Can anyone tell me why people now hate Kevin Rudd?

Posted by: Smee

21st Jul 2010 07:41pm

Yes, he reminds me of Tim Brooke-Taylor (google if you don't know who I'm talking about).
Yes the "fair shake of the sauce bottle" thing was incredibly try-hard.
But, wasn't he the head of a whole entire party? Didn't they & even the opposition have to reach some sort of accord to enact legislation? Didn't Australia manage to miss the worst of the Global Financial Crisis? Did he personally screw up the insulation? I'm pretty sure that one was a group effort.
I just don't get why people think changing the person at the top of the pile will change the entire party's policies or the whole country somehow.

super88

22nd Nov 2011 11:41pm

I don't think all people do hate Kevin Rudd.
Personally, I think it would be a very difficult personal choice to stay as a member of paliament after having been given the boot by your own party.
A lot of polly's would have just walked away to a cushy job. ( but I suppose money isn't an issue in his case)

We've had some great leaders who have been failed by their political parties. Noteably John Hewson ( who couldn't explain the effect of GST on the ingredients of a cake)

We wanted a Prime Minister, not a baker, you may remember he was replaced by John Howard.

The uncanny similarity is the promises of Howard and Gillard were they would never introduce the encumbents policy and then immediately upon achieving the top job they did exactly what they said they would never do.

Howard -GST
Gillard - Carbon tax

And we continued to vote for them. What does that say about us.
It is said you get the government you deserve.

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