Editorial: Each Act funnier than the last one

When the television offerings become a wasteland of blandness, with no entertainment in sight, you can always rely on politics to come up with a couple of colourful one-act plays ... although the 'act' has turned sour on Rodney Hide in very recent times.
By the way ... what does ACT stand for?
I tried to find out but all its website says is "ACT stands for individual freedom and choice."
So the acronym would be ... IFC ... which is senseless.
A good reason to call the party ACT.
Another good reason is that if the party's ideals stood for "individual freedom for you" it wouldn't be a good look on the billboards.
The scuttling of Mr Hide, in favour of Don Brash (who once dabbled with the National Party) was an entertaining opening act to the next colourful show of the week starring John Key (professional wedding attendee) and "the opposition".
There's always been an opposition because unlike social parties, no one in political parties really get on.
One says "raise them" and the "opposition" will say "lower them."
They would argue for hours over the pronunciation of "tomato".
So the opposition flew into a furious rage over Mr Key using the taxpayers' dosh to pay for a helicopter to Auckland.
It had initially been a free ride, but Mr Key decided the bill (about $2000) should be paid.
Now I don't have a problem with that, because my understanding is he has a travel expenses budget and this would have come out of it.
Had it been $20,000 (which one or two members of the opposition were once caught out over using for travel) then I may have been miffed.
Besides, no one has publicly vented their venom over the fact Hone Harawira can pick up $50,000 (yes, of taxpayers' money) to set up a new party.
A party which he has suggested (after a run-in with the new ACT leadership) which will rid the land of the Third Reich. But come on Hone ... Brashy hasn't got a moustache.
And then he suggested that Osama bin Laden was a freedom fighter ... fighting for his people, for his tribe.
However, I would have to suggest that he may change his mind next time he embarks on some overseas junket and is delayed at the airport for 55 minutes because of additional "security" precautions.
Ahhh politics ... it's a laugh a minute and no scriptwriter could compete with this remarkable and entertaining reality show.
All paid for by the taxpayer.