Hard News: Of course it's about the book
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I did not have email with those Brethren. Not one time.
David well done, quite priceless.
or how would the add go.
coffee with exclusive bretheren $3.50
advertsign campaign $1,000,000
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The brethren stuff is fun, the party funding stuff is the killer.
"The final chapters of The Hollow Men deals with the funding behind the National Party designed to add millions of dollars to the election campaign without breaching National's $2.24 million legal spending cap.
Hager claims following a meeting between Dr Brash and businessmen Peter and Michael Talley in 2004 the brothers offered Dr Brash $1 million to help get National elected.
The Talley brothers are alleged to have prepared a proposal called "The repackaging of Don Brash" in conjunction with Motueka lawyer Nick Davidson.
The written proposal included details of a plan to set up a company or trust named Vco to manage the funding.
Quotes from the proposal in the book say that by directing the campaign spending through the privately controlled Vco, they "would avoid any declarations of political party funding".
A crime?
Worse than that, a blunder.
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Caption for the Ron Hickmott e-mail: 'Don and John's million-dollar lie'
P.S.
I thought the Brethren didn't use e-mail; at least he doesn't seem to use a cellphone -
Actually Alistar is an old school buddie and loves his work, I can only imagine how much condensation is in the offices of scoop right now?
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But that's not a suprise, everyone knows Hooton's full of himself
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I wonder if as many folk will tune into the six pm news tonight as watch the Melbourne Cup?.....
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I assume no one is questioning the authenticity of the "smoking gun" email? If its confirmed 100% genuine then the National Party has now got a huge problem.
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Theres no point in getting mad , get even and revenge is a dish best served cold (and other cliches)
The "boy from down south" must be having a bit of a chuckle -
Stuff is reporting that...'Some of New Zealand's wealthiest men and women spent more than $4m in a bid to get Don Brash elected as prime minister'..... plus another million from the EB.
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bassett is alleged to have edited orewa.
now there's a freaking surprise... reading his columns makes me want to write angry letters.
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Been trying to find a column by Basset saying what a great speech Orewa 1 was (without disclosing he wrote it)
No luck yet though.
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well what do they say while we are killing two birds in the hand with one cliché.
Money can't buy you elections.
Not unless you are in america and they seemed to have given it a bloody decent nudge here. No wonder all right wing think tanks and Hooton were fuming and claiming stolen elections.
I mean if you spend this amount of money surely you must have a right to the seat of power? eh Matthew?
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Just got a call from Bennetts Books, where I'd pre-ordered the book, saying that it has been "embargoed" until Monday.
Anyone know what's happening? Anyone know where it's on sale?
Surely it's all out now...
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Does anybody else find it ironic that Hager now admits to secretly campaigning against National at the last election?
What a hypocrite.
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Which National party genuis thougt "lets make party funding our top issue through 2006" knowing that this was waiting to come out.
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"If a party contests the party vote then its total party election expenses (including GST) cannot exceed $1 million plus $20,000 for each electorate candidate nominated by the party.
If a registered party does not contest the party vote then its total election expenses cannot exceed $20,000 (including GST) for each electorate candidate of the party.
In both the above cases these party limits are separate from the expense limits applying to any electorate candidates' campaigns."
http://www.elections.org.nz/elections/e5_party_return_expenses.html
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The EB are "allowed" to use computers & e-mail for business not pleasure, so I assume god gave his/her/its permission for the e-mails to be sent?
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David, Che, James,
yikes - could this be the end of Bassett too? I guess not, afterall, Bill O'Reilly got away with being outed as a Republican.
But if it were, I might actually start reading the Dom again - for years I've been put off by the chance of my line of sight accidently plonking down in a piece of Bassett excretia.
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Been trying to find a column by Basset saying what a great speech Orewa 1 was (without disclosing he wrote it)
James, will this do?
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Can't wait to see John Key endlessly repeating the "No, of course I didn't open the e-mail" line.
I agree with Tony Kennedy - Bill English must be gleefully rubbing his hands together. The National Party sure is a nest of vipers.
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The big lie just exploded in the National Parties face.
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How interesting James. Does that mean that National will be purchasing advertising for charities for the next two years? *g*
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I look forward to many Kiwiblog posts explaining in painstaking - yet somewhat opaque - detail why Nationals massive election fraud is totally different from Labours massive election fraud.
Sagenz has also been busy over at Tumeke...
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Paul: what election fraud? None of these plans were ever implemented as part of the election campaign.
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