Is it Rudd to the rescue once more?

Tony of Poorakistan says:

05:26pm | 25/08/10

Isn’t one of his grommets still in some posh private school down there? Maybe they are off to see him or her or whatever.

Arios says:

10:44pm | 25/08/10

Lol. Radford?

Steve says:

02:26am | 26/08/10

@dovif: More than likely he as come to watch the circus of Tony and Miss Vain with the circling of Malcolm and friends wanting to return the favour. The faceless men of the mining community and Tony’s boss big Clive will be on hand with some brown bag money anyway…

Sweet Choc says:

09:39pm | 25/08/10

That will be perfect justice. Yet almost impossible in an unjust world!

Grovelling says:

09:48am | 26/08/10

Talk about a circus, if it was not so serious it would be funny.  It is disgusting to see our Leaders grovelling to these people, lets’ call another Election!!!

Sweet Choc says:

09:53pm | 25/08/10

Dirk, in real life Kevin is much smarter than Greg but perhaps not as good looking. These days looks count much more than brains…. pity!! It amazes me that people who don’t know Kevin or his intellectual powers regard him as a dud. Perhaps these people are seeing a reflection of themselves. Kevin is also a man with a vision for this nation, a man of great ideas and who would have transformed Australia for the better. Labour’s loss!

Tedd says:

08:19am | 26/08/10

Sweet Choc, “would have” doesn’t match with “could have” or “should have”.  He failed to follow rhetoric with action in a number of areas.

The Badger says:

05:41pm | 25/08/10

Some people are easily amused.

Tarzan says:

08:56pm | 25/08/10

Badger what happened to your cut and paste quotations?
They were your best contributions.

chimpchasers says:

04:53am | 26/08/10

Agreed the chasers are labor based goons without a sense of humor,they fit right here

Tails says:

04:55pm | 25/08/10

<rubs eyes> What?

Randal says:

05:00pm | 25/08/10

Ah the sweet sound of bitterness nosthow…

Perhaps you you like a tissue to wipe away those tears…  Or more appropiately to wipe that brown smear from your chin??

Nigel Catchlove says:

05:04pm | 25/08/10

Do you have anything relevant to add?  It’s just that you have pretty much the same post for every item; “Woo Hoo, go Labor, Abbott is unelectable’.  A valid point of view perhaps but one that demands backing up with fact rather that sounding like a drunken football supporter’s claim that Team A is better than Team B.

I’m assuming you’re young - probably a teenager; are you old enough to vote?  Do you understand the subtleties of power-plays in Federal politics?

It would make sense for Gillard to use Rudd to negotiate with the independant MPs but neither Rudd nor the Liberal negotiators will benefit from tatoo’d thugs screaming for them from the sidelines.  I thought The Punch was a step above the other blogs run by SMH and News but apparently not.

Whichever side wins the right to form Government, the Opposition will be out to demonstrate that the Government is neither competent or stable and any sign of disunity will be leapt upon with glee so the next 18 months to two years (I don’t think a government will last any longer) will be an interesting time for Australia with nothing controversial happening.

Reg says:

06:07pm | 25/08/10

Nigel, ... FOUR paragraphs “with nothing relevant to add?” Allow me to point you to the observation that Queensland politicians can be very direct and still remain friends. Something the average Southerner know SFA about.

If you’re going to bore use with this s***... please get used to the rule that it’s neither//nor and has been since Jesus wore shorts..

nosthow says:

06:07pm | 25/08/10

@Nigel Catchlove - ahh sweet Nigel - as you clearly have NOT read my previous blogs you would know i am a retiree sonny. But you have every right to disagree with my statement that Abbott is a dud - but you didnt Nigel, you didnt so!  hahahh

nic says:

06:09pm | 25/08/10

Yeah that ‘loser’ nyuk nyuk, the guy who may, erm, win?
A stable Labor Government you say? Not if labot themselves have anything to do with it. Time to put down that bong.

nosthow says:

06:10pm | 25/08/10

@Randal - “music” to my eyes Randal - a sad Lib trying to justify a loss ! He didnt WIN Randal !

