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  • The Letter (New Zealand's Richard Prebble comment on Bush and Howard electoral victories)

    11/07/2004 5:15:34 PM PST · by NZerFromHK · 21 replies · 1,248+ views
    The ACT Party (New Zealand) ^ | Monday 8 Nov 2004 | Richard Prebble
    WE PICKED IT The Letter predicted George Bush ‘s victory, we said 52-48%, it was 51-48%. We also predicted correctly the Republicans would increase their majority in Congress. Despite sending journalists to America no NZ mainstream media predicted a Republican win. The NZ media gets most of its American news coverage via the British media who have been hostile towards Bush from the start. This is not new. The same media wrote off Ronald Reagan as a “B-grade” actor. The Letter picked a Republican victory because of a fundamental political shift taking place in America. George Bush is the first...
  • NEW ZEALAND: Richard Prebble quits as ACT leader

    04/26/2004 8:35:19 PM PDT · by shaggy eel · 27 replies · 213+ views
    NZ Press Associaition | April 27 2004 | NZPA
    UPDATED REPORT Richard Prebble has resigned as leader of the ACT Party, he announced today. He told a press conference that it was the best thing for the party, which has been struggling in the polls. His resignation comes just an hour after Act MPs collectively said there was no threat to his leadership. Just yesterday Prebble dismissed speculation he was about to resign, saying the leadership issue was not being discussed at today's caucus meeting. "No one has raised it with me in the last four weeks," he said. Despite his confidence there had been rumours of his demise...