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Kevin Rudd for PM

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moXJO said:
Thank God you're gone ruddy. And all just to increase his popularity
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If you read the many comments following the article, it's fairly obvious any intention of increasing his popularity has been a dismal failure.
A quite astonishing collection of vituperation toward the ex PM.

You'd have to wonder how he feels when he reads that sort of comment about his behaviour? Perhaps, though, he's so deluded he simply thinks everyone else is wrong.
 
Julia said:
...You'd have to wonder how he feels when he reads that sort of comment about his behaviour? Perhaps, though, he's so deluded he simply thinks everyone else is wrong.
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This likely delusional behaviour doesn't seem to be limited to Rudd. Gillard and Swan appear be right up there with him...:D
 
Julia said:
If you read the many comments following the article, it's fairly obvious any intention of increasing his popularity has been a dismal failure.
A quite astonishing collection of vituperation toward the ex PM.

You'd have to wonder how he feels when he reads that sort of comment about his behaviour? Perhaps, though, he's so deluded he simply thinks everyone else is wrong.
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Well Julia, I do believe Rudd had given up his dream of becoming UN Secretary General with his determination to demolish Julia Gillard during the past couple of months. It was pretty obvious he was angling to retrieve his old job as PM., but it is now becoming apparent that he will not be successful with either position. What he does from here on will be interesting indeed.
 
Judging by the amount of travel and cost to the tax payer, Rudd has not given up on his ambition to claim a seat on the UN general assembly and his further dream of becoming UN General Secretary. It is all about popularising himself with world leaders. However,from the bits and pieces one accumulates, indications are that many world leaders consider Rudd to be of little significancts and his chances of realising his dreams are slowly dimimishing.
Furthermore, his come back as Prime Minister is also fading. So where to now Mr. Rudd?
http://blogs.news.com.au/couriermai...ermail/comments/rudd_a_very_foreign_minister/
 
noco said:
Well Julia, I do believe Rudd had given up his dream of becoming UN Secretary General with his determination to demolish Julia Gillard during the past couple of months. It was pretty obvious he was angling to retrieve his old job as PM., but it is now becoming apparent that he will not be successful with either position. What he does from here on will be interesting indeed.
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I think he is pretty much me, me and he has probably worked out the best outcome is to fulfill his bucket list of places to see.
They (labor) have nothing on their agenda that has any long term upside. Even their partners (greens) are prepared to compromise on their carbon price demands.
It's sad but this whole debacle is heading down the toilet, even Julia is saying we are going for the long term. One assumes this is for her parliamentary pension and she has convinced Bob Brown to do the same.
Who knows how much this will cost to unwind.
 
I do hope, that now the NRL Grand Final is out of the way, the NSW ALP can get rid of Julia Gillard, and get Kevin Rudd back in to the Lodge.

This is a necessary pre-requisite for a snap election before Christmas.

Tony Abbott expects to go head to head with Rudd, so the sooner it happens the better.

Come on Sussex St., get a move on. Otherwise we won't see Tony as PM until late 2012.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
...Otherwise we won't see Tony as PM until late 2012.

gg
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And will there be anything left of labor if that happens?

What's the point of having such a massive majority for the coalition and a weak opposition? That's the other extreme to being held to ransom by minor people in a minority government and neither extreme is good for the country, imo.

Surely labor MPs can see that their electorates are fuming and that their careers are over if they don't do something? I don't understand why they have waited so long and watched on like stuffed mullets while Gillard has steadily alienated voters since her carbon tax announcement earlier this year.

A snap election BEFORE carbon tax is legislated would likely give labor some favour in the polls.
 
ABC Radio reported today that when Mr Rudd was asked about Mr Richardson's comments, he suggested the reporter should consider that Mr Richardson is probably suffering from relevance deprivation syndrome.

I thought it was quite funny, given Mr Rudd's behaviour since being deposed is a pretty perfect example of said syndrome.

The 14 year old boy being held in Bali on a possible drugs charge is manna from heaven for our Kev. He gets to sound in charge and oh so compassionate.
Just listening to him over the last 24 hours reminds me all over again how utterly pompous and awful he is.
 
The Rudd govt was absolutely paralysed by his inability to delegate and refusal to take advice (while insisting everyone give it to him at 5 a.m.). I doubt he's changed. Probably got worse, with a sense of being hard done by to back it up. Just because he's popular with the people doesn't mean they'll make the same mistake again. One can but hope not.
 
Kevin 11 is trying so hard to recapture his old job with the reason he does not won't Tony Abbott to become Prime Minister.

I think it is becoming more evident by the day, his bid for a seat on the UN is diminishing as his popularity with world leaders is below his expectations.

It is now a matter of whether the Labor power brokers will entertain his return. That is the burning question.




http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...on-tax-is-cooked/story-e6frgd0x-1226161585465
 
noco said:
What a tangled web is appearing in the Labor Party.

I wish to hell they would get it over and done with and have an election for the voters to decide.
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Hi noco

It doesn't matter who runs the Labor Party/Libs-Nats because the Greens run the Senate for the next six years.

cheers
gumbylearner
 
GumbyLearner said:
Hi noco

It doesn't matter who runs the Labor Party/Libs-Nats because the Greens run the Senate for the next six years.

cheers
gumbylearner
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Well that may not be the case. If Abbott did become Prime Minister whether this year or next year,there my be a possibility that the Greens may defeat legislation in the senate. If it is represented a second time and is defeated, Abbott may call the Greens bluff with a double dissolution of both houses, which means the Greens may lose control of the senate and as long as voters become more aware of the Greens idiology, the less support they will get. I think you will also find that most of the Greens got in on Labor and Liberal preferences. Imho that will not happen again. So things could change very quickly.
 
noco said:
Well that may not be the case. If Abbott did become Prime Minister whether this year or next year,there my be a possibility that the Greens may defeat legislation in the senate. If it is represented a second time and is defeated, Abbott may call the Greens bluff with a double dissolution of both houses, which means the Greens may lose control of the senate and as long as voters become more aware of the Greens idiology, the less support they will get. I think you will also find that most of the Greens got in on Labor and Liberal preferences. Imho that will not happen again. So things could change very quickly.
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One can only hope.
 

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