Good news, National are afraid of David Cunliffe

• geoff
• 10 years ago
• Categories: david cunliffe, national/act government, Politics, same old national, spin

First things first, this Donghua Liu thing is a set-piece smear from the National party, it could be nothing else.

The classic signs of National’s comms stick out like dogs balls….

• timed the breaking of the story for when John Key is out of the country, keeps him clear of the dirt.
• info was leaked to the tentacles of National’s comms (whaleoil, farrar) as was clearly hinted by barnsley bill (Cameron Slater’s right-hand man) who couldn’t keep his mouth shut on dimpost a couple of days ago.
• the perfectly timed OIA release.

• and the fact that Donghua Liu is still tight with National.

Reliable sources have also told me that Donghua is still donating cash to National too. (Any journos reading might like to ask Jamie-Lee Ross about this)

It’s no accident that this was released a couple of days before the 3 month interval that Claire Trevett covered in the herald. Interestingly Farrar made a big deal about this the other day.

Personally I’m very encouraged by this attempted smear, it means National are worried about Cunliffe, their internal polling will be showing they are weak on issues that Labour can be strong on and they know that Cunliffe is the only member of caucus who can go toe to toe with Key.

The Nats are making it clear just how dirty their campaign is going to be.