Comments on: Kevin Rudd – damnatio memoriae?

By: Rudd’s Return at Catallaxy Files

Rudd’s Return at Catallaxy Files — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:52:20 +0000

[...] But in the end, Julia didn’t solve the Kevin problem. Perhaps Australia will rue the day that Kevin wasn’t condemned to damnatio memoriae? [...]

By: Samuel J

Samuel J — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:31:45 +0000

Peter – yes I would like to see ostracism. But one a year would be sufficient. And we should – as the Greeks – ensure that after 10 years the ostracised citizen can return and take possession of his or her property.

By: Mitchell Porter

Mitchell Porter — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:22:50 +0000

Kevin’s digital cenotaph:

http://pmrudd.archive.dpmc.gov.au/

By: Peter Patton

Peter Patton — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:58:31 +0000

Not so much the Romans, but there are two ancient Athenian political institutions I would love Australia to adopt: sortition, and ostracism. Except, we would surely need many, many more than just 1 citizen ostracized each year.

By: jc

jc — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:38:57 +0000

Yea Dover… So much so that the straw that broke Rudd’s back is now throwing it all on Rudd, saying it’s his fault and gets a promotion.

SwnaDive has to the luckiest mediocrity that has ever, ever walked the face of this earth.

Rudd gets erased from memory and SwanDive gets a promotion.

If Rudd brings his case to the tribunal for unfair dismissal, as he should, he can readily point to SwanDive as exhibit A where a total failure not only keeps a job but also gets a promotion.

By: dover_beach

dover_beach — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:38:36 +0000

Hardly, twice since WW2 to my knowledge.

How many ALP PM’s have we had since WW2? 5. Of the five, two have been deposed internally. As I said, all the appearances of a habit.

In fact the ALP has been accused of being stupidly loyal to leaders even when in Opposition eg Calwell Evatt etc

And how “stupidly loyal” have they been to Hayden, Beazley, Crean, and Latham in Opposition?

By: dover_beach

dover_beach — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:32:06 +0000

As I said at the begin JC, who is Kevin Rudd? As we speak he is being erased from our political memory. He is being marginalized in much the same manner as Mark Latham. His once ‘faithful’ colleagues have denied him; they can’t even recall serving in his Cabinet, etc. The failures are/ were all his own. If you listen careful, they are even intoning while sobbing, “We are innocent, we are all innocent, except him”, or “It wasn’t me, it was him, it was him!. He did it”, some even have stooped to saying “We were hostage to his political success, we had no choice”, and so on. Kevin Rudd, formerly the Milky Bar kid, is now the devil, sorry, was the devil. Now, he is forever more, the Member for Griffith.

By: jc

jc — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:31:29 +0000

Ennui has to go back before the time of Christ to find a part of history that aligns with his argument.

Dude, accept the fact that the Liars party changes its leaders to create the false facade of renewal.

No one gives a flying fuck what was happening during Callwell’s time.

By: ennui

ennui — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:27:35 +0000

“it has all the appearances of a habit”
Hardly, twice since WW2 to my knowledge. In fact the ALP has been accused of being stupidly loyal to leaders even when in Opposition eg Calwell Evatt etc

OK inthe case of NSW there can be no dispute!

By: jc

jc — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:20:53 +0000

Ennui:

Stop it with the Lair’s party whore-ship as it’s unsightly.

The Liars party at state and Federal level do move their leaders in an out of office in order to create the facade of renewal while the policies remain the same.

We haven’t seen it so much at the Federal level of course because they were out of power for 13 years. However we’ve seen enough of it at the state level particularly Nsw- the heart of this deadly, evil beast. What just happened with Rudd is what the Liars party has been doing for a long time at the state level.