If that really was the "defining event of this campaign" (as TVNZ's breathless autocue readers were telling us), this democracy needs a massive OD, because it is in a persistent vegetative state.

I believe my 3month old son was yelling in my ear and quite possibly vomiting on my shirt…

Did no-one tell him he was the Moderator?

I suspect both candidates had a policy of:

1. Letting the other person cut in on you and take over when you're talking is going to look really bad.
2. Trying to cut in on the other person and have them stop…

Did no-one tell him he was the Moderator?

It would be nice if he had a button to cut the mics.

Sadly, I lasted about ten minutes before my personal focus group (aka The Better Half) started screaming "fuck up you stupid cunts" and went off to the bedroom to…

Did no-one tell him he was the Moderator?

If cutting out the "minnows" was supposed to increase the signal to noise ratio in the right direction, could someone tell TVNZ they failed? Perhaps they don't really give a damn that the contribution to substantive campaign discourse was only visible under…

Did no-one tell him he was the Moderator?

Sadly, I'm sitting here tonight watching the Leader's debate and wondering what happened to the ardour.

Sadly, I lasted about ten minutes before my personal focus group (aka The Better Half) started screaming "fuck up you stupid cunts" and went off to the bedroom to watch a DVD. He's one…

By the way, David, you've just been outed as a "long time National supporter" — something you want to share with the group? :)

If I had to name a date, I'd have to say love first bloomed on the day I joined the Young Nats. Either that or the…

Russell, unfortunately someone who KNOWS how to spell has been out and about in Christchurch and covered up/replaced/stickered over all the Emmisions and Tolerence billboards, so now photos to be had

There's a tolerance one on the Port Chalmers highway near Maia down here, and driving home last night it…

It seems for be presenter for "um".

I'm beginning to wonder if it's presenter for "you don't expect anyone to believe that, do you?"

Oh, and I presume the RB has made a killing from selling off the $ at .79 last year.

I did no such thing.

But seriously, hell yes.

And in jock it would appear to be "obviously", usually compressed to two syllables.

[Edit] Not presenter. Reporter. I'll call it a Freudian Slip.

I just have one plea for Sean Plunkett – can he please stop saying "All right" after everything anyone else says, and before he asks his next question? It's really beginning to grate.....

I can't stand TV One's reporter's habit of saying "look" ever ytime they are "crossed to".

S…

And for once, I wish Plunket had actually "hectored" a bit more — you know, asked for straight and coherent answers to straight and coherent questions.

Sure, but the latter surely needs to proceed the former. It would be nice if Sean could stray from his scripted questions occasionally to…

OT but urgent-ish.

Could any Christchurch readers within reach of one of those "Zero tolerence [sic] for crime" Act billboards do me a favour and grab a photograph for me? And email it to me?

Ta.

The Emmisions ones (or at at least the ones I drive past on the…

Bollard gave a reasoned answer to a simplistic question

Tom: Thanks – I think we can just put you down as the designated Labour hack, but it would be nice if the Governor of the Reserve Bank could articulate things a little better than "we have operators standing by." You…

I do like the US scheme more – it requires banks to maintain particular liquidity requirements to qualify and puts a cap on how much per customer per bank they will cover (means you have to diversify that $5M across many banks both spreading your risk and the govt's).

Except…

In an ideal orthographical market, spellings should compete freely allowing the best ones to win. Doubters are simply clinging to woolly leftist beliefs in their foolish desire for a state-enforced…

I do like the US scheme more -…

Any idea where the tolerence bill boards are?

All the ones I've seen are tolerance.

We drove down to Ashburton on Thursday and passed about four of them. They were like little yellow punches to the face. I haven't seen any of the misspelled ones in town.

All the ones I've seen are tolerance.

Bollard gave a reasoned answer to a simplistic question, and Plunket fell back on his usual annoying dumb-ass hectoring that he adopts where he demands the answer be a bumper sticker.

Plunkett has been bad than good…

If you nationalise the banks we won't run them the way my mates and I have been doing it.

Meanwhile, Alan Bollard couldn't tell Sean Plunket this morning what constitues a "deposit", but if you ring the Reserve Bank's nifty 0800 number someone should be able to tell you. The…

Could any Christchurch readers within reach of one of those "Zero tolerence [sic] for crime" Act billboards do me a favour and grab a photograph for me? And email it to me?

Ta.

"I'm turning this in, ACT have need of my talents"

"Weren't there leaves back there when we walked in?"

"I have a new strategy – look into my shiny tie ... are you feeling sleepy ..."