tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post8387438481308088270..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: "ACT brand has been irredeemably damaged"Lindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-31323859264514161652012-08-10T12:09:10.817+12:002012-08-10T12:09:10.817+12:00"...the nasty libertarians who have took [sic..."...the nasty libertarians who have took [sic] over the party..."<br /><br />It is precisely because libertarians have been expunged from ACT, with conservative John Banks now the flagbearer, that the party has imploded.Richard McGrathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-18797285851878076762012-08-07T10:10:55.498+12:002012-08-07T10:10:55.498+12:00It is ironic that the nasty libertarians who have ...It is ironic that the nasty libertarians who have took over the party have made it a lot more likely that the Conservative Party will be in Parliament in 2014.Chuck Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-48275615528385521562012-08-07T09:40:26.459+12:002012-08-07T09:40:26.459+12:00I agree. I did not vote ACT in the last election b...I agree. I did not vote ACT in the last election because any party with an aging Muldoonist like Banks in it is not for my vote. I feel I am left now with no one to vote for next election.brian_smallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402642885274753098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-73861396211249262132012-08-07T09:12:55.083+12:002012-08-07T09:12:55.083+12:00The ACT party should've remained true to its o...The ACT party should've remained true to its original values - The Association of Consumers & Taxpayers - solely focused on sound fiscal management, competition in education, greater private sector involvement in heath services, smaller government, and end to the TOW gravy train and law & order.<br /><br />Instead, the whole party was wrecked by Catherine Judd / Isaac, (whatever she calls herself these days) and her dopey "liberal party" experiment - a feeble attempt to court these mystical "professional urban liberal" voters. Yes, the same voters who turn out 1000 ticks for the Libertarians each election.<br /><br />For ACT to have remained successful it needed to adhere to it's original foundings: the left-wing progressives need to be kept the hell away from it in future.Rednecknoreply@blogger.com