Aitch B says:

06:11pm | 25/08/10

@Nosthow

[sigh]................. so tiresome.

Nicole says:

08:06pm | 25/08/10

Err Reg, I’ve never, ever, read anywhere that Jesus wore shorts. Gawd, you’re not that old!

Jason CR says:

08:17pm | 25/08/10

Nosthow, why was it a winnable election when you posted your thoughts last week as below.

nosthow says:01:52pm | 19/08/10

“A comfortable Labor win I feel Colgo mainly because its only the Labor Party that has any real policies and vision for Australias future.”

If you predicted a comfortable Labor win, then surely Abbott did well to achieve a hung parliament.  Which is it?
As for Bob Katter loving Rudd, well isn’t that an endorsement!

nosthow says:

08:36pm | 25/08/10

@Aitch B - I scrolled down Aith to see what else you had written and came up with “jot” ! Typical Liberal - all smoke and no sausage ! Have another go son - 5 words will do !

@nic - dont touch the stuff nic laddy/lassie !

Grovelling says:

11:21am | 26/08/10

I think that Bill Shorten is standing by the side watching it all unfold and then he will be there for the killing of who ever gets in his way to become Prime Minister and then we will all be sorry!!!!

Amused says:

08:59pm | 25/08/10

There was no serving Liberal Prime Minister in 1989.

Go and compare your apples with your oranges some place else, champ.

The Badger says:

05:43pm | 25/08/10

Ahhhh foxtel - where Bolt and Akerman get their news from.

This may actually do you some good.

PaulB says:

06:02pm | 25/08/10

Bolt would love to be Australia’s Rush Limbaugh.  Like Rush he seems to have all his views vetted by the ADL.

Seano says:

08:51pm | 25/08/10

Your village is missing you.

Against the Man says:

07:07am | 26/08/10

Oh Seano I hope you find some pain relief for the hurt the truth is causing you. Maybe KRudd can share some of his post operative meds with you. HaHa.

TomV says:

10:02am | 26/08/10

Rudd just let the ALP machine eat him up and spit him out. I would never allow any organisation to treat me that way. Spineless, gutless, hopeless!

Philip says:

10:53am | 26/08/10

Don’t you get it ? Rudd aka middleman is strenghtening his negotiating position for his push and shove for stephen Smith’s job,or maybe Ambassador to the U.N.
Trouble is he doesn’t recognise any boundaries and will likely end up p*****g off Jooles if he hasn’t already done it. She forgot to twist the knife when she stabbed him and there is nothing more scary than a wounded Kevvie.

Seano says:

07:02pm | 26/08/10

ATM - Rudd has shown a great deal of “spine” in the way he has has handled his outsting. The amusement factor generated by your barely lucid ramblings is waning.

DC says:

01:36pm | 26/08/10

Cat food, table 9.

Reg says:

06:13pm | 25/08/10

That would be a waking nightmare Sam. What HAVE you been smoking?

Against the Man says:

07:53pm | 25/08/10

The nightmare we are in right now thanks to KRudd/ALP/Gillard is likely to end soon, they should all pay a price for the crap job they have done. Australians deserve better than these losers!

Nicole says:

08:09pm | 25/08/10

YAY! Bring back Johnny.

JC says:

10:30am | 26/08/10

Yes Labor did a really crap job - protecting Australian jobs and our economy from the global financial meltdown that decimated the economies of nearly all other developed nations. I really think some of you complaining about ‘how bad it is in Australia’ are seriously delusional. It’s nothing short of a miracle that our economy is in the state it’s in. Labor did a good job. Yes I know it’s hard for the rusted-on conservatives to accept, but it’s the truth.

