A happy little vegemite
February 19th, 2012 at 11:37 am by David FarrarThe Rudd v Gillard war is heating up, and Gillard supporters have leaked this video of Rudd as PM cursing and swearing when trying to shoot a video.
The latest estimate is:
- Gillard 45
- Rudd 40
- Undecided 18
The bookies have Rudd at $2.40 to $2.60 for Gillard as the PM going into the next election.
The real winner is Tony Abbott whose odds of being PM after the next election are $1.36 to $3.10 for Labor.
Prior to that we have the Queensland state election where the coalition is at $1.12 and Labor at $5.75 to win. The election is on 24 March and the latest polls has the coalition ahead by 16% on a TPP basis.
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February 19th, 2012 at 11:48 am
So either way it’s gonna be the battle of the lame ducks come election time. Australians will be spoiled for choice
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 11:51 am
Bugger, Kevin, mate.
Vote:Now Harawira, Rawiri Taonui and WILLIE Jackson will think you are not only unsuited to ever be Australian Prime Minister again, but would also see difficulties in you perhaps being Australian Ambassador in Beijing.
February 19th, 2012 at 11:57 am
Cursing and getting pissed off with over-complicated language? Just shows how out of touch Gillard’s crowd are with the average ocker if they think this is going to lose him support.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
It is a measure of how weak Tony Abbot is as a contender if this rabble can survive with such a slender majority.
Aussi political stocks appear to be very thin at present.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Gillard seems to have no political skills at all and Rudd is apparently hell to work for – he’s a workaholic and expects everyone else to be as well plus screaming fits, resignations and firings left, right and center apparently.
What a combo. I wish they were our Liarbore leaders, that would be much better than Dave and Dave.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Put it away 11.57
I agree, good to see the bloke is human.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Oh! What a lovely war!
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
And meanwhile Bill Shorten sits back and waits.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
He made more sense in that speech than the entire Green Party.
Doesn’t seem to be a barrier to getting elected….
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Sure it was leaked by Gillard supporters DPF? Seems like this will increase his chances to no end!
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
A fuckwit, albeit a vain and arrogant one.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Apparently Rudd’s been plotting since last November.
http://tinyurl.com/7s9zy5o
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
its gross when middle aged women swear
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Kev should try banging his head on his desk. It worked for Len Brown.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Rudd could end this now if he wanted to by pledging support for Gillard into the election stating that the business of Government is far more important than personal ambition. But he does not. It seems that the Labour Party is going to split in two but it is mainly about personalities and political effectiveness so the split while damaging will heal in time.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
heh. I’d far prefer Rudd (or even Gillard for that matter) over the grubby little sociopath Tony “I’ll stop the boats” Abbott.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
It seems that the Labour Party is going to split in two but it is mainly about personalities and political effectiveness so the split while damaging will heal in time.
It’s Oz Labor you are talking about. Their splits last bloody ages. The Democratic Labor Party lasted over twenty years.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
metcalph 3:09pm. If there is a split, I hope it lasts that long too. What’s bad for Labor is good for Australia.
cheers
David Prosser
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
The DLP was about communist infiltration in the Labour Party and other policy issues. This is about personalities. But Rudd also wants to smash the role of the factions and the Unions as well. That will take time.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
It staggers me that either Gillard or Rudd is considered fit to govern. What has Australia come to.?
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Abbot is going to kick ass come the federal election.
Labor has encouraged the illegal immigrants,to the extent that hundreds are dying on the high seas,and tens of thousands of new entrants with no stake in Australia other than a life on the back of the Australian worker are fogging a path there.
Go Tony!
Kevin Rudd eats snot.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Funny how even here in NZ the leftoids basic line is “It is all in some way Abbotts fault”. Either he’s really weak, or it’s his “I’ll stop the boats”, attitude, nothing on the shambolic mess that Labor under both Rudd and Gillard has been.
Given that Abbott not only has to battle Labor but also the entire ABC and all the Fairfax papers who’s sycophantic adulation of anyone Labor is a wonder to behold. Frankly he’d waltz in if an election was held now, and by probably a near historical;ly high margin, can’t see that makes him “weak”. And as for stopping the boats, Howard did, a mere hundred or so illegals a year, and when Labor slackened it all off the smugglers got to work, and it’s many thousands a year now. Who said incentives don’t work ? It does seem odd though that the left support these illegals, they are after all representatives of “the 1%” from the countries they leave, it costs them something like $10K US per person to get smuggled onto a boat in Indonesia (with the connivance of the Indonesian government), and that is usually a very considerable sum in Afghanistan and similar places where they mostly hie from. So the poor sods who can’t afford this and go through the official channels get displaced, and odd sort of concern by the left I would think.
And as a final point, the exceptionally corrupt nature of Australian politics especially as practiced by the left, is very evident in all this. Craig Thompson, accussed of stealing $100K plus of what’s probablyb the poorest union in Australia; Over 3 years under investigation and nothing yet decided (Oh and the PM’s office has a series of “chats” with the FWA investigators); Peterr Slipper, ex Liberal and a man known for running up taxi bills of large amounts to and from Kings Cross for late night “meetings”, put up as speaker by Gillard, another crook given official sanction; and Australia Day’s little race riot, those who incited the riot , no action, and a plum little job overseas for the now ex Gillard staffer. that gets him well out the way for a while doesn’t it.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 5:37 pm
The saddest thing of all about Aussie politics is that a reasonable bloke like Abbott has to defend himself against two weirdo uglies like Gillard and Rudd.
Still poor old Key has to do the same against Cunliffe and Peters!
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
I feel a bit dim, because I do not see these clipped leaks as a problem for Rudd. They are a problem for the leakers.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
That is the lamest fucking gag reel I’ve ever seen. Australian nunneries use more colorful language than that. What are the factions fighting with over there? Plastic cutlery?
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Releasing this shows what a poisonous little red-back Gillard can be. It’s a fair warning to us here in Kiwiland just how untrustworthy she can be – beware JK!
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 6:14 pm
On the leak itself, are we sure that it is Gillard doing the leaking. It is quite possibly a Rudd supporter, and given the convoluted infighting going on, I wouldn’t be too sure at this stage.
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 7:11 pm
The smart money is on the source of the leak coming from a Department and given Gillard’s denial it did NOT come from her office suggests she knows this. Interesting Rudd has admitted he has learned some lessons since his departure. But it is all on now for a spill but when???
Vote:February 19th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
Go Rudd….you just made a fan here. lol
Vote:February 20th, 2012 at 11:56 am
I wonder if Rudd is a botox user, his face barely crinkles during his angry outburst.
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