The Shield of Sanctimony will not Protect the Greens

http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2011/11/the-shield-of-sanctimony-will-not-protect-the-greens/

Russel Norman’s admission that the Greens are behind the shabby tactic of stickering National’s hoardings should pierce the shield of sanctimony that the Greens hide behind, says Whaleoil blogger Cameron Slater.

“The Greens hold themselves up as morally virtuous, yet have been shown to be as shabby and as shoddy as every other political party in New Zealand. No one would mind much if they were such a bunch of holier than thou, unctuous, sanctimonious pricks”.

Whaleoil correctly identified the sticker tactic http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2011/10/dirty-tricks/ on October 14th when a tipster gave the tipline details of quotes being sought for large numbers of hoardings.

“This kind of stupid campaign tactic might appeal to the tribal, intellectually incestuous group thinking hard left/ green group, but it doesn’t sit well in the eyes of the average voter” continues Mr Slater. “The Greens have made a major strategic error in the campaign that they were doing so well in, and I expect they will lose votes”.

On his blog Mr Slater stated that he believed the Greens deliberately defacing National’s hoardings on a massive scale has the potential to have the same impact as the Brethren did on Nationals campaign in 2005.

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