Jacks says:

11:20am | 26/08/10

And what a lovely dream that would be.  Johnny looked good on election night - pleanty of years left in the old boy yet!!

He was by far the best PM in my lifetime.

gil4d says:

11:53am | 26/08/10

jc labour did a good job with the money left to them by the john & peter . if we had just come off 10 years of labour spending and the gfc hit how do you think we would have gone ?? by the way i am still not convinced its over yet i suspect the worest is yet to come . then we will see how economically brillant your beloved labour party really are

Nicole says:

12:18pm | 26/08/10

And where did Labor get all the money from JC? Yes you’re right. Labor have done a fabulous job…...........at screwing the country.

JC says:

07:06pm | 26/08/10

Howard and co amassed that surplus by selling our assets and by limiting spending on infrastructure and education. Fine, that was their choice. The point I’m making is that Australia has the second highest standard of living in the world and the strongest economy in the developed world. That is now, not 3 years ago. Now. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can’t say ‘Australia is in a mess because of Labor’ and then say ‘Australia is great because of Howard’. I’m not a rusted-on conservative or a rusted-on Labor voter. I think both parties managed the economy fairly well, although it would have been good to see more investment in infrastructure and education as this impact on our long-term future. Complaining about stimulus spending is ridiculous. If Labor didn’t do it, we would be in a serious recession now and even more debt due to lost tax income. Most countries spent a lot more and still didn’t avoid recession. I think Australians are failing to realise just how bad the GFC has been in the rest of world.

Seano says:

07:07pm | 26/08/10

@Nicole - “And where did Labor get all the money?”. Genius that would be tax payers not the Liberal party. I tiny amount of debt relative to income to save thousands upon thousand of jobs. Jobs held by taxpayers.

Farkurnell says:

08:51pm | 26/08/10

The libs have brought back John Howard , he’s just got an alias Tony Abbott. Also while Labor contemplate bring in a chief negotiator like the
Ruddster, the Libs should bring in Warren Truss & Barnaby to negotiate for them.I reckon we’‘ll have are result by Xmas.

Reg says:

11:26pm | 25/08/10

Make your movie, we’ll tell you if it’s brilliant. Don’t mortgage the house though and if this is an illustration of Liberal humour, you’re screwed.

Jim says:

12:09pm | 26/08/10

Not sure about a movie KenG, but there’s definately enough corruption, lies, scandal, rorts, intimidation, back stabbing, vote rigging, secret deals and fraud involved in the Labor/Union coalition to make another Underbelly series! Throw in the Greens for a wanky, drugged out sideshow and you’ve got it all.

Philip says:

05:38pm | 26/08/10

JC I take my hat off to you . Here you are a blind faith Labor supporter and you have had the B***s to call it as it was , ” a crap job” done by the gang of 4 aka the kitchen cabinet,the survivors being Gillard and Swan who now propose to guide us through the next global crisis,BUT wait a minute,there is no money left and the lenders will want to forclose on the growing debt.But don’t worry, Swan has a brilliant plan which is to sell off all the naughty electorates that voted against Labor’s sitting members . No wonder he is Deputy Prime Minister !

fairsfair says:

08:11pm | 25/08/10

Thats the whole problem. He is never going to go away! If he gets a cabinet appointment we will all say, “well we saw that coming” and if he doesn’t well we will all say “well we saw that coming”. What is going on with the Labor party? He is not the leader, and last time I checked he wasn’t even on the front bench.

I am just tired of all the crap. He is the Stefano Demira of Australian Politics - so are the days of our lives.

Philip Crowley says:

09:37pm | 25/08/10

Who the hell is Stefano Demira? I thought Berlesconi was the Italian Prime Minister!

