Hi AllKevin Rudd and Wayne Swan have already lost us all us...

Hi All

Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan have already lost us all us hundreds of billions of dollars.

I wonder if everyone that voted for Kevin 07 really new who he is?

Below is some comments from someone that knew him well.

K RUDD "PATHETIC SNAKE"/"LIAR"/"LEAKER" - by MARK LATHAM

Mark Latham (former leader Labour Party in Aust) wrote a book in 2005 called
the "Latham Diaries", he mentions his then shadow minister KEVIN RUDD no
fewer than 40 occaisions, maybe Latham wasnt so mad after all...

Monday 24th March 2003, Page 217

"War in Iraq and Simon has got himself into a terrible tangle. The basic
lesson: never listen to Rudd on foreign policy. If that guy is an expert
then I'm Henry Kissinger."

Page 218

Today Rudd was even worse. At 9.15 am he played a role in drafting the
troops resolution at Shadow Cabinet but at 5.00pm at the National Right
Meeting after Robert Ray attacked the wording Rudd stood up and disowned it
calling it hopeless. I'm still shaking my head in disbelief that it was the
same person at both meetings. He's an incredible piece of work.

Rudd on Trust
Saturday, 22nd November 2003, Page 243

All the snakes are sliding around in the grass feeding their poison to
Seccombe (SMH Journalist): Rudd, Swan, Albanese, Tanner and Comb-over.

Page 249

It is amazing that the journalists couldn't see through him. Two factors:
they are lazy and dumb (lazy and dumb)and Rudd is a fanatical media networker. He is
addicted to it worse than Heroin.

Wednesday, 14 April 2004, Page 280

I've had a suspicion for some time now that Rudd has been feeding material
to Oakes. Decided to set him up, telling Kevvie about our focus groups on
Iraq. No such research exists-Gartrell says he's doing some quantitative
polling but not focus groups. Today, right on cue, Jabba has written in the
Bulletin: 'The Labor Party's polling firm has been busily running focus
groups to test the public mood following Latham's 'troops -out'
announcement. The most significant finding, I understand, is overwhelming
support for the alliance with the United States'.
Trapped him. Two weeks ago in New Zealand, I announced our intention to have
a Minister for the Pacific Islands. That's the job I'll give Rudd if we win.
Joel thinks I'm joking, but I'm deadly serious. Rudd is a terrible piece of
work: addicted to the media and leaking. A junior minister in Government, at
best.

Rudd's Vanity

Saturday, 30th December 2003, Page 256

Kevvie wanted his title expanded to the more grandiose Shadow Minister for
Foreign Affairs and International Security. No worries, but then he rang me
last Sunday to say he objected to McClelland also having the word `Security'
in his title. At first I thought it was some kind of joke, but the crazy
bastard was serious: he had a long and absurd argument about the alleged
overlap between the two jobs. I suggested he talk to McClelland, hoping to
never hear from him again.

By the end of the day, Rudd was threatening to go to the backbench, over a
question of semantics. I told him I was willing to accept his resignation
and he went away to think about it. The ideal contingency plan was McMullan
to Foreign Affairs and then I could save face with Coxie in Finance. Rudd
called at about 11 p.m. and backed down, allowing the announcement to go
ahead the next day.

Friday 22nd October 2004, Page 364

Another slice of Caucus chaos: Kevin Rudd. On Wednesday, ' The Australians Lewis and Norington '
carried a front-page story saying that if Rudd didn't became Shadow
Treasurer he would go to the backbench. My thoughts went back to December
last year and his tantrum over his title. He's such a prima donna

Rudd came around to see me yesterday morning, lobbying to be Shadow
Treasurer. He went into a long explanation of why he's so wonderful. When he
finished I put my cards on the table: that I regard him as disloyal and
unreliable, and he only holds his frontbench position because of his media
profile and public standing among people who have never actually met him. I
also told him that if the newspaper report was true, he should get ready for
the backbench, as there was no way I could give him the Shadow Treasury.

He appeared surprised, protested his innocence and then broke down badly,
sobbing over the recent death of his mother, just before polling day. Rudd was in a very fragile condition. I told
him to leave work and go back to Brisbane to rest with his family. But he
wouldn't give up. Even though he was crying, he kept on lobbying to be
Shadow Treasurer. It was becoming quite sad. Then he said words that I will
never forget: 'I swear on my mother's grave that The Australian story is
wrong, totally wrong, and that I've been loyal to you and will continue to
be loyal to your leadership'.

I don't mind people bullshitting to me in politics, but not like this. Last
week he rang around Caucus to gauge the mood after our loss, and told Trish
Crossin that my leadership was on notice: I had until the Budget Reply
speech next May to prove myself. He's always bagging me to journalists and
that's not going to change any time soon. I don't trust him, no matter what
he says