Lolsmith
kill all boomers
outstandingyou're straight from an election scare campaign arent you
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outstandingyou're straight from an election scare campaign arent you
This is a-class crazy.outstanding
That's not true though.Gillard is an idiot. Gillard should have known that Greens always support Labor. Gillard is Australia's worst Prime Minister over the past thirty years.
Whether she was or wasn't, I respect the dignity she had to step back after she was deposed and not cause a commotion like Rudd did.female or not, gillard was one of the worst PMs in australian history
Taken in by the japs, then fed a whole whale.gillard should've gone out gracefully like harold holt
It was the ChineseTaken in by the japs, then fed a whole whale.
How so?female or not, gillard was one of the worst PMs in australian history
BECAUSE BOATS AND THE CARBINE TAX TONY I CAN SEE THE BOATS FROM MY HOUSE TONY THAT WOMANHow so?
Genuinely curious; I hear a lot of people say they feel this way but I've never heard any of them say why.
there's a difference between losing and giving away mateso much for rudd promising leaving politics if he lost the labour leadership before the election lawl.
Rudd's main legacy was helping to prevent Australia from slipping in recession during the GFC.The Labor Government has been kicked from office after only 5 years 10 months in power.
A government that came to power with so much promise has undoubtedly squandered it.
Where and why do you think it went wrong?
They in the end essentially kicked themselves from office. It is an instructive lesson in the notion that disunity is death. After years of infighting and leadership intrigue they forfeited the right to govern.
They also entirely underestimated and misunderstood Tony Abbott. They thought he was an unelectable, undisciplined and gaffe prone simpleton who would be easily dispatched. He exposed the fallacy of this view. Whilst Labor takes much the blame for the result, credit has to go to Abbott for running an amazingly effective opposition.
I don't think history will treat Rudd well. His personal temperament by his colleagues admission was chaotic. The government tried to do too much and as a result achieved very little. This is especially so in Rudd's case. A lot of hyperbolic talk and grand visions but they could never hope to meet the expectations they themselves created. (On a sidenote I think Abbott will be much more successful because he has set achievable, realistic goals for his government)
Gillard on the other hand will be remembered as a good administrator who tried to make the best of a tough situation. This despite the self inflicted damage she did which does need to be acknowledged. She wasn't any good at the politics.
People also took Rudd's 'popularity' the wrong way. In the end the electorate don't want a soap opera. He was media obsessed but the electorate just wants somebody who will put their head down and get on with the job. They don't want a rock star, they want a no fuss, competent administration.
Umm Rudd tried to introduce pretty much the same carbon tax back when he was PM (which ultimately divided the Liberals as opposition and led to Abbott's leadership) except it was called an emissions trading scheme. It's just that Rudd wanted to get a floating price in a shorter time frame than Gillard did.I think Kevin Rudd is not the villain everybody claims. The villain is Julia Gillard who was incompetent when it came to economics. You don't grow the economy by introducing a great big new tax on everything. The carbon tax was very toxic. Julia Gillard lurched massively to the left when it came to the environment/ economy and introduced the worlds biggest carbon tax at the behest of the Greens. She should not have sold her soul and the ALP's soul to the Greens. Julia Gillard was Australia's worst Prime Minister over the past thirty years. Before she was politically executed she got only 43 per cent of the 2 party vote for the Australian Labor Party and would have lost 40 seats. Julia Gillard in 2013 was a failed Prime Minister of Australia before she was replaced by Kevin Rudd. I want to congratulate you Kevin Rudd and Australian Labor party for mitigating the risk of a total wipe out at the federal election which could have resulted in Labor being out of power for 16 years.