Sherekahn says:

10:17am | 26/08/10

LEO, haven’t you left something out?
“The former Prime Minister, turned backbencher, turned Labor election campaigner (and future Foreign Minister,) has arrived at the same time crucial talks with rural independents Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Queenslander Bob Katter are taking place at Parliament House.

fairsfair says:

11:16am | 26/08/10

Ha Ha. Stefano is a power hungry, manipulative millionaire who wreaks havoc on the people. In the four days I had off high school sick (four hours worth of television about ten years ago) he was brainwashing, plotting, conspiring and if I remember correctly even had a hand in ensuring another character remained posessed by the devil. He has been killed off a thousand times, but I flicked on to it the other day and yep - he is still there talking a lot but contributing nothing and being hated by everyone - even his own family.

Rudd will still be here in many years to come and it is a little freaky the things that they have in common. 

“Like PMs through Kirribillyhouse, so are the days of our lives”. This is a soap opera of rediculous proportion!

neil says:

09:34pm | 25/08/10

But he will be our next primeminister, either in a couple of weeks or a year.

MarK says:

10:31pm | 25/08/10

What?

You and Peter Lewis will got on well I would reckon

Peter says:

06:44am | 26/08/10

nosthow, I note from a previous comment that you are a retiree, as am I and I assume you lived through the 60’s. As such, it would have been prudent of you to heed the warnings about prolonged use of LSD and other mind altering substances, which clearly have affected your reasoning, as demonstrated by your blind loyalty to the dysfunctional Labor Party.
Although I would like to see a coalition government, I’m not sure that at the moment that is a good move. For when the proverbial hits the fan later this year, as it will, whichever Party is in power will get the blame.

acotrel says:

10:12pm | 26/08/10

That’s a bit harsh!  In a minute he’ll be claiming he has mandate to bring back Workchoices!

Glad says:

09:37am | 26/08/10

Nicole… that’s briliant

Shaun says:

12:20pm | 26/08/10

Ahh Tarzan, I’ll preface this comment by saying I am a Liberal voter and hope the Coalition can negotiate a deal with the Independents to form a minority government for the next 3 years. HOWEVER - I am not blindly ignoring the fact that the stimulus package, despite containing a component of ‘waste’, assisted our country to defy global trends and avoid a recession. Waste is not generally excusable - but in this circumstance it will ADD to government revenue. The additional GST & income tax paid by the builders of the BER will be enormous, let alone the additional income tax revenue generated from keeping literally thousands of workers employed.

Agreed that the insulation program was an epic disaster. But Mr Rudd himself didn’t kill anyone. It was poorly managed and unfortunately dodgy operators took advantage of this and did things the wrong way. That has caused the loss of life.

Who were the ‘winners’ from the stimulus package? Average Australian’s earning less than $100K annually and Small business - especially builders, insulation companies & retailers who would have gone broke without the stimulus.

kringa says:

09:21am | 26/08/10

In which world are you living sweet choc. Rudd is a Jekyll and Hyde character, the public Rudd is not the real Rudd. He is a dangerous ego maniac.

Reg says:

08:29am | 26/08/10

Can’t hear a bloody thing. Worse than Moofox and Geoff. If it’s too early or too late to get your brains in gear, then shut up.

Kevin will fix it.

Sweet Choc says:

10:15pm | 26/08/10

Come on murray, are you in denial? You sound so like Kim Yong Arbib, Kim Yong Shorten and their scheming cronies, even when the people have spoken. Labour voters have gone out in droves to vote in the Greens (including me). What happened to the Australian PM (Rudd) is despicable! Sure, we don’t elect the PM but we voted for the party knowing who the party leader was. Thus in some ways K Rudd was elected by the people when Labour came to power. This treachery is unlike leadership struggles with the parties when in oppersition. Imagine our (those who voted Labour in 2007) genuine disgust when some young, unelected ‘know-it-all’ individuals disregard voter sentiments and render our votes (2007) redundant by stabbing the PM while he was in office.

