Kevin Rudd: The next UN Secretary General?

Tisme · 29 March 2016

dutchie said:
Dear UN

Please please please elect Kevin Rudd as your next Secretary General.

Kevin has some fine qualities:

1. He’ always there to help (My name's Kevin, I'm from Queensland and I'm here to help.)

2. He likes gourmet food (The Earwax incident) and especially airline food, (he was forced to apologise to an RAAF cabin attendant)

3. He speaks a number of languages (F***ing English, D***head English and of course F***ing Mandarin)

4. International diplomacy skills ("Those Chinese f**kers are trying to rat-f**k us.")

5. He is able to fawn to international dignitaries (Mr Rudd spotted then US President George W Bush across the room and saluted him.)

6. He loves using words that no one else understands (Fair shake of the sauce bottle, gotta zip, Programmatic specificity)

7. He always wants to look good (Kevin Rudd throws hairdryer tantrum in Afghanistan )

8. He is very good at apologising ("We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians")

9. He’s a pompous ass.

10. Finally his most impressive quality, which no doubt will hold him in good stead at the UN, is his ability to waste huge sums of money.

With all these qualities he should fit right in to the UN

So in ending this plea I can only say that Kevin f***ed up Australia so there is no reason why he can’t do the same for you.

I am sure there are many people in the world who would agree and think that he should be given a go!

PS Another bonus is that while Kevin is in the UN (if elected) he’s not in Australia.

Be cool to see him throw a hissy fit with the incumbent staff.

One thing about Kevin in his favour is that he is no Manchurian candidate and truly sees himself a citizen of the world and a big stage player.... rather rare for Australians. Otherwise it's basically a titular role that requires standing on podiums condemning the worlds bullying filth for behaving like the world's bullying filth with nothing but a feather duster as corporal punishment.

noco · 22 April 2016

It looks like the Chinese have cooked Ruddies chances of becoming UN General Secretary.

Kevvie ....I think it will be out to green pastures very soon with tears in your eyes......F the Chinese..F F F.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...d/news-story/2df7afaf67a3c8d06431d13268c004aa

SirRumpole · 22 April 2016

What would you say to Tony Abbott for that position noco ?

noco · 22 April 2016

SirRumpole said:
What would you say to Tony Abbott for that position noco ?

I don't that would be a good idea.....He would not have a chance because to get into that top UN job you would have to be a good Green Socialist.

Julia Gillard would fit into the job better than Kevin Rudd.

Now then why didn't somebody nominate our Julia.

SirRumpole · 22 April 2016

noco said:
I don't that would be a good idea.....He would not have a chance because to get into that top UN job you would have to be a good Green Socialist.

Julia Gillard would fit into the job better than Kevin Rudd.

Now then why didn't somebody nominate our Julia.

Oh yes that would be fun !

The Killing Season Pt II

sptrawler · 22 April 2016

noco said:
I don't that would be a good idea.....He would not have a chance because to get into that top UN job you would have to be a good Green Socialist.

Julia Gillard would fit into the job better than Kevin Rudd.

Now then why didn't somebody nominate our Julia.

Why would JUlia want it? when she can swan about on a taxpayer funded retirement, of around $300,000 p.a.
She must wonder, how the minions are going, in the age of entitlement.lol

noco · 18 July 2016

Here we go again...Rudd's long ambition reignited again.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/fed...a/news-story/b5e5928db04c2dc3bfc53e0a1045974c

The future of Kevin Rudd will be a first order of business in an early cabinet meeting for the newly re-elected Turnbull government.

The government will have to decide, probably in a cabinet meeting next week, whether to formally nominate the former Labor prime minister as a candidate to succeed Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General of the UN.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed on Sky News today that Mr Rudd had requested the government nominate him as a candidate, saying it would be a matter for cabinet.

Can you believe Rudd is on the priority list of Government business?

drsmith · 18 July 2016

I think the government will as a matter of courtesy but whether or not he gets the job is another matter.

If the UN has any sense, they'll politely request Kevin to step his ambitions back into the cryogenic freeze and then send it off to Jabba's palace on Tatooine.

They'll be no rescue party this time after that as it's a bit further away than the dark catacombs under the then ruins of the house of Labor.

SirRumpole · 18 July 2016

drsmith said:
I think the government will as a matter of courtesy but whether or not he gets the job is another matter.

If the UN has any sense, they'll politely request Kevin to step his ambitions back into the cryogenic freeze and then send it off to Jabba's palace on Tatooine.

They'll be no rescue party this time after that as it's a bit further away than the dark catacombs under the then ruins of the house of Labor.

Helen Clarke seems a lot more stable and more likely to get the job, but I agree with Dr Smith that the Coalition will probably endorse Rudd for reasons of national image.

bellenuit · 18 July 2016

SirRumpole said:
but I agree with Dr Smith that the Coalition will probably endorse Rudd for reasons of national image.

