Labour's Tamihere given a weeks taxpayer funded holiday for being a bigot
It was interesting to see the reaction to John Tamihere's recent interview with the trashy Investigate magazine when he revealed his true colours by ripping into women, unions and gays - as well as the rest of his colleagues.

The Prime Minister gave him a week's leave. How nice.

Any other working person who bad-mouthed their employers in the media would be down the road. But that just goes to show you that the elite live to a different set of rules to the rest of the human race.

The other interesting thing is how the media have been prattling about how Tamihere is somehow speaking out for the embattled kiwi male. What garbage.

Actually, Tamihere, like others of his ilk, represent a long and ugly history in this country: the ignorant, snarling, would-be tough guy who likes to keep the women in their place, sneer at minorities, and attack those who refuse to sit down and shut up like good little serfs, such as unionists.

Tamihere's comments read like the rantings of a would be tinpot dictator. If there was any evidence that the Labour Party has well and truly strayed from its once proud history as a progressive party of the working class then this is it. The fact that this yahoo has been given a week's holiday is a disgrace.

Any one considering voting Labour at this election should remember they are helping the career of a politician who said (in the one interview):

ON UNIONS
"They don't deserve to have that level of influence [in Labour]. I'm going to lead a charge against that very shortly because the party has to be updated to reflect where our societies and communities are, as opposed to where they were."

ON HOMOSEXUALS, LESBIANS
"I've got a right to think that sex with another male is unhealthy and violating."

ON MEN'S HEALTH
"Men's problems are traditionally dealt with by the criminal justice system. Women, on the other hand, get a bloody Cartwright inquiry and get millions of dollars thrown at their breasts and cervixes."

ON NATIONAL'S FINANCE SPOKESMAN, JOHN KEY
"He's going to be very good. I've got the greatest regard for John. One more term, he's a formidable character. He's the one that scares the s ... t out of me the most out of the whole bunch. I could go to bed comfortable at night knowing that he was in charge - fair dinkum, not a problem."

The Alliance Party has a different approach. We want to see unions build and grow as the democratic organizations of working people.
We support the positive changes in our society that have seen women and men become more equal, but we are still concerned that many women are disadvantaged by low-paid, casual jobs and other economic injustices.
We are also concerned about making sure men have access to health care.
We are against discrimination on the grounds of sexuality.
And we will not go to bed comfortable at night knowing that the National Party is in charge.

The Alliance has a very different vision of the future than Mr Tamihere of the "Labour" Party.
- posted by Victor @ 8:19 PM