Video leaked of Kevin Rudd swearing

[Mariammm]

#firstworldproblems
There are countries all over Africa and the Middle East struggling to find a decent leader and fighting for democracy ... And a politician swearing in this country is enough to make headlines...
We really are lucky

[appianway]

#firstworldproblems
There are countries all over Africa and the Middle East struggling to find a decent leader and fighting for democracy ... And a politician swearing in this country is enough to make headlines...
We really are lucky

But given the fact that we do have a stable democracy and a wealth of resources (which are reasonably fairly distributed), we should be able to do a lot better.

Also, if we lack long term direction and good policies now, who knows what position we'll be in by 2030.

[Mariammm]

^^ Thats all true but honestly, we are better off than most of the world. Sure, we could be doing better, which government isn't in need of improvement?

On a lighter note, how funny does he sound swearing? It really doesn't suit him at all

[Kanon]

That being said,
vote Liberal. 

This is off-topic, but I *may* have considered it if they weren't led by the total idiot that is Tony Abbott. Honestly, can you imagine him being a good PM (I'm not saying that Gillard/K-Rudd did particularly well)? I can't.

That's the problem, the Liberal party doesn't recognize that Tony is holding them back.   With the last election, the Liberal Party would have easily won if Malcom Turnabull was leading the opposition, and he's a moron. Abbott provides the face of the opposition, and it is a terrible terrible face, however the voice, the morals of the Liberal Party is still there

#firstworldproblems
There are countries all over Africa and the Middle East struggling to find a decent leader and fighting for democracy ... And a politician swearing in this country is enough to make headlines...
We really are lucky

Whilst this does partially contradict what I said before, a large difference between our political system and third world countries' is the integrity our politicians hold in the system.  The respect they hold for our system stops them from doing what would be deemed negative things because it's associated with our political system, it differs from every country, hell, look at Italian prime minister (I think his name is Mario Mortean? Something like that) He has no respect for the system, and as such the system is suffering.  It's how we hold our politicans standards now that determines how they act in the future, an occasional slip-up here and there isn't anything substantial.

my 7.75696 Zimbabwean dollars. 
(my 2 cents)

Moderator action: removed real name, sorry for the inconvenience

[Mariammm]

@KanonI don't think swearing out of frustration, in a private room is 'disrespecting the system'

We can all be a bit potty-mouthed at times, I'm sure Gilliard swears she just has a whole team behind her covering up her steps... Whereas poor Rudd, hes actually quite naive, he should have learnt his lesson the first time. Swearing into a camera that Julia has access too :O

Tl;dr we all swear, give the guy a break

[Starlight]

re: topic

meh, being pm is pretty stressful

[Ravit]

I have a question for you all.
If Rudd came back to power what would your reactions be about both the state of politics in Australia and the prospect of Australia into the future?

[abd123]

There's nothing wrong with him swearing, almost everyone around the world swears when they are stressed, upset and mad.

To all the haters of Kevin Rudd, give the guy some slack, please.

[Starlight]

I have a question for you all.
If Rudd came back to power what would your reactions be about both the state of politics in Australia and the prospect of Australia into the future?

I think Rudd wasn't doing that bad of a job when he was pm, he wasn't god awful. I think he'd be better than gillard or abbott.

[oliverk94]

I'm not really interested in Australian politics.. but I really liked it when Kevin Rudd was Prime Minister.. simply because of this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpsTjZr9F8o&feature=related

Miss Rove and Kevin Rudd PM so much

[Ravit]

^ that i liked.

[JellyDonut]

hell, look at Italian prime minister (I think his name is Mario Mortean? Something like that) He has no respect for the system, and as such the system is suffering.  It's how we hold our politicans standards now that determines how they act in the future, an occasional slip-up here and there isn't anything substantial.

*Mario Monti. Also, I think your comments were referring to Berlusconi who resigned recently for his mismanagement of the economy. Though I'm not certain whether a direct causation between his tendency to stick his dick into everything and Italy's spiraling debt exists.

OT: lol idgaf

[JellyDonut]

Oh Berlusconi u so horny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KErs_Z_h-9g

[Genericname2365]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YmBKwo6iE4

Danny Bhoy gives a great summary of Australian Politics in under 2 minutes.
Lol one of my favourite comedians.

And Micallef must be linked of course. 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDn_1Xa2a_o