I think Moore sees himself as the after-dinner raconteur, when he's actually more like the embarrassing uncle at the wedding.

Nice one. Kiwibloggers appear to be rushing to claim him as one of their own, suggesting to me that he's finally found his constituency.

Kiwibloggers appear to be rushing to claim him as one of their own, suggesting to me that he's finally found his constituency.

has there been some kind of shady back-room deal?

bolger for moore, i mean.

Good luck with the anti-family violence campaign – for a public awareness campaign to be considered too successful (a'la the JK depression ads) in terms of stimulating demand is, I think, both fantastic (effectiveness) and faintly depressing (that the demand?

It would be good if the All Blacks donated the 'man of the match' prize to Women's Refuge, or Barnadoes, or or another agency that is working directly with families to stop violence, instead of the nice, safe, charities?

Che, I think he's lining up for his run at the leadership of ACT

I'd be surprised if ACT hadn't been on the phone to him already. They do seem to be a match.

Wonder if he can dance?

As a researcher for Labour, I recall Moore being an odd character within?

I'm not writing because I'm bored, I write because I can. My columns are carried in six countries. My last book was published in several languages and is in its third edition. I've written more books than Anderton's read.

And I have a website! It's like a blog. I get?

I've written more books than Anderton's read.

Character assassination, Muldoonism, yadda yadda. I wonder whether Basset is ghosting these columns for?

And I have a website! It's like a blog.

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I wonder whether Basset is ghosting these columns for Moore, there seems to be a certain consistency of approach.

Or is it just a lack of imagination? Perhaps he isn't fit to lead ACT after all.

Even the really boring ones like Palmer, Shirley and Dunne inadvertently went on to add some political spice later on.

One line spun that is about promoting Phil Goff, who I also sprayed in the article, was pure Nixon.

Is it just me, or is that a really, really poorly constructed sentence? Even in context, it's hard to work out what on earth he's talking about.

The sanctimonious nature of?

As for strange music covers, I quite like these 'celebrity' Pixies covers in particular the Bob Marley one

Those are brilliant! I thought it might be cheesy, but somehow hearing a man doing a Tina Turner impersonation singing "River Euphrates", well, it just sounded good.

The campaign against family violence that I'm part of launches at Parliament today.

Good on you Russell and the others for fronting up to this issue. I do have a concern, though, that celebreties fronting these issues sometimes make the issue somewhat 'cool' for the moment but long-term the lustre?

Interestingly, it is her ?twin? who is the most annoying of the lot.

Exactly! While the drunk versions of the characters end up committing some atrociously embarrassing acts, overall it's hard not to get the impression that they'd be better company than their sober selves.

Yeah, Drunk Dad seems like a hoot. Wouldn't you rather have a sozzled knees-up with him than hang?

Ah, that page! I forgot all about it. 'Levitate Me' in the style of the Beach Boys was my favourite, as I recall.

Ew that was horrible – but not quite as bad as 'Wave of Mutilation' getting the (sob) Bee Gees treatment. Don't know about anyone else, but half?

I don't know, the situation of that ad was someone elses wedding and Dad & his daughter were guests and it was closer to how I remebered the last time I did a back spin?

This isn't a partisan point: were I a right-winger I would be just as frustrated. There are much better critiques of the government that could be being made.

Terence, didn't you get the memo: The media are all Key's tame bitches anyway or tools of the dykeocracy or something... so?

What does Moore do these days?

As far as I could tell from the Listener piece on him a while back, he basks in the sun while his surprisingly hot wife swans around in a bikini.

Mike! (to steal someone else's line) where did it all go wrong?

Making head or tail of that first sentence isn't especially easy either.

Moore may not have sway in the caucus any longer but he is still a popular and credible figure in New Zealand.

In terms of his popularity, my hunch would be that (at least until last week), more than?

And isn't Anderton happy? No-one's paid him this much attention?

He?s obviously far more in touch with his constituency than I?d imagined.

Maybe Moore should take up blogging?

I think he should start with something less technically demanding. It appears there are blogs who'd cheerfully have him as a commenter.

Bur seriously: as I said last week, if Moore's prose reads like that after editing, what was it like when he filed?

Bur seriously: as I said last week, if Moore's prose reads like that after editing, what was it like when he filed it?

Amen to that: Mike's always needed editing.

When I was working in the Radio NZ newsroom as a tape op back in '93 Mike Moore would regularly?

And isn't Anderton happy? No-one's paid him this much attention since early 2002.

Certainly -and it must be a wee ego boost when this must have him quietly spewing into his cornflakes. If that isn't an admission that Anderton's 'jobs machine' never worked, I don't know what is.

It's not exactly a stirring resume, and I can't see how it all qualifies him to comment on a third term, first-elected female, prime minister who's recognised as an international leader of some stature.

Kyle, I think we're well aware – and have been for many years – that Helen?

But seriously .... Clark's?

Mike Moore ..... sorry, still can't get past the Lamb-burgers.

dc_red said:

Did Audrey Young really write this? If so, does she believe it?

"Moore may not have sway in the caucus any longer but he is still a popular and credible figure in New Zealand."

It?

"And then you put it in the Mike-rowave"

Sure,?

She has legs.....