Pressing the Flesh with Voters
In an election fight with a rival, New Zealand Green Party MP Keith Locke, 61, declared that he would “run down the main street of Epsom naked if Rodney Hide wins.” Hide indeed won, so Locke, despite declaring he “really regretted” his statement, put on a g-string and had his body painted to look like he was wearing a business suit, and strolled down Broadway a tad more clad than promised. “I had to do it,” he said. “The Greens keep their promises.” (New Zealand Herald) ...Maybe, but like most political promises it turned out to be a bit more exaggerated than the reality.
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