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Liveblogging Krudd on Q&A

Thursday 22 May 2008, 9:37 pm

The Editor

Categories: Media, Politics

Tags: ABC, KevinRudd, Q&A, TonyJones

9.36pm: Gratuitous shot of woman wearing burqa in audience.

9.36pm: Crowd gives self round of applause.

9.38pm: Oil price is a “hydra-headed monster”. Wha?

9.39pm: Crowd claps nervous man for saying word “solar”.

9.41pm: Slightly mangled cliche — “nail it on the head”.

9.42pm: Angry woman is angry about job losses in solar industry but probably doesn’t give a feck about jobs in the timber industry.

Special comment from Bron (via Gmail chat): Boring as batshit. Rudd needs to put bunny ears on or something.

9.48: Audience member wisely notes that prices of groceries, petrol etc. are things that government (of either persuasion) don’t have much influence on. Rudd simply says phrase “silver bullet” for third time.

9.49: Rudd and Tony Jones have fun making fun of Liberal leadership vacuum and struggle.

Special comment from Wah (via Gmail chat): Pretty brave of Rudd to appear on the first one without knowing how the show works.

9.50pm: Camera angle of audience member asking question has an awesome set of norks in background of shot.

9.52pm: “Rinky dink”. Is Rudd freakin’ serious?

9.53pm: Rudd on oil prices — “not invading Iraq would’ve helped.” BAM!

9.56pm: zzzzzzzzzz.

9.57pm: If nothing else, Rudd seems extremely across the details of a large range of policy areas.

9.58pm: Viewer email — “I’m a disabled pensioner with [insert list of terrible circumstances here]. What can you do for me?” And that got me thinking about where the bonus for inner city latte-sipping DINKS was.

9.59pm: Audience applauds Rudd’s reminder that Howard was evil.

10.01pm: Audience member — “My wife and I have a combined income of about $100,000 and want to have a baby. What should we do?” How about thinking for yourself and stop looking for government payments to reward your personal decisions?

10.03pm: Rudd has got a few big laughs from the crowd now and is clearly gunning for more.

The Editor notes: Thank God I’ve got this glass of Bushmills 10yo to get me through this.

10.05pm: Viewer email — “What’s your personal view on gay marriage?” Audience explodes into applause. Obviously a bunch of rabid RWDBs indicating terrible ABC bias in audience selection.

10.06pm: Rudd tries to argue that his personal views are not relevant and clearly the audience doesn’t agree.

10.07pm: Ack! Teh gays are everywhere in the audience!

10.08pm: This audience clapping at the slightest provocation is pissing me off.

Special comment from Wah (via Gmail chat): Pass on my extreme anger at the clapping. Oh, and another mincer!

10.10pm: Tony Jones — “What would Dietrich Bonhoeffer think of Christmas Island?” Krudd — “He’s dead.” Pwned.

10.12pm: Asylum seeker in audience… *applause*… “I am an asylum…” *applause*… “…seeker…” *applause*… “…and I came to…” *applause*…

10.13pm: Question — “Should Australia have a bill of righ…” *applause*

10.15pm: Krudd the comedian — “When’s the ad break?” Stop the jokes now, Kev.

10.16pm: Question — “Do you plan to repeal any Howard government legislation in relation to the NT interven…” *applause*

Special comment from Wah (via Gmail chat): I can’t believe how long it takes to get the microphone to people. I’ve been to special council meetings better organised.

10.18pm: The audience is a sea of minorities. Where are the working families? Won’t somebody think of middle Australia?!?!11??!/?

10.19pm: Question — “Why was Mal Brough (pronounced incorrectly) left off indigenous housing war council?” Rudd rightly tells her to flock off.

10.23pm: SMS question — “If Australia must work smarter to survive why did government cut CSIRO budget?” Rudd idiotically tries to justify cut by obliquely referring to other budget boosts. Hints there may be raises in funding in future.

Special comment from Wah (via Gmail chat): That CSIRO question deserved applause.

10.25pm: Rudd learned Mandarin because he felt like it and he grew up on a farm and he slept in the back of a car and…

The Editor’s prediction of next question: What’s your favourite colour?

10.27pm: Question — “How will you prevent bad decisions…” Damn.

10.28pm: Rudd knows he’s done well. He’s looking comfortable in his chair with an arm casually over the back.

10.29pm: Rudd’s vision for the future: “How do we make Australia into the best educated, skilled, trained economy in the world?” Education revolution!

10.30pm: Rudd — *stabs thumb over shoulder* “Make sure that nobody’s left behind.” Spew.

