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"Just checking, Lord, that you, at least are still with me?" 14 June, 2006.

"Just checking, Lord, that you, at least are still with me?" 14 June, 2006.

"Don't fret, sir - nobody believed John Lennon when he said he was out-polling your boy, so I don't think Obama is going to knock you off number 1, just yet." 22 January 2009.

"Don't fret, sir - nobody believed John Lennon when he said he was out-polling your boy, so I don't think Obama is going to knock you off number 1, just yet." 22 January 2009.

"Debt is up, unemployment is up, prices are up... Here's something that's down! Your popularity." 12 May 2009

"Debt is up, unemployment is up, prices are up... Here's something that's down! Your popularity." 12 May 2009

"I'm the target of a media frenzy! It's just one headline... after another." "What are you going to do?" "Enjoy it while it lasts." 11 August, 2008

"I'm the target of a media frenzy! It's just one headline... after another." "What are you going to do?" "Enjoy it while it lasts." 11 August, 2008

I want to be groovy.. no? tie wrong colour, shorts too short?... Gerry tells me Beatle wigs aren't groovy anymore. Yo!... no? 21 July 2006

I want to be groovy.. no? tie wrong colour, shorts too short?... Gerry tells me Beatle wigs aren't groovy anymore. Yo!... no? 21 July 2006

"The Reserve Bank is determined to bring inflation down below three percent...And my personal disapproval rating down below 100 percent..." 12 March, 2007

"The Reserve Bank is determined to bring inflation down below three percent...And my personal disapproval rating down below 100 percent..." 12 March, 2007

"It says here that the Prime Minister attended three functions on Valentines Day, then went home and cooked his wife a special dinner. When did you last do that?" 17 February 2010

"It says here that the Prime Minister attended three functions on Valentines Day, then went home and cooked his wife a special dinner. When did you last do that?" 17 February 2010

"Forty-eight percent of voters think you should resign." "So fifty-two percent think I should stay?" "The REST of the voters think you should be hung, drawn and quartered." 20 August, 2008

"Forty-eight percent of voters think you should resign." "So fifty-two percent think I should stay?" "The REST of the voters think you should be hung, drawn and quartered." 20 August, 2008

"OMG! That's so totally snifters!" "Sorry, what?" "Totally snifters. Something on the way out, like Winston Peters or social cohesion. It's... um... an expression I'm trying to popularize." 24 September, 2008.

"OMG! That's so totally snifters!" "Sorry, what?" "Totally snifters. Something on the way out, like Winston Peters or social cohesion. It's... um... an expression I'm trying to popularize." 24 September, 2008.

"This poll shows you as being the most unpopular politician at the moment!" "How unpopular?" "Don't stand in front of that window!!!" 22 May, 2003.

"This poll shows you as being the most unpopular politician at the moment!" "How unpopular?" "Don't stand in front of that window!!!" 22 May, 2003.

"The PM wants the party to be seen as funky, retro and cool" "What does he want me to do?" "Keep out of sight" 24 April 2010

"The PM wants the party to be seen as funky, retro and cool" "What does he want me to do?" "Keep out of sight" 24 April 2010

"It's digusting! They've been in there for ten months now..." "Gangway. Champagne and another ten dozen oysters for Mr Key..." 8 September 2009

"It's digusting! They've been in there for ten months now..." "Gangway. Champagne and another ten dozen oysters for Mr Key..." 8 September 2009

Popeularity - Benedict XVI joins 'Facebook' to reach a wider audience. 28 May 2009

Popeularity - Benedict XVI joins 'Facebook' to reach a wider audience. 28 May 2009

"All my recent muck-ups and indiscretions have seen me drop way down in the polls. NO ONE LOVES ME!!!" "The cartoonists and satirists do." 14 August, 2008

"All my recent muck-ups and indiscretions have seen me drop way down in the polls. NO ONE LOVES ME!!!" "The cartoonists and satirists do." 14 August, 2008

'Henry'. 1 August, 2008

'Henry'. 1 August, 2008

52% Approval Rate. Warning; Grows into short-tempered pit-bull. 23 December 2009

52% Approval Rate. Warning; Grows into short-tempered pit-bull. 23 December 2009

"Is it true you live outside of your electorate?" "He's so unpopular with his constituents he has to." 24 August, 2007

"Is it true you live outside of your electorate?" "He's so unpopular with his constituents he has to." 24 August, 2007

"Here's your problem in a nutshell, Phil. The same time unemployment is soaring at near record levels, so is John Key's popularity..." "Sometimes I lose the will to go on living..." 6 February 2010

"Here's your problem in a nutshell, Phil. The same time unemployment is soaring at near record levels, so is John Key's popularity..." "Sometimes I lose the will to go on living..." 6 February 2010

Repairing the levee? BUSH'S POPULARITY. 9 September, 2005

Repairing the levee? BUSH'S POPULARITY. 9 September, 2005

"Your vitriolic attack on the anti-stadium campaigners has worked! They've stopped criticising the stadium. They're now anti-you campaigners." 21 November, 2006.

"Your vitriolic attack on the anti-stadium campaigners has worked! They've stopped criticising the stadium. They're now anti-you campaigners." 21 November, 2006.