The fact is greedy- unprofessional tradies caused the fiasco re insulation. Kev or the Labour party did not kill any one. The fact is Judas Gillard stabbed Rudd. That she blew her top at Rudd’s doubt of her loyalty is just an excuse!! The fact is she did not stand by Rudd! Many people were impressed by Gillard’s abilities; treachery was certainly not one of them. What a great PM she would have been at some time in the future. Now she has killed that possibility through treachery. Perhaps the master-minds where scheming this all along for their own future succession to power; with Gillard out of the way through this treacherous action!! Gillard has lost public support; no one wants a traitor to lead!! What a loss!

All through our history we have had complaints about our PMs but no one assassinated the Australian PM while he was still in office. The number of complaints and dissatisfaction about Howard was nothing in comparison to what Rudd experienced. Lib caucus was wishing that Howard would go before the 2007 election ... yet they did not stab the PM. They stayed united even if it meant the possibility of losing an election. That was a class act, a decent human etiquette.  Labour is controlled by young ‘know-it-all’ faceless men behind the scene. These men have manipulated Gillard’s burning ambition to ‘move forward’ from the cold mines of Wales. Shorten is apparently waiting in the wings to lead the Labour party once this chaos settles. Liberals (if they win at all) did not win this election, labour lost it!! Treachery, disunity and lust for power at all cost have no place in modern Australia. Every vote should count and be taken seriously and not trampled on for selfish ends. Hope the lessons learnt in this election will not be forgotten by both the Libs and Lab. The people have spoken. Power to the people!! Viva Australia!

Sweet Choc says:

10:38pm | 26/08/10

Ahhh, Bull and Coste were too good for the current Libs who specialise in bs and spread fear amongst the people with phantom ‘invaders’ from afar. If Turnbull/Costello stood as leader of the Libs ... ahh forget the Greens ... I am going with Turnbull. What about the great Keating? Should there be another Keating in Labour .... forget the Bull or Coste… I am going with Keating (though very unlikely ... can never be another Keat). So for now, I am with you DC .. where’s Turnbull? Come on, Turnbull, save us from the current clowns within the Libs and Lab.

DC says:

03:17pm | 26/08/10

No one ever said he wasn’t important - they just said that he’d lost the way.

Control freaks like Rudd will do that - especially when ministers aren’t allowed to do the jobs that they have been entrusted with.

The same thing would have happened to Howard IF he’d won and not handed over to Costello after the 2007 election.

That is - IF Costello had a set of balls.

Peter says:

03:11pm | 26/08/10

Ahh Sensible, you like me can see Rudd would have won this. Alternatively Turnball would have won for the Liberals.. They both played their power games and they both lost… Now that’s Karma…

Ray, the White Pointer says:

04:13pm | 26/08/10

This is just craziness. To all those wanting a New Election, I think that the Anzacs, would be turning over in their Graves, every one of them. What would the World have thought of them if they just gave up and walked away? That is what you people are suggesting now.

What made this Country Great is the Will to accept a new Challange and just simply make it work. We have many people from ALL 150 Seats that could just make this Country a World Leader, if only we can be smart enough to utilise them ALL.

Funny enough the three Independants are ALL Bushies. This Country’s Greatness came from the Bush, not the Cities. Go think about and hang your heads in shame.

Sweet Choc says:

11:04pm | 26/08/10

Yes, the Libs did all these and more. Hurrah for the Howard era!! Who cares about infrastructure or schools or hospitals or long term national goals! As long as there is loads of money in the kitty (foolish taxpayers’ mony, GST, mineral wealth) hell with the ordinary bogans! What’s more, these bogans want a republic, How despicable! How can we ever expect to be standing on our own Aussie feet without a foreign Queen as our chief? Cheers for the Howard era that kept the rest of us in safety from the phantom ‘invaders’ who were coming in hordes.  Please bring back Howard and his xenophobic views; the views and practices that gave us our identity and strengthened our Christian values.  And most of all there was no treachery or stabbing of PMs either. Those were good old days! Hurrah!!