Belly Rudd is the bloke who destroyed our boarder protection. That is costing us billions.

He believes in a big Australia.

Those 2 alone rule him out of consideration for any high Office.

He has done nothing but try to destroy your party, just for vindictive satisfaction. Still not enough?

Every thing he touched turned into a disaster.

How much more do you want before you say he is a dud, & better shipped to anywhere but our parliament, let alone lead it.

Dear rehctub,

I was able to watch "Question-Time" in Parliament
today and after an hour of watching
the performances of the Opposition's Front-Benchers
fully confirmed to me all of my previous fears
about these people. "Mr Point of Order" was in full
swing, as were the others with the usual rhetoric.
It made me realise
that they follow the old adage that "condemnation
is easier than thinking." It scares the heck out of me
to think that these people hope to be the government
after September. Unbelievable!

Dear SM,

I keep expecting something more from you Sir.
Unfortunately you simply perform true to form.
Nothing to see here. So I shall move on.

Dear Hasbeen,

I just want to correct you.
It wasn't Mr Rudd who destroyed our "border protection."
It was the Opposition. They voted against the recommendations
of the Australian Defence Force and others on the expert
panel - which the
government wanted to implement in its entirety in solving
the border protection issue. The Opposition voted against
it. Now the Opposition is saying that they will "tow
the boats back," again, going against the strong advice
of the ADF - which has said it will not only not work, but
it will endanger Australian lives.

Put the blame where it rightly belongs - on the Opposition!

Lexi my sweet, the opposition is in the minority in parliament, or they would be the government.

They can't stop any government motion. It requires some part of the governments majority to vote against it to stop any motion passing.

If you are talking about the "Singapore solution", where we were to take 4000 of theirs, in exchange for 800 illegals, I'm glad someone voted that foolishness down.

At current rate of 100 a day, 700 a week it is bloody disastrous, but imagine an ongoing 4000 for 800, & we would have to give them Tasmania to live in.

Come to think of it, that just might be the answer, as long as we didn't have to continue funding the apple isle, giving it to the boat people could be a win win all round.

Regardless of all that, it was our dumb Rudd who dismantled a successful system, & the bludger still smiles at us like the cat that swallowed the canary.

Hasbeen,

Yeah, if Rudd was involved in the tiniest way in, say, flood relief, he would 'casually' appear on camera with a bloody oar under his arm. What a poseur.

Gday Joe,
I think you're wrong about Rudd. He's certainly obsessive, but I think he, unlike Gillard, is closely attached to the community and feels his responsibility very keenly. In my view, from the outside looking in, as PM he was a little overwhelmed by that sense of responsibility, particularly since he was well aware that the ALP caucus would try to undermine anything good he might do in order to shore up their narrow sectional support.

Rudd's background is very different to Gillard's. His young life was significantly disrupted by the death of his father, making him "the man of the house" at a young age. I think he internalised that experience and it has been a key aspect of his makeup ever since. His commitment to doing the best he possibly can in whatever job he has is obvious and when it came up against the entrenched forces of factionalism, which he was no part of, it manifested in obsessive micro-management. It's also no surprise that those factional forces, with their power ignored, should seek to replace him with someone who they controlled.

I would have liked to see Rudd as PM in a more supportive, cohesive team, with the scum who have made themselves wealthy by exploiting the need of workers to be represented sent packing. Sadly, as a visit to any sewerage plant will show, the scum that floats on top is the hardest to dispose of.