Re your post which included; "... The equally failed and incompetent Rudd at least has a "common-touch" that seems mostly due to his ready willingness to play the foolish buffoon in front of the cameras... "
Hmmmm! Some double standards there methinks!
Where were you when Tony Abbott's noddies flashed across the media, when he burst onto the beach in speedos & onto a bike in revealing lycra? Were you impressed by all those idiotic, insulting & ingratiating 'marlboro moments' on horseback etc?