Dear SOG,

More nonsense from you.

Kevin Rudd saw us through the global financial crisis
of 2008. His apology to the Indegenous people
will go down in history. And Mr Rudd will undoubtedly
continue with the great achievements of
his predessor - that has given Australia a gold
AAA rating by all four credit agencies and a stable
economy that world can only envy:

http://www.indexmundi.com/australia/economy_profile.html

Stop buying into the MSM's garbage:

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/business/media-2/ten-reasons-why-most-australian-msm-journalists-are-absolute-shyte/

Kevin is a good bloke but not a leader! He cannot make leadership decisions on his own, he wants consultation. Time consuming and waste of a 1,000 voices. Anyone who listens to all points of view only becomes unsertain in his decisions. I say a leader has a clear vision of what should happen and is able to inspire the troops that his decision is right.

Lexi,
Are you inferring that the Liberal Party in Govt will spoil Australia's Credit Rating?

Josephus,

You are kidding, aren't you.

Rudd was roundly criticised for his autocratic style the first time round.

His pledge to consult widely this time is in response to that.

Lexi>> Dear SOG,

More nonsense from you.

Kevin Rudd saw us through the global financial crisis
of 2008. His apology to the Indegenous people
will go down in history.<<

We have been down this road before Lexi, you and I. So I will address it as I did before.

GFC-NORTHERN HEISPHERE:
Banks needed taxpayer bailout.
Australia:
Not a cent.
GFC-NORTHERN HEISPHERE:
Tens of thousands lose their homes because of subprime loans.
Australia:
Not one.
GFC-NORTHERN HEISPHERE:
Unemployment numbers skyrocket.
Australia:
Employment numbers stay stable.
GFC-NORTHERN HEISPHERE:
Highest business bankruptcy and foreclosure rates since the Great Depression.
Australia:
No spike in numbers.
GFC-NORTHERN HEISPHERE:
GDP takes a severe fall.
Australia:
Nothing.

Lexi my belle, you live, you breathe, but you see nothing other than party rhetoric.

Rudd stimulated the economy…what a joke. He stimulated the retailers to import RECORD electrical and white goods that year….retailers still look back fondly on that year. The year everyone got a new IMPORTED telly or refrigerator or….

About Rudd’s apology to our first Aussies, I note that there was no apology for lying about the Indigenous Housing Program….Labor blew half the funds and did not build a single house.

Joesephus>> Kevin is a good bloke but not a leader! He cannot make leadership decisions on his own, he wants consultation. Time consuming and waste of a 1,000 voices. Anyone who listens to all points of view only becomes unsertain in his decisions. I say a leader has a clear vision of what should happen and is able to inspire the troops that his decision is right.<<

Well sighted J.
There is a line from a Richards Clapton song called Best Years of Our Lives:
“Looking for a leader on our hands and knees.”

I feel we are in that position now. The leaders in the Labor party have had enough and left, the factions murdered and chased off the individual, as they did at branch level.

The names in the Liberals camp give no solace, Abbott the untested, Turnbull the undecided, and the last straw, Hockey the unpalatable.

At least two of these guys strike me as just followers with bravado masquerading as a vanguard, and only Abbotts parliamentary "stuff the carbon tax" stance gives me some hope towards rationality... but on the face of it there are no point men among them.

But I gave Kev and Gillard a go, and so I will for Abbott, but if he, his team, and their policies fail I will slam him for it. I did not expect integrity from Kev and Gillard, but I expect it from the self confessed christian.