UPDATE 10am: I’ve put the answers in after the jump

Kevin Rudd just posted this on his Twitter page:

“Don’t tell Swanny about the birthday cake. He is not on Twitter so won’t know about the surprise!” (Sorry if you’re reading this Mr Swan).

Has the Prime Minister jumped the shark? What’s next? “OMG - you should have been in Cabinet - epic fail from Swanny on interest rates.”

Here’s ten real Kevin Rudd Tweets and ten fakes - can you spot the difference? We’ll post the answers in the morning.

  • 1. I’m now confirmed in my determination to remain a fashion dork. KRudd Real
  • 2. Julia doing a great job representing OZ in Israel. Looks like a future leader. KRudd Fake
  • 3. High fives around the office over News Poll today. KRudd Fake
  • 4. Ok. So its only a couple of hours to go before I’m on Rove. With Bruno! Any ideas guys about how I can get out of this one? KRudd Real
  • 5. Survived Bruno on Rove last night. Not so sure that @Rove1974 survived Bruno on Rove last night. KRudd Real
  • 6. Just got home to Lodge in Canberra. Abby the retriever happy. Jasper the cat grumpy. Situation normal. Real
  • 7. Just got home to the Lodge in Canberra. Marcus happy. T grumpy. Situation normal. Fake
  • 8. Godwin Grech testimony – FAIL!!! LMFAO #utegate. Fake
  • 9. Some have asked if Tweets are mine. Team helps with posting, links etc. They sign off “#KevinPM Team” so i’ll sign off KRudd from now. KRudd Real
  • 10. Anyone in Fortitude Valley and want two light beers? KRudd. Fake
  • 11. Am taking T out to dinner in the Berra. Am thinking Chinese. KRudd Fake
  • 12. How much of a nob was Joe Hockey in QT today. KRudd Fake
  • 13. Peter Costello said his farewells today to the parliament. Good form. Great humour. Real
  • 14. 從新加坡回來過夜星期六. KRudd Fake
  • 15. Ok. So who recommended I go and see Terminator? Marcus said it was the best movie he’d seen all year. Not exactly my cuppa tea. Real
  • 16. Just done a bit of a reshuffle of the troops. Chris to cabinet. Greg and Mark to the Ministry. And some fresh faces in as Parl Secretaries. Real
  • 17. Just saw The Hangover. Dumb. Except for Heather Graham. Fake
  • 18. First Defence Minister with original set of Clark Kent glasses. A first rate Minister - he will do well. Real
  • 19. Had to sack Joel for his major declaration fail :( Fake
  • 20. Still a long way to go. Got tested for swine flu on return because I had a sore throat. Test negative. Just the normal lurgie. Real

 

 

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    • Shelley says:

      05:21pm | 30/06/09

      Swan dodges speeding ute while PM jumps shark.

      SNAFU.

      Good tweet questions. All sound Ruddy.

    • Fiery says:

      05:51pm | 30/06/09

      I believe he tweeted last week that his personal tweets would be signed off ‘kRudd’ while his office’s tweets wouldn’t…

    • poptrashmusic says:

      05:55pm | 30/06/09

      I have tears in my eyes…..I so wish How much of a nob was Joe Hockey in QT today. KRudd and Anyone in Fortitude Valley and want two light beers? KRudd. were it…..

    • paulyt says:

      05:59pm | 30/06/09

      Numbers
      1 4
      5 6
      9 13
      15
      16
      18
      20

      Are the real ones

    • Brian Connor says:

      06:05pm | 30/06/09

      KRudd is an embarassment - start acting like a Prime Minister - who voted for this man?

    • Belinda R says:

      06:37pm | 30/06/09

      I think these are the only real ones:
      1 4 5 6 13 20

    • Cameron Stewart says:

      06:57pm | 30/06/09

      my impression is that KRudd’s behaviour comes across as someone who has either a mental illness, lack of integrity, or massive trouble connect with “normal” people (or perhaps combination of all three)

    • carl scott says:

      07:00pm | 30/06/09

      I love KRudd but who believes he really writes his own tweets mabey 1 i ten his

    • Tassie Steve says:

      07:08pm | 30/06/09

      With a Prime Minister like that it say to me, what a sad and sorry country Australia has become with KRudd in the front seat.

    • vicki says:

      07:18pm | 30/06/09

      What a fake - his cheesy grin says it all

    • Steve Shannon says:

      07:23pm | 30/06/09

      Kevin Rudd is the Berni Madoff of Australian politics, both were very popular in the beginning, one has been caught out as a fraud, Kevins time is comming, both are very accomplished con men.

    • Daniel says:

      07:40pm | 30/06/09

      Kevin Rudd is human, doesn’t have to act like a geeky dork all the time so it fits your stereotype of “Prime Minister”. Barrack Obama acts nothing like the average US president.

    • spacegoat and cat companion says:

      07:43pm | 30/06/09

      kev has a dog and a cat already - add a goat and he’s purrfect.
      tweeeeety birds meh

    • Alex says:

      07:43pm | 30/06/09

      Real tweets are: 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18, and 20. Too easy. Or a sign I’ve spent too much time on twitter. XD

    • John Ryan says:

      07:47pm | 30/06/09

      Whats this Ackermans acolytes has shifted camp,but the tune stays the same,when will the redoubtable Heiner make an appearance

    • korzer says:

      08:24pm | 30/06/09

      Is this serious?

    • Grant says:

      08:44pm | 30/06/09

      KRudd is a KNob… Enough said

    • Max says:

      09:25pm | 30/06/09

      tweetgate! Fake KRudd tweets! Call in the AFP ... hold on the twitter servers aren’t in Australia ...

    • Brad says:

      10:18pm | 30/06/09

      guys KRudd cant just be a dork all the time, i think him having a sense of humor is great. A primeminister in my eyes is 1 that leads the countrym well, but also has a great personality, he fits this. Kevin Rudd is doing a great job running the country, put into this environment with the global economic climate hes handled very well, and as for the utegate affair, its been confirmed it was fake has not a con artist

    • Shaun says:

      10:17pm | 30/06/09

      First the media complained about his tweets being dull and boring, and now you are wondering what’s with the informal posts? Make up your minds already.

    • averagejoe says:

      10:25pm | 30/06/09

      “LMFAO” -OMFG why do we have a PM who spends so much time trying to prove he’s a normal person?  We are supposed to elect someone better than normal to run the country so we can get on with enjoying being normal. we pay him to do the serious work not stuff around… Fair shake of the sauce bottle mate do the job you’re paid to do leave it to the celbraties to be likeable.

    • Alex says:

      10:32pm | 30/06/09

      hahahaha i love it, i love it that he twitters, and if he said any of this i think it would be hilarious and i’d like him more for it

    • Barry says:

      10:36pm | 30/06/09

      People who follow this sort of crap get what they deserve. Are Malcolm’s twitters any better? I heard he’s a dab hand at emails!

    • WW says:

      04:34am | 01/07/09

      But wont Swanny find out if he gets his Tweets faxed to his home? Or am i missing something?

    • Pete from Sydney says:

      08:15am | 01/07/09

      so it’s cool for Barack to twitter but not for Kevin07? I see…the usual double standards apply

    • Robbie says:

      01:16pm | 01/07/09

      Rudd twitters, so does Turnbull, big deal.

    • Hermes Endarkis says:

      02:12pm | 01/07/09

      this guy is our prime minister?

 

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