Thursday, December 02, 2004
Don Brash - politician
An encouraging sign for National types last night as Dr Don appeared on Face to Face with Kim Hill. In a fairly assured performance all round, in front of a rather subdued Hill, Brash showed signs that he might well be able to handle Helen in debates.
The best example was when Hill tried to attack the Orewa speech and suggested that surely Maori were in need of help. After Brash reminded everyone that Labour had almost broken copyright law in adopting the 'need not race' mantra, Hill suggested that Maori were clearly over represented in all the wrong statistics (missing the point completely - but that's another post) - Brash simply asked her, "are they just as able".
Hill was speechless (in itself an unusual but wonderful thing),so sensing a simple winner, Brash repeated the question, nothing. And that was it - potentially damaging issue shut down with a points victory.
Kim Hill is no Helen Clark - but promising performance none the less.
