cods wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2017 at 8:49am:


Kev was too ruthless and out for himself for my liking. He undermined Labors 2004 election campaign because he preferred to vie for the opposition leaders job than to be in government in a team he didn't support.

Julia had flaws too and was ambitious but she did a good job in office in the most difficult of conditions. She was the best PM in the last 20 years but I have to say there wasn't and isn't much opposition.

Dnarever wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2017 at 9:05am:




of course you do dna... you havent taken your head out of the sand for such a long time...its only natural...

Tony did stop the BOATS   something you cant handle especially as neither of your preferred PMs  looked even close to doing that after 6 years.... ..

and guess who opened the detention centres....  .. which Human Rights claim we[the libs] abused...

ahhh never mind...I wonder if kevvie will talk about the 50.000.... ..maybe thats in his bad memory box... and hes disappeared it all.

Dnarever wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2017 at 10:15am:



oh thats right he opened up more detention centres didnt he in PNG...where he sent mostly single men..to rape and pillage...oh well no matter he knew he wouldnt have to fix it after the election...

you seem to think he STOPPED the people smugglers??>> ..


you are seriously deluded dna   but I can understand that   we had the most dysfunctional govt in our history for 6 long years.......everything they did had to be dismantled because it was unworkable....and then we had the DEBT from hell...no accountability whatever..

it was a shocker....but its ok dna   its nice they have a true believer   even in the double assassin.. you tend to overlook that as well..

I am glad you have the faith   it takes some doing after that chaotic 6 years.... I am sure you see a golden future with shorten...he who can do no wrong!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/kevin-rudd-book-wayne-swan-brushe...

FORMER treasurer Wayne Swan says he is “neither surprised or worried” by claims by Kevin Rudd that his initial appointment to the treasury portfolio was “one giant joke”.

The former prime minister makes the claim in his new book, to be released on Tuesday, in which he suggests then-Opposition Mark Latham appointed Mr Swan shadow treasurer in 2004 as “a joke on the party” done to create problems down the line.


“He would bequeath Swan to his successor as a permanent Achilles heel, entrenched in the position once it had been given to him, simply because Swan’s factional strength would make it impossible to remove him,” Mr Rudd wrote.

Mr Swan said he was not bothered by the claims.

“Fighting inequality is much more important to me than fighting with former colleagues,” Mr Swan said. “Anybody with Labor’s interests at heart will take the same approach.”

It is the latest example of antagonism between the two Labor luminaries.

In Mr Swan’s own book, published in 2014, he said Mr Rudd had an “unstable personality” and his “treatment of people was extraordinarily vindictive and juvenile”.

Mr Swan was treasurer from 2007 to 2013 and was deputy prime minister from 2010 to 2013 under Julia Gillard after she deposed Mr Rudd.

It followed three years as the Opposition’s treasury spokesman from 2004.

Mr Rudd said in his book he asked for the treasury portfolio but was denied by Mr Latham due to perceived “treachery” in the election campaign.



OK   I have now talked myself into being first in line for kevvies big book....on Tuesday 

I cant wait   to be honest    what we thought was a circus  looks like we righties were right after all..



bloody hilarious...

come on lefties pown up..

anyone buying it???>.

I could always lend you my copy for a small fee....

When I first saw Kevin Rudd yapping away on the TV, I said to a friend, "the ALP should choose him as their next leader" ... I can't remember who ALP Leader was at the time ... perhaps Mark Latham?

John Howard had been PM for ages and it was about time to change tack.

I never voted for KRudd .... some friends did though.

Remember this?

so much for being a good Catholic boy who forgives and moves on...

cods wrote on Oct 24^th, 2017 at 2:44pm:


If Kev is really saying things like this then he has gone bonkers. Stupidest thing I have heard.