Comments on: Who’s my preferred leader?

By: thewaya

thewaya — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:48:22 +0000

sorry about the double trackbacks, drupal does it automatically if I put in a link in my post to a WP person…feel free to delete one and this comment.

By: thewaya

thewaya — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:18:32 +0000

The Inevitable Has Happened
So even after Rudd’s ‘narrowing gap’, it seems he has dropped

By: thewaya

thewaya — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:16:35 +0000

The Inevitable Has Happened
So even after Rudd’s ‘narrowing gap’, it seems he has dropped

By: Giovanni Torre

Giovanni Torre — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:58:33 +0000

And look at him now. Like Neville Bartos he’s “flyin’ mate”.

By: Giovanni Torre

Giovanni Torre — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:57:57 +0000

My preferred leaders of the Labor Party:

1. A sane H.V. Evatt

2. J.B. Chifley

3. John Curtin

4. Chris Watson

5. Mick Young

6. Don Dunstan

7. Tony Benn

8. Kate Ellis

9. Kevin Rudd

10. Lindsay Tanner

so… Rudd? Maybe?

Too bad he’s probably not that electable. But then again, everyone thought Howard was unelectable for about fifteen years.

By: Adam 1.0

Adam 1.0 — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:11:36 +0000

If you think with the “pollster” part of your brain you deserve everything you get. In three years you could get Ivan Milat elected if you worked the media well enough.

By: ausculture

ausculture — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:06:56 +0000

Random Wednesday (Mostly Political) Thoughts
The Oz Blogosphere is still reeling\celebrating (depending on their respective political leanings) over the news that Mark Latham has quit not only the Opposition Leader position, but Australian politics altogether. Here’s some stuff you should …

By: The 52nd State

The 52nd State — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 05:45:09 +0000

The Ironman is dead, long live the Bomber
As I’m sure you all know, Mark Latham has quit politics on the grounds that his health no longer up to the job, and he is therefore going to lead a more normal life outside politics. As sad as I am to see him go, staying around with something as bad …

By: Martin Pike

Martin Pike — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 05:27:21 +0000

Scotty- the ideologue in you wants Rudd? Pray do tell?!

The ideologue in me wants Gillard, adn I agree that she shouldn’t be written off. After all, if she is seen as ‘too left’ then why are the right trying to entice her over all the time?

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 05:22:43 +0000

Vale Iron Mark. God knows there’s no one else to maintain the rage. I know Laborites cringe at comments like “hand in your badge, Adolf”, but it sure beats the alternative Labor parliamentary strategy: sulking.

Don’t forget that the flip side to the Rudd-being-a-mincing-Harry-Potter-lookalike criticism is that he is actually an extremely erudite individual and makes Downer look like a foreign affairs dilettante on a daily basis. Of course, this means he’s pretty much fucked politically, and completely OUT OF TOUCH WIV THE ELECTORATE(tm) but, you know…

So yeah, keep him in foreign affairs I reckon and hand over the leadership to the Steve Irwin.

Thanks Rob.