on 26-08-2013 09:26 AM
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Paul Sheehan lets fly at Kevin Rudd:
Then there are the outright lies by Rudd, which he keeps repeating even after they have been discredited.
He is running a campaign built on fabrications and future glory. He has been caught lying, without compunction, on multiple occasions. This is not even the most insidious mischief.
The government has manipulated the official statistics. It has compromised the reputation of the Treasury. An example of the endless spin cycle is the manipulation of the unemployment rate… The official rate is 5.7 per cent. It has been trending up for a year… . The real unemployment rate is higher, about 6.2 per cent according to a study by Andrew Baker of the Centre for Independent Studies....
There are unsubtle lies, also funded by taxpayers. The government has spent $30 million in the run-up to the election on a saturation ad campaign stating that boat people who destroy their documents will never be settled permanently in Australia. It is a fantasy. Since Rudd announced that boat people will be sent to Papua New Guinea and never see Australia, his ploy has collapsed…
Then there are the outright lies by Rudd, which he keeps repeating even after they have been discredited:
the Coalition does not have a secret plan to increase the GST. Tony Abbott did not strip $1 billion out of the hospital system. The opposition does not have a $70 billion deficit in its costings.
The Liberals did not do a secret deal with News Corporation over the national broadband network… Millionaires will not be the primary beneficiaries of Tony Abbott’