...and don't forget non-altruistic reasons like expecting tit for tat when one of theirs wants something similar when Labor are in power

Wysiwyg · 18 July 2016

drsmith said:
If the UN has any sense, they'll politely request Kevin to step his ambitions back into the cryogenic freeze and then send it off to Jabba's palace on Tatooine.

Yeah he is a bit scattered from my observations. Oh and talk about defensive. Internal combustion at any moment. :bad:

Tisme · 18 July 2016

bellenuit said:
...and don't forget non-altruistic reasons like expecting tit for tat when one of theirs wants something similar when Labor are in power

They certainly didn't pass on the opportunity to take a seat in the Security Council after spending the previous six years laughing their ar5es off at the impudence of Rudd vying for it.

He also mainstreamed 'programmatic specificity'.

Rudd is a consummate public servant, albeit with a nasty streak about him. He's well regarded by the political elite around the world. But he's not a female and he's not East European.

drsmith · 18 July 2016

Tisme said:
Rudd is a consummate public servant, albeit with a nasty streak about him.

You are speaking personally from the perspective of someone that has worked under his style of leadership ?

dutchie · 21 July 2016

The United Nations is a noble organisation dedicated to the principle that there is no international crisis that cannot be made infinitely worse.

Obviously, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is the ideal individual to lead such an organisation.

In the field of outstanding incompetence, Kevin Rudd is your gold medal winner every single time. Let’s imagine the outcomes if UN secretary-general Kevin takes charge of the world’s current major issues.

From Tim Blair
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/

SirRumpole · 21 July 2016

dutchie said:
The United Nations is a noble organisation dedicated to the principle that there is no international crisis that cannot be made infinitely worse.

Obviously, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is the ideal individual to lead such an organisation.

In the field of outstanding incompetence, Kevin Rudd is your gold medal winner every single time. Let’s imagine the outcomes if UN secretary-general Kevin takes charge of the world’s current major issues.

From Tim Blair
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/

Anyone who thinks that the UN Sec Gen has any power or influence is delusional.

Their only role seems to be in pleading to countries to be responsible. The position is totally subservient to global multi-national power plays, and I really don't know what Kevvy thinks he can achieve.

dutchie · 21 July 2016

Any Government, that endorses Kevin Rudd for the UN Secretary-General position, is not fit to govern.

Tisme · 1 August 2016

It's good to see the public service are correcting the absence of truth by leaking information. I think we all knew Malcolm would have to decide in favour of the haters in his party, but it gives a dimension to the paralysis that is to come when we find out he went against Dept of Foreign Affairs and our two top international diplomats Alex Downer/Joe Hockey's recommendation to back Kevin.

Gotta be galling for Mal to be at the mercy of the hardliners who know the value of their one vote majority.

bellenuit · 1 August 2016

Tisme said:
It's good to see the public service are correcting the absence of truth by leaking information. I think we all knew Malcolm would have to decide in favour of the haters in his party, but it gives a dimension to the paralysis that is to come when we find out he went against Dept of Foreign Affairs and our two top international diplomats Alex Downer/Joe Hockey's recommendation to back Kevin.

Gotta be galling for Mal to be at the mercy of the hardliners who know the value of their one vote majority.

Perhaps, but he did tell Rudd in March (I think) that he would not support him according to media reports.

And even if Mal succumbed to the right faction of his party, then thank heavens for that. He has saved the world from having Kev as the UN leader.

The fact that many in Labor (and the coalition) thinks that jobs for the boys is not just OK but even a right no matter how unsuitable the candidate (and he is unsuitable by all previous pronouncements by Labor themselves) is the issue we should be concerned with here, not Rudd's thwarted ambitions (and remember he is well taken care of as Ex-PM). If this leads to Labor not doing a tit-for-tat in the future, well and good.

Tisme · 1 August 2016

bellenuit said:
Perhaps, but he did tell Rudd in March (I think) that he would not support him according to media reports.

And even if Mal succumbed to the right faction of his party, then thank heavens for that. He has saved the world from having Kev as the UN leader.

The fact that many in Labor (and the coalition) thinks that jobs for the boys is not just OK but even a right no matter how unsuitable the candidate (and he is unsuitable by all previous pronouncements by Labor themselves) is the issue we should be concerned with here, not Rudd's thwarted ambitions (and remember he is well taken care of as Ex-PM). If this leads to Labor not doing a tit-for-tat in the future, well and good.

It is a considered right of passage to use the talent of people who have risen to the top of their game.

The arrogance of Malcolm in determining what is best for the world, when he probably has no idea what the role calls for and the credentials needed is appalling; the task of foreign diplomats and professional diplomats is not party politik but a esprit de corps of people who speak a language and semaphore that cuts through personality and petty party hates.

I'm sure there is an army of armchair Australians out there who looked on with glee at seeing our man get his just deserts at the hands on Malcolm.... I just wonder how many of those people understand how international politics works and how thick the hides of the people in there are.

sptrawler · 1 August 2016

drsmith said:
You are speaking personally from the perspective of someone that has worked under his style of leadership ?

You may have nailed it.

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