tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post7310189114548457097..comments2024-03-29T16:58:01.576+13:00Comments on AmeriNZ Blog: Who ARE these people?Arthur Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-75858389129056229782007-12-02T14:48:00.000+13:002007-12-02T14:48:00.000+13:00That's so funny: He says "I live on Paritai Drive"...That's so funny: He says "I live on Paritai Drive" but claims he's only "comfortable". By that standard, I must be living in abject poverty!Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-3588454859825166002007-12-02T13:48:00.000+13:002007-12-02T13:48:00.000+13:00It is interesting that he says he is willing to sp...It is interesting that he says he is willing to spend up to $250,000 of <A HREF="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=247&objectid=10475691" REL="nofollow">his own money on this campaign</A><BR/><BR/>In the next paragraph he claims he is not rich just because he isn't on the Rich List.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16785579831802952735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-27447801921218544672007-12-02T11:40:00.000+13:002007-12-02T11:40:00.000+13:00Thanks for that. I new there must be a connection ...Thanks for that. I new there must be a connection to the neocons, but I hadn't had time to research it myself--and I hoped someone else had, so thanks!<BR/><BR/>I knew about Rankin being part of it, and she's been a strong backer of the rightwing christianist group "Family First", who are also leading the charge against the bill.<BR/><BR/>Whatever the bill's faults may really be, it's clear to me that the loudest voices against it so far are from the right and far right who are frightened they may not be able to buy a right-wing, National Party-led election victory in 2008.Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-82309805353647219432007-12-02T10:19:00.000+13:002007-12-02T10:19:00.000+13:00John Boscawen is (and probably still is) the chief...John Boscawen is (and probably still is) the <A HREF="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=133&objectid=10329022" REL="nofollow">chief fundraiser for ACT</A> and has been a member since 1994.<BR/><BR/>Christine Rankine is a lead organiser is not suprising given her departure from <A HREF="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=758&ObjectID=203838" REL="nofollow">WINZ in 2001</A>. I still think she doesn't get why she had to go.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16785579831802952735noreply@blogger.com