Letter to the Editor – An own-goal from a particularly stupid National Supporter

Written by Ben Ross - Talking Auckland

Something to make you smile and go OWN GOAL.
Now if we use the Exchange rate and go from US$50 then to keep it level he should have been paying around the NZ$60 mark. So heck an over 50% pay cut? Yeah own goal

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There was something about this letter that didn’t quite ring true…

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Dave Christie - Titahi Bay - National Party

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It seemed “too cute” by far. Too clever. And it seemed familiar, as if I’d read the story elsewhere – or something similar to it.

Sure enough…

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michelle bachmann - right wing fuckwitry

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Which prompted this response from me to the Dominion Post’s editor…

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from: Frank Macskasy <fmacskasy@gmail.com>
to: Dominion Post <letters@dompost.co.nz>
date: Thu, Oct 2, 2014
subject: Letter to the Editor

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The editor
Dominion Post

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Re Dave Christie’s letter, telling the story about his “friend’s little girl wanting to grow up to the the Prime Minister so she could house and feed all the homeless people; and then Christie replies they should all mow his lawns for $25 and do other work around his house”.(1 Oct)

Perhaps Mr Christie could have added that the story was actually lifted, almost word-for-word, from Republican House Representative…

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