Marko is right, Rudd Labor undertook a deliberate rehabilitation of Keatings reputation to take ownership of the good times and present the ALP as responsible economic managers.

They claimed the significant reforms of the financial sector as the work of the Keating/Hawke years. And they were.

It is worthwhile pointing out Rudds polemic contains not just a new or expanded philosophical line but also a cynical political theme.

Mr Rudd won the election on work choices and then works his staff half to death. I wonder if he includes his successful wife Theresa in on his rants about evil capitalism. Nothing more needs to be said.

Kevin rudd is pathetic.Firstly he panics everyone saying how bad things will get ,then tries to pass a $42 billion stimulus package putting us all in more debt.The money is not coming from the Govt,it it is the tax payer that must pay the principal plus interest in the future.

The RBA borrows from the World Central Banks or the IMF and this makes us slaves to them.The central banks generate the money in cyberspace devaluing our currencies and charge us interest on a depreciating currency.

We should sack the central banks/IMF and let the RBA generate their own cash.

Popular pulp fiction.

How about a new word to describe this?

Neo-ruddite or gero-ruddite maybe even gero-laborism.

Every time our fearless leader appears on TV he looks like a store mannequin, at least Howard added animation to his lying.

To tell you the truth if we have a leader who is more interested in proving he is an intellectual, than proving he is a leader and has common sense. It would seem he is too busy trying to make his mark for the history books, rather than being our elected leader.

And letting history take care of itself.

Socio-contrapulism