Re: Kevin Rudd degrades the office of PM
I think Rudd deserves every bit of the bashing he gets from this forum, and from various other sources. In fact he's even resorted to bashing himself by admitting tonight on TV that his performance as PM and the performance of his government haven't been up to scratch, and 'we're getting a good whacking, and we deserve it'. (his words, not mine).
The Peter Garrett debacle has been a joke. Typical ALP - just like they did when they took poor old Cheryl Kernot into the fold, they selected Peter Garrett on the basis of his high profile, irrespective of his lack of political experience.
Kernot at least had political experience, but little in the way of ability. Garrett had neither political experience nor ability.
It's a poor reflection on Rudd's judgement that he'd take on a bloke who is a tree hugger and a former rock star, and promote him to one of the senior government portfolios. Exactly what Garrett had to offer in the way of political ability, escapes me. But his high profile as a rock star was what attracted Rudd, not his political ability. I'd say that's a pretty poor reason for selecting someone to join the team that runs the country. Rudd is now learning that the hard way.
He and his unionist/rock star government are stumbling along like a bunch of amateurs, making one stuff up after another. As Calliope points out, they're sadly lacking in people who have experience in running an efficient business.
On top of that, Rudd is forever behaving like a dingbat by pulling stilly stunts to draw attention to himself and put across the image that he's a good, down to earth bloke.
The general public are starting to see straight through him. Pity they didn't see through him before they elected him, but better late than never.
I think Rudd deserves every bit of the bashing he gets from this forum, and from various other sources. In fact he's even resorted to bashing himself by admitting tonight on TV that his performance as PM and the performance of his government haven't been up to scratch, and 'we're getting a good whacking, and we deserve it'. (his words, not mine).
The Peter Garrett debacle has been a joke. Typical ALP - just like they did when they took poor old Cheryl Kernot into the fold, they selected Peter Garrett on the basis of his high profile, irrespective of his lack of political experience.
Kernot at least had political experience, but little in the way of ability. Garrett had neither political experience nor ability.
It's a poor reflection on Rudd's judgement that he'd take on a bloke who is a tree hugger and a former rock star, and promote him to one of the senior government portfolios. Exactly what Garrett had to offer in the way of political ability, escapes me. But his high profile as a rock star was what attracted Rudd, not his political ability. I'd say that's a pretty poor reason for selecting someone to join the team that runs the country. Rudd is now learning that the hard way.
He and his unionist/rock star government are stumbling along like a bunch of amateurs, making one stuff up after another. As Calliope points out, they're sadly lacking in people who have experience in running an efficient business.
On top of that, Rudd is forever behaving like a dingbat by pulling stilly stunts to draw attention to himself and put across the image that he's a good, down to earth bloke.
The general public are starting to see straight through him. Pity they didn't see through him before they elected him, but better late than never.