Who is watching the debate tonight?

[just_me_karen]

It's on at 6:30 on abc ( and other channels). You can download the Morgan poll reactor from the App Store and track your approval as you watch it. That's what I'm going to do 😄

I vaguely remember tony rabbit won a debate in the last election, I wonder how he'll go tonight.

[monman12]

"rofl, Lol,  haha."  I hope they work as reassurance!

Meanwhile, even though I prefer to do my own research, I will copy NW's figures:

Coalition             1.15      1.15      1.13

Labor                   5.5         5.5          6

Perhaps worth a little  "chuckle"?

[monman12]

"you have ignored the best we are likely to see"

A  definite candidate for the blooper thread that one !.

nɥºɾ

[lakeland27]

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@monman12 wrote:

"you have ignored the best we are likely to see"

A  definite candidate for the blooper thread that one !.

nɥºɾ

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   i don't see it being topped. . the inverted receptacle of wisdom . is that because mr murdoch (to invoke mark latham) has mr abbott hanging out of his. ?

[sniper_patrol]

So, both men, The Prime Minister of this nation and the Leader of the Opposition with the unbelievable amount of things they need to do, remember and say aren't allowed to refer to any notes.

I defy anyone in a position similar to theirs to carry out a one hour debate without any references to what they have done, said or are going to do in the future. They must have perfect memories about all things is all I can say.

No notes allowed. Who thought that stupidity up.

What Laurie Oakes said immediately after the debate was laughable particularly when the results of the audience participants was revealed.

[***super_nova***]

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No notes allowed. Who thought that stupidity up.

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I guess that those are the rules for debating competitions where the whole point is that people can argue a certain point of view and show their debating skills.  Political debates are not to show off, they suppose to help us to judge who we want to vote for, it supposes to give the leaders chance to question each other, and to explain their policies.  Therefore, "no notes rule" is totally ludicrous. 

[freakiness]

The rule wasn't no notes.

It was no documents and props. Pens and paper were allowed, if not for notes, for what? making paper planes? poking each other with pens?

[windrake]

Rudd didn't have just notes he had reams of documents. he's now lying about not being informed. yeah we so believe that

[just_me_karen]

I believe it. The electorate does too. He beat tony rabbit in the trust poll 😄

No way would Rudd take notes if he knew he was breaking the rules on national television, especially after the build up to the debate when rabbit was too chicken. Besides, I commented earlier about ink on his hand. That's because he was writing notes. So was rabbit.

[cherry*135]

Kevin Rudd hasn't denied that he did take notes in to the leaders' debate

No-one told me rules banning notes in leaders' debate: Kevin Rudd
From: The Australian

August 12, 2013 4:57PM 

KEVIN Rudd insists he was never told he wasn't allowed to bring notes to the leaders' debate.

The Coalition has accused the Prime Minister of cheating in the debate with Tony Abbott by using pre-prepared notes, in a clear breach of the rules.

But Mr Rudd said it would have been odd for him to appear on TV watched by millions thinking he could do something “on the sly”.

“You can't. So I acted in good faith and everyone would accept that,” he said.

“If someone had said to me it was not proper to take notes along to a debate, then, sure, that's fine. I was in receipt of no such advice,” Mr Rudd said.

Mr Rudd used notes when he debated John Howard in 2007 and also uses notes for media appearances.

He says that's because he prefers to be as accurate as he can, citing questions in Sunday's debate about productivity under Labor's Fair Work Act versus the Coalition's WorkChoices.

 ..............“There's a limit to how much you can scribble down on the palm of your hand,” he said.

“There's a limit to how many of Mr Abbott's three-word slogans you can actually get there to remember them all.”

Mr Abbott thought it was “odd” that Mr Rudd had turned up with a stack of notes and said he'd been told not to bring any.

But he said the important thing was that both were able to talk about their plans.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/election-2013/kevin-rudd-accused-of-cheating-in-lea...

[cherry*135]

Rudd didn't have just notes he had reams of documents.

One ream = 500 pages. Are you suggesting K Rudd had more than 500 pages of notes at the leaders' debate?