But Bridges blissfully blathered away about the hundred grand donation and how he wanted to use it for attack ads, not realising that's exactly what it was going to be used for - by Ross against him.
No-one has yet explained why this donation wasn't declared within 10 days as it was required to be under the Electoral Act.
It was apparently broken down into seven fourteen grand donations, with another two grand thrown in, allegedly using some names that haven't been able to be traced through the electoral register.
The legality of that is now for the cops to ferret out.
It's the morality of the donation and why it was made that's potentially the smoking gun for the leader - and should send shivers up the spine of the electorate.
The main donor's a rich Chinese construction company boss and at a dinner with Bridges and Ross they were told he'd like a second Chinese MP.
It just so happens the donor's manager had put his name up as a candidate.
Bridges tells Ross it's bloody hard, there's only so much space, and it depends where they're polling but admits two Chinese MPs would be nice.
Ross tells him that two Chinese would be more valuable that two Indians, to which Bridges observes that's what they've currently got.
To even discuss getting an MP into Parliament on the back of a donation is morally reprehensible, suggesting a seat in Parliament can be bought.
They go on to discuss how MPs are expected to move on, with Bridges describing West Coast list MP Maureen Pugh as "f***ing useless" which he profusely apologised for, presumably after hearing himself on the tape.
That whole exchange, culminating in his view of Pugh, is the gun that'll soon be smoking.
