctuous Stephen Joyce and bully-boy Gerry Brownlee, and they will get a rise from their own true-blue sychophants, but I'm picking it will fail with the general public. Even Armstrong who ordinarily boot-licks John Key, recognises that times have changed:
"Not so long ago, the Greens and National were playing political footsie. In Key’s eyes, the Greens were “green Greens” back then. Now they are “red Greens” who would block every initiative to move the country forward in economic terms.
It is an old tactic. National is trying to scare middle-ground voters away from Labour by portraying the latter as hostage to the Greens. The Greens may no longer fit the loony-tunes stereotype National is trying to recreate for them.
But that won’t stop National trying."
Monday, July 23, 2012
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Key's attempts to demean the Greens and frighten off their growing pool of voters will fail. Calling them sneering, unctuous, bully-boy, boot-licking sycophants just won't work. It is an old tactic. National is trying to scare middle-ground voters. Those attempts just won't fly.
Green Integrity - nicely phrased and well thought out. I wonder though, if you might have hit the 'b' key without realising it. Most people don't embolden their own words.
The Nats must be taking the Greens seriously or they wouldn’t be talking about them so much, I reckon that means they’re worried and rightly so.
I would like to have seen the delegates at the conference ,do they appear normal? I’m curious about these people who don’t seem to be aware of climate change. Are they missing some vital part of their brains? What do they think when they read of each week’s new climate disaster? (deaths in China in record rains in today’s news) Maybe they don’t read overseas news, that might explain it.
Phil Heatley talked about the historic record of the oil & gas industry and no one says- “Hey Phil, it’s the future that’s the problem mate- you can’t dig up and use all those fossil fuels without consequences”
It's a very good question, Viv. Give up trying to answer it though, is my advice, and get on with forcing change in light of what you do know. Trying to change the mind's of others is a time-wasting distraction, unless you've a history of success in doing that. That said, never stop speaking out and having your opinion broadcast. You know what they say about good men (and women) and keping mum.
Can't claim to have had much success changing minds (let alone behaviour- haven't quite got all my patients to floss & give up fizzy yet)
Still I feel compelled sometimes to jump in and have my 10 cents worth- got a letter in waiting in the ODT in response to a climate change denier and I had to comment on Ele L today re taranaki oil.
Most impt to balance all this with as much time in the garden as poss, I reckon, I'm guessing you'd agree with that.
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