Swanny's Video Mashup

Every Friday throughout the campaign Crikey will present Swanny's latest video mashup, complete with all the week's cringe-making moments from the trail.

Week 5:

Two campaign launches, another Abbott "gaffe" and a Foreign Affairs Minister speaking French...

Week 4:

The Melbourne Cup ate all media coverage for the first few days of Week 4 (and still media tart Kevin Rudd managed to steal some limelight by backing the winner), then came the interest rate rise, and a sorry day for the Prime Minister that just wouldn't leave the headlines...

Week 3:

Tony Abbott, along with the rest of the nation, breathes a sigh of relief that with the passing of Week 3, we're over the hump (just.)

Week 2:

Enter the worm.

Saviour of Election 07, the worm kicked off an eventful Week 2 of the campaign, a week that included a whole lot of hecking.

Re-live all the highlights here, including the PM being heckled by angry power walkers, and the Opposition Leader being heckled by an angry Scottish accordian player. Maybe this election won't be so mind numbingly boring after all...

Week 1:

Is it just us or has the Prime Minister turned a brighter shade of orange this week?

Diffused through the special tint of YouTube, Howard looks like he's spent his holidays sunning himself on a beach in Phaic Tan, that or donned a paper g-string to employ the spraying services of his local St Tropez salon.

In the spirit of George Hamilton, here's Swanny's mash up for the week, with a nod to Oompa Loompas everywhere:

Election 07: Are You Ready?

It was a simpler time, before spin doctors and sound bites -- see Robert Menzies' eyebrows, John Hewson's GST cake, Hazel Hawke's tennis whites, John Howard shooting hoops, and of course, 'that' handshake...

Presenting Swanny's first video mashup -- Election 07: Are You Ready?