Forget about the price tag.
That's what the singers were telling National Party delegates as they filed into their election campaign launch at Sky City Casino's convention centre in Auckland.
Officially it began National's election campaign. One which is being fought on which party can control spending more, get the books back to surplus and repay debt the fastest.
In his address to the launch, Prime Minister John Key told delegates what he would spend the proceeds from his partial privatisations on.
Not a good start when delegates are first told: "When the sale comes first, and the truth comes second" from singer Jessie J's song 'Price Tag' which was being sung by two singers as delegates sat down before Key's address.
It wasn't all sitting down though as National MPs Chris Auchinvole and Nicky Wagner had a twirl to Amy Winehouse's 'Valerie' as they waited for party president Peter Goodfellow to make his opening remarks to the campaign launch.
There were mutters along the press bench to the tune of 'so much for brighter future' as journalists fell over each other (and their computer cables) due to the near-complete darkness of the room (even an hour before anyone else arrived), which held about a thousand people but had splatterings of empty seats.
Most exciting was when a small number of protestors broke in during Key's address, shouting 'Stop the war on the poor' before being ushered out by security guards as the Prime Minister called after them to stay and listen, as they might learn something.
Price Tag
Here's a taste of what delegates were told:
Seems like everybody's got a price,
I wonder how they sleep at night.
When the sale comes first,
And the truth comes second,
Just stop for a minute and
Smile
Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious?
Got your shades on your eyes
And your heels so high
That you can't even have a good time
[Pre-chorus:]
Everybody look to their left (yeah)
Everybody look to their right (uh)
Can you feel that (yeah)
We're paying with love tonight
[Chorus:]
It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the price tag
Ain't about the (uh) Cha-Ching Cha-Ching
Ain't about the (yeah) Ba-Bling Ba-Bling
Wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the price tag.
4 Comments
It's shameful...utterly unacceptable...going to the electorate...with a party leader you think so little of that you leave him out of the image...has Goofy been THAT bad...look at what he has had to put up with..King Klinger and cunny...is it any wonder he has tossed in the towel...!
Dont they just.......
I always find that I can tell the quality of a person in a situation where they know they are going to "win" against someone else....if the ugliness is there it will come out...
JK has never stacked up for me but then Ive always detested yes men.......but like Obama the public love(d) him......I wonder how long that will last.......so it looks like National are pretty sure they are going to win....as the saying goes its Govn'v that lose elections and not oppositions that win them and that was certainly true in 2008. So nothing to see here so nothing to lose over....enough to give a slight flavour but leave lots of options open.....I quite expect that the party faithful will be pleased after the election as National swings to the right in actions of not words....
regards
Both Labour and National have done damage to the future of NZ over the last six or more years.
Damage is still damage even when it is done by ignorance or neglect- or dare I say it, personal agrandisement.
In a strange way my vote may well be based on which party is likely to do the least damage in the next three years and the best solution may be a parliament as close to "hung" as possible. Maybe Goff is not as dangerous as Key and certainly Key with a heavy majority is the most dangerous result I can imagine.
I would vote for any party (with influence) that is willing to change the RB Act to emphasise exporting ahead of all other policies. That is the only way to a satisfactory jobs market which automatically helps with reducing the costs of both health and crime.
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