Is Rudd a good PM/leader? (2 Viewers)

[TaeKwonChick]

He doesnt make me feel safe, i'll say that much against him. When I see him up there, frowning like my teddy bear and all puffed up, talking about saving jobs and confronting terrorism, I dont fall for it.

Oh Howard, I took you for granted

I totally agree! I mean I know Howard introduced the GST and Workchoices but at least he didn't spend as much as Rudd did. Thanks to Labor we are now in debt and are relying on funds that we don't have for things that are not absolutely neccessary for our country.
Sure he's saving jobs - but again its with money that we no longer have. And sure he's protecting us from terrorism - if there still was as much of a threat as there was a couple of years back. I'd be more concerned about China (no offence/racism intended) who we've all of a sudden become best buddies with. My guess would be that they're just waiting to increase our country's dependency on their exports/imports.

 

[absorber]

I totally agree! I mean I know Howard introduced the GST and Workchoices but at least he didn't spend as much as Rudd did. Thanks to Labor we are now in debt and are relying on funds that we don't have for things that are not absolutely neccessary for our country.
Sure he's saving jobs - but again its with money that we no longer have. And sure he's protecting us from terrorism - if there still was as much of a threat as there was a couple of years back. I'd be more concerned about China (no offence/racism intended) who we've all of a sudden become best buddies with. My guess would be that they're just waiting to increase our country's dependency on their exports/imports.

paranoid about China, it's blown-up.
you've never lived through a recession, our debt is by international standards very low
GST was a good reform, economically workchoices was, but not socially. Also, the Australian market of 21 million isn't big enough for China to give a fuck about. Oh, and recently China told Aust to fuck off outta the Rio Tinto executive scandal thing.

 

[Iron]

is the only Labor who makes me feel safe

maybe also

in a cautious way


But the rest are pretty soft, esp PM

 

[JonathanM]

is the only Labor who makes me feel safe

maybe also

in a cautious way


But the rest are pretty soft, esp PM

The first I agree with.

The second:

Labor's deputy leader was a key figure in a socialist group that pushed radical policies and social agendas in the 1980s and early '90s.



Founded in 1984 as a pressure group within the ALP, the Socialist Forum also wanted to sever Australia's alliance with the US, remove the spy base at Pine Gap, introduce death duties and redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor.

Julia Gillard's history as a radical student activist | National News | News.com.au

Would not want to be in the same room as that socialist :burn:

 

[Iron]

Sure, her politics are suss, but she's a take-no-prisoners kinda gal and would show our enemies nothing but brutality and malevolence. She has a focus that makes me confident in her abilities, but only in a way that's cautious of her integrity

 

[Lentern]

The first I agree with.

The second:



Julia Gillard's history as a radical student activist | National News | News.com.au

Would not want to be in the same room as that socialist :burn:

she also voted for Latham. Complete inability to make sound judgements if ever there was.

 

[MaNiElla]

He's good. Things just take time tbh.

 

[walkahz]

Krudd is a self promoting dumbass. He has put us into serious debt by buying votes (yes that was all he did, Buy votes from bogan retards.) instead of spending the money well on infrastructre.
He has had an $80bn turnaround on the budget and as a result we are now in $60bn of debt which you and I will be paying off for years. And then everyone will whinge when liberal gets back in and has to raise taxes to pay.

I wan Johnny back.

 

[ad infinitum]

Populist Socialist Christian with a penchant for censorship and working families.
No.

 

[loquasagacious]

Sure, her politics are suss, but she's a take-no-prisoners kinda gal and would show our enemies nothing but brutality and malevolence. She has a focus that makes me confident in her abilities, but only in a way that's cautious of her integrity

The forbidden allure of Red Julia

 

[loquasagacious]

Sure, her politics are suss, but she's a take-no-prisoners kinda gal and would show our enemies nothing but brutality and malevolence. She has a focus that makes me confident in her abilities, but only in a way that's cautious of her integrity

The forbidden allure of Red Julia

 

[AussieRoyalist]

One of the best goddamned PM in the world. sucker.

He's just like Hitler to me.

I am gonna vote for John Howard if he's coming back to politics.

 

[whatashotbyseve]

Quick tip - anyone who uses that emoticon in NCAP is not taken seriously.

 

[zstar]

Politicians are all a bunch of clowns.

Although Australian politicans are relatively harmless compared to most other placed. Nevertheless don't place your faith in politicians as they don't have your interests in heart.

They answer to the super wealthy and elite.

 

[loquasagacious]

Politicians are all a bunch of clowns.

Although Australian politicans are relatively harmless compared to most other placed. Nevertheless don't place your faith in politicians as they don't have your interests in heart.

They answer to the super wealthy and elite.

And the whole electorate... when we have elections... or didn't you get the memo about the right to vote?

 

[Planck]

Rudd needs to be replaced by Turnbull asap.

 

[loquasagacious]

I can't wait to see the day when Kevin Rudd finds himself with no alternative but to take a decision that really annoys the electorate and sends his popularity crashing to the depths experienced from time to time by all his predecessors.

Why? Because I can't wait for him to lose his political virginity, grow up and realise that successful, worthwhile, memorable leadership of the nation inevitably involves being willing to make unpopular decisions - decisions the wisdom of which the electorate comes to accept only in retrospect.
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Will Rudd ever learn that reform is about stern actions, not just buying popularity with taxpayers' money?

I think he will - just as soon as the money runs out. That is, just as soon as his penchant for solving every problem with a chequebook runs headlong into his desire to prove he can bring the budget back to surplus ''in due season''. And that won't be too far into the future. I can't wait.

PM won't be a great leader until he plucks up more courage

 

[brittanica-]

i want johnny back

look how long krudd has been in power for and look at the state of our economy?
isnt that enough to suggest that is a bad pm?

 

[Lentern]

i want johnny back

look how long krudd has been in power for and look at the state of our economy?
isnt that enough to suggest that is a bad pm?

State of economy, didn't we record growth at the end of the last quarter?

 

[whatashotbyseve]

Great article by Gittins. Paint by numbers leadership can only take him so far. I have no doubt Rudd's ego will get the better of him and he will do something risky, because at the moment he will only be remembered as a safe stop gap between Liberal rule. He has the demeanour of a man who needs to be remembered.