Comments on: Honour Restored in Defeat

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:01:10 +0000

Hey Jason, yes I had given some reflection to that. was Rudd just trying to save face? while there was probably an element of this, the fact that he turned up sitting on those dreaded back benches deserves some credit. it is like a dismissed pastor turning up next sunday to listen to the new minister (or ministeress:))

BTW, we are freezing in Perth:)

By: Jason Harris

Jason Harris — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:52:40 +0000

I’m inclined to think you’re giving Rudd too much credit here. In light of his record, I think he chose not to contest the vote to salvage what was left of his bruised ego…

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:57:19 +0000

yes PJ that is what is emerging in reports this week.

Graham Richardson wrote in the Australian this morning about the pure hatred the party had developed for Rudd. quite sad when you look at the wholesale goodwill that existed when Rudd was elected and that he brought the party out of the political wilderness after so many years.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:11:55 +0000

The whole thing was very interesting…I suppose the rightness and wrongness of what the ALP did will be argued over endlessly…children will study it in their history books I’m sure, just like they do Whitlam’s dismissal.

I did think though, that if you were a pastor and up to 80% of your church membership were prepared to chuck you out without blinking – it would say something about your leadership style wouldn’t it!

By: Jeremy Kwok

Jeremy Kwok — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:00:34 +0000

Great line – “The ALP moved swifter than Mossad, the CIA and the former KGB in eliminating a perceived threat to its imminent electoral prospects.”

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:07:26 +0000

a hidden talent indeed Alen:)

By: Alen Basic

Alen Basic — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:01:38 +0000

IT’s quite surprising to see the way he left. As you mentioned it did reveal character that I didn’t think was there.