10.31pm: “Video mash” finale with another (!) Hugh Atkin Rudd propaganda video.

10.32pm: All over. Blech, that was underwhelming.

23 Comments

THR (Thursday 22 May 2008, 9:54 pm) #

I second Bron. It’s boring.

And why does Tony Jones seem so toothless in his interviews these days? He seems like he’s discussing scones rather than politics when he sits down with perpetual media tarts Rudd or Dolly these days.
Wah (Thursday 22 May 2008, 9:55 pm) #

Fuck! Missed the norks.
Wah (Thursday 22 May 2008, 9:58 pm) #

THR Jones is acting as moderator not interviewer in this case. The purpose of the shopw is for plebs to ask the questions.
Wah (Thursday 22 May 2008, 9:59 pm) #

Some of these questions seem like Dorothy Dixers
THR (Thursday 22 May 2008, 10:02 pm) #

My point still holds. He could encourage the plebs to be bolshie. And he still treats Dolly with kid gloves, compared to what he could do.
Bron (Thursday 22 May 2008, 10:13 pm) #

And why do they clap everytime a question is asked????

WHY?!
Wah (Thursday 22 May 2008, 10:21 pm) #

Do you think Bolt will complain about the ABC stacking the audience with lefties, gays, Aborigines and Muslims?
Bron (Thursday 22 May 2008, 10:34 pm) #

Will Bolt complain?

OF COURSE!!

Duh!
cosmicjester (Thursday 22 May 2008, 10:36 pm) #

what was with the woman in the front who kept talking over and interupting everyone, rudd should have gotten his goons to take her out
Bron (Thursday 22 May 2008, 10:36 pm) #

It’s all over and I burnt my bloody tongue just now! Testing my curry. Damn you, Rudd!
joe2 (Thursday 22 May 2008, 10:53 pm) #

“10.01pm: Audience member — “My wife and I have a combined income of about $100,000 and want to have a baby. What should we do?”

Maybe you should think about planting it in something other than the fleshlight, dickhead.
…thought Kev.
Zombie Mao (Thursday 22 May 2008, 11:11 pm) #

Yay no need to watch Q and A as it has already been summarized here.

Sometimes its good to be 2 hrs behind.

*applause*

*more applause*

*standing ovation*
Dave from Albury (Friday 23 May 2008, 12:09 am) #

I now feel that my decision to play GTA4 instead of watching Q&A was an extremely good one.
Damian (Friday 23 May 2008, 4:13 am) #

Wish I had been watching at 9.50.
Ant Rogenous (Friday 23 May 2008, 7:29 am) #

Classic stuff, Ed. I feel like I was there (and need a really hot shower).
Ross Sharp (Friday 23 May 2008, 8:04 am) #

Will Bolt complain? Your wish has been granted … “Is there some casting company that supplies all the ABC studio audiences to ensure an even balance - between greens and Labor voters?”
Judas Kiss (Friday 23 May 2008, 9:09 am) #

Has Krudd’s six shooter got any ammo at all?
Shermozle (Friday 23 May 2008, 10:23 am) #

Has Krudd’s six shooter got any ammo at all?

Have you seen the spot price on silver these days?
spuddgunner (Friday 23 May 2008, 11:46 am) #

9.50pm: Camera angle of audience member asking question has an awesome set of norks in background of shot.

I’m so glad someone else recognised the control room was more interested in Norks than Rudd. They were pretty good norks.

However you missed my favourite line of the night, which gave me much mirth…

Rudd: ‘Well, you can’t turn the Queen Mary around overnight…’

I reckon the crew of the QM would disagree.

As my bf commented, you cannot turn a silver bullet around overnight.

What a fucking setup toothless interview that was.
Phill (Friday 23 May 2008, 12:43 pm) #

The Ruddster,Tony Jones, and the audience had a combined i.q. of 160. Take out 99 for the Ruddster,and let me see!they’re all dumb cunts.

Talk about a mob of fucking seals,with all that clapping some fucker should have thrown them a fish.

And that big fuck that had to decide if he should have a baby? Well I could go round to his place with an expensive red, and make his mind up for him.

And my wife wants to know why I drink.
Darryl Mason (Friday 23 May 2008, 1:32 pm) #

Some people seemed genuinely angry, or annoyed, but Rudd managed to bore them in sedation. The difference to Howard is that he seemed to make angry people even angrier.

Not exactly riveting television.
Chade (Friday 23 May 2008, 3:25 pm) #

re: norks. +1.
John Surname (Friday 23 May 2008, 4:44 pm) #

Disappointed. No tits.