Helen Clark Afraid Of Roger Douglas
Tuesday, 21 October 2008, 3:41 pm
Press Release: ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark Afraid Of Roger Douglas
Rodney Hide MP
Tuesday,
October 21 2008
ACT leader Rodney Hide today
dismissed Prime Minister Helen Clark's suggestion that
people were afraid of Sir Roger Douglas.
"The only reason
she's come out swinging is because her Party's internal
polling reveals a swing to ACT that will ensure the next
National Government is in a position to fix the chaos
wreaked on our economy by her Labour Government," Mr Hide
said.
"My question to Helen Clark is: what is it about Sir
Roger Douglas policies didn't she like?
"Why did she vote
for every single one when she sat in Cabinet with Sir Roger?
"Why, in the past nine years, has she not undone a single
one of them?
"It is hypocritical in the extreme for Helen
Clark to question a man and his policies she so heartily
endorsed when they were Cabinet Ministers together," Mr Hide
said
ENDS
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