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Kevin Rudd's failed UN Secretary General bid : Comments
By Binoy Kampmark, published 29/7/2016That Rudd would even think he had a chance offers an insight into a particular brand of megalomania.
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How about a Prime Minister with the highest public approval rating of any Prime minister in Australia's history.
And a Prime Minister who had over 1 million twitter followers (10 times more than Julia Gillard).
And a Prime Minister who was never expelled or suspended from Parliament (as compared to the Totally Irksome Christopher Pyne who was sin bined 43 times, and the Inconsequential Anthony Albanese who was sin bined 30 times, and the Hated and Loathed Joy Hockey who was sin binned 27 times).
http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1314/DisorderlyConduct#_Toc374524752.
But acting against Rudd was that he was a Christian, which is almost political suicide in the Labor party.
And he was male, while the Labor party wanted a female Prime Minister to appease the feminists.
And Rudd did not fully play ball with the americans, and withstood attempts to increase the size of the US military base in Darwin.
http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/03/08/1226017/508173-110308-obama-handballs-gillard.jpg
So Rudd had to go.
But then Rudd had to be brought back as leader of the Labor party, or the Labor party was going to face its greatest election defeat in its history under the leadership of a feminist.
And the defeat was going to be so great the Liberal party could regain control of the lower house and the upper house, plunging Australia back into the abyss of the Howard era, but with Abbott as its leader.
All Australians should feel totally grateful Rudd was brought back as leader of the Labor party, as Rudd saved Australia from that abyss.