The Gillard Government

[todster]

Things can only get better .... Right?

According to the ASF political <> gallery the next election will be a landslide victory to the Libs and we will be saved from financial ruin.
Tony at the helm and Joe in the engine room we will steam ahead to greener pastures.

 

[joea]

According to the ASF political <> gallery the next election will be a landslide victory to the Libs and we will be saved from financial ruin.
Tony at the helm and Joe in the engine room we will steam ahead to greener pastures.

todster I am assuming you are saying that with "tongue in cheek".

joea

 

[noco]

todster I am assuming you are saying that with "tongue in cheek".

joea

No Joe, we are slowly converting him. He is starting to see the light.Yipee.

 

[sptrawler]

According to the ASF political <> gallery the next election will be a landslide victory to the Libs and we will be saved from financial ruin.
Tony at the helm and Joe in the engine room we will steam ahead to greener pastures.

I don't know about greener pastures, but at least the union will keep them honest, rather than aiding and abetting them.

 

[sptrawler]

I wonder where this video clip came from, what a nasty little bunch of cannibals.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-little-vegemite/story-fn3dxity-1226274691549

I wonder if the people who set up the tent embassy riot had anything to do with it.
No that would be too much of a coincidence, wouldn't it?
This government is going to make box office history when a movie is made.LOL

 

[drsmith]

This government is going to make box office history when a movie is made.LOL

With the leadership now a full scale civil war within Labor, it should be an entertaining week.

 

[Julia]

Yes, I'm all for the entertainment as long as it doesn't conclude with Rudd being restored to the Prime Ministership.

The idea of a third candidate, e.g. Stephen Smith, seems to have been dropped.
Imo that would be the only possible chance Labor would have of survival.

How on earth can people not remember how unpopular Rudd became, both inside and outside of government!

 

[drsmith]

How will Kevin Rudd respond ?

Will he bring it on ?

Is that what team Gillard is hoping for before he secures the numbers ?

 

[sptrawler]

I would think Rudd will leave his run untill after the Queensland bloodbath. Then all the labor members will see their fate.
Abbott has said this is a referendum on the carbon tax, I think it is a poll on the minority government as a whole.
If labor wins, Abbott is in trouble. If labor are hammered well gillard is toast, Bob will distance the greens from labor and Wilkie will morph into a liberal, Windsor will retire and Oakeshott has blown his political career. IMO

 

[drsmith]

How much longer can Labor go on like this ?

The Victorian MP Darren Cheeseman told The Sun-Herald many rank-and-file MPs had concluded her leadership was "terminal", a sign backbenchers are prepared to speak out about the leadership speculation dogging the government.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/rudd-row-gets-dirty-20120218-1tg9j.html

 

[joea]

I would think Rudd will leave his run untill after the Queensland bloodbath.

It appears Federal Parliament goes into recess just before the Qld state election.
If Rudd waits until they come back, she may have time to put out the fire.
It certainly going to be interesting, because its news time (6.03 am)and Rudd is on TV saying there is no challenge as we currently have a Prime Minister.
joea

 

[Logique]

I would think Rudd will leave his run untill after the Queensland bloodbath...

I don't expect a Rudd challenge until after the QLD election. Why should he, time is on his side now.

As for the video of Rudd released overnight, no prizes for guessing whose supporters were behind that. It's their style. So Rudd swears sometimes..shock horror, stop the presses. It won't hurt him.

 

[dutchie]

The occupants within the Gillard tent are getting very nervous now.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...urn-on-rudd-20120217-1teic.html#ixzz1mftSOOm5

If Krudd is so bad, according to Juliar supporters, why is he Minister of Foreign affairs????

 

[trainspotter]

If Krudd is so bad, according to Juliar supporters, why is he Minister of Foreign affairs????

ROFL ........ have you been paying attention? There will be a test after all this is over.

 

[noco]

I don't expect a Rudd challenge until after the QLD election. Why should he, time is on his side now.

As for the video of Rudd released overnight, no prizes for guessing whose supporters were behind that. It's their style. So Rudd swears sometimes..shock horror, stop the presses. It won't hurt him.

Logique, after watching AM Agenda and the Insiders this morning, I think we will see some action on the Rudd issue before the Queensland election.

Things are sure getting ugly there is no doubt about it.

 

[Calliope]

As for the video of Rudd released overnight, no prizes for guessing whose supporters were behind that. It's their style. So Rudd swears sometimes..shock horror, stop the presses. It won't hurt him.

You are right. The video gave him an opportunity for him to show us the new reformed Rudd.

Kevin Rudd, in response to the damaging leak of an expletive-ridden video of him when he was prime minister, has publicly disclosed his intentions, with declarations of having learned from his mistakes and wanting to get the government's message back on to the economy.

Giving what was literally a five minutes to midnight interview to Sky News, Rudd formalised and unveiled a campaign to return to the leadership that has been underway for months.

The release of the damning video and Rudd's response gives his campaign even more momentum amid an atmosphere of dirty tricks, ministers desperately trying to frighten backbenchers about Rudd's personality, and the possibility of an early election.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ime-ministership/story-fn59niix-1226274921618

 

[sptrawler]

It will be a hoot if Rudd get back in, Wilkie has said he will jump into bed with any one, Oakeshott has said he's only with julia. Julia will probably spit the chewy and leave politics, so I guess Oakeshott will have to go with her. LOL
All the pink batts will get pulled out of storage, Hardly Normal will stock up on plasmas.
Let the good times roll baby.
Bob, we forgot about Bob, oh well give him foriegn affairs, he can sort out that ffing chinese interpreter. LOL,LOL
This is better than National Lampoons.

 

[drsmith]

My bet is on a special meeting.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-...sis-nears-breaking-point/3838886?WT.svl=news0

 

[sptrawler]

I think I heard on the news Rudd has left the country, apparently has to do some navel gazing in outer Botswana. LOL,LOL,LOL

This is brilliant, classic Aussie comedy.

 

[joea]

Well I believe that Juliar will be looking forward to the bout with Kevin, because she believes that she will dispose of him again.

On a brighter note Tanya Plibersek was interviewed on a program on Sunday.
To listen to this woman speak and handle the political questions was something to behold.
To me she stands for everything that Gillard does not.
Its a crying shame she is not a member of the LNP.

How Tanya presented her self and spoke is what could be expected of a female PM.
One can be confident that her duties are being carried out with dignity and integrity.
Hopefully she can avoid being embroiled in the "mud slinging " of the PM saga.
joea