//I mean Rudd?//

Still hasn't been an MP since late 2013. I'm failing to see what you're getting so worked up about.

davd and Foxy, personally I couldn't care how many women are in any amount of roles, although I must admit I do have issues with women on the front line of heavy combat.

As far as female leaders go, I recall Margie Thacher and the NZ pm were amazing, but they were also tough cookies.

As for locally, we have had a few here but none have impressed me, but I guess i'm using history as a gage.

Foxy, I would have said Julie Bishop was a shoe in, but of late she suffers badly from a lack of respect for the dwindling tax dollars and still seems to spend like a drunken sailor. In fact, my bet is she will be dumped at the next election, if not from her seat, at least from her opp parties front bench because she has lost the trust of the people who she claims to be representing. You will note is said 'opp', because it would take a minor miracle for this mob to get back in, unless of cause the libs grow some balls and dump Turnbull.

On the matter of wasted tax dollars. With the advancement in technology, driven by the internet, is it really necessary to make frequent trips to far away countries to have pow wows and waste millions in the process.

Of cause we have farmers, particularly in NSW loosing their livelihoods, and sadly, their lives in some cases because of lack of funding, and care factor, while the likes of Ms Bishop is a frequent flyer (1st class no doubt) wasting money that could well be assisting our own. But hey, the modern day life of a politician seems to be all about what I call meisum, what's in it for me.

And david, you are welcome to think I am sexist, as it's your right to have an opinion, especially on this site, however I know i'm not and as you will have seen over the years I may be stubborn at times, but i'm also the first to admit when I get it wrong.

Dear rehctub,

You wrote: "but i'm also the first to admit when I get it wrong."

When did you get it wrong? When did you admit you got it wrong?

Now the smoke's cleared, what was wrong with Rudd as leader?
Toni lavis,
I was referring to Aidan's post when you jumped on the bandwagon without a ticket.
MP no longer or not did not come into the equation. Rudd was & more likely than not still is a dud that ruined many of Australia's positive prospects.

Canem Malum,

I liked your quote from Sun Tzu.

Here's another one:

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy
without fighting."

Whether the US has succeeded currently in this latest
attempt, remains to be seen. Or perhaps the advantage
is North Korea's?

Time will tell.

david, nothing comes to mind straight away, but there have been times when I was wrong, and I openly admitted it.
As this is an 'opinion forum' you are welcome to either believe me, or form your own opinion. Either way it won't bother me.