I found this while looking up a reference for a quote where Kevin said he was a Christian Socialist as someone seemed to indicate he was not in an earlier post.
Perhaps this explains their confusion ... and yes I'm sure one could be written up on Abbott ... not that I care ... as long as Abbott continues to reject the ETS until their can be fair, open debate and costing the Libs will at worst get my preference.
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My name is Kevin Rudd
*I’m a Christian Socialist but I reject socialism. *I’m a man of integrity, but I didn’t mind meeting with a convicted criminal (Brian Burke) on 3 occasions in order to garner support for my leadership challenge—and then lie about it. *I’m pro-family but I voted against the Marriage Amendment Act *I’m against abortion but I voted to enable RU486 to be legalised. *I despise candidates who say: “Vote for me! I’m a Christian.” Instead, people should vote for me because I’m a Christian. *I’m pro-family so I want dads to stay home unemployed, instead of getting a job. *I’m against free markets, but my family made millions using them. *I’m a friend of small businesses, but I reject the flexibilities they have been given by the WorkChoices legislation. *I don’t mind illegal immigrants coming here and living on welfare, but I object to legal foreign workers coming here to do the jobs that Australians refuse to do. *I support government investment in essential infrastructure, but I canned the Wolfdene Dam project when *I was chief-of-staff for the Queensland government. *I believe we must go to great lengths to drastically reduce our CO2 emissions, but I strongly support our coal industry. *I object to ‘fear campaigns’ but I think Australians should be terrified by the government’s WorkChoices legislation and the impending doom being brought on by climate change. *I'm committed to the US alliance but I won’t support them in Iraq. *I think the Prime Minister was wrong to endanger the US alliance by attacking Barack Obama and the Democrats, but *I didn’t mind when Mark Latham attacked George W. Bush and the Republicans. *I think the Iraqis need to take over responsibility for their own security, but I won’t given them any support to help them do it—not even 70 soldiers. *I want all our troops home from Iraq, but I still plan to leave 900 there. *I’m a God-botherer because every time I speak, God gets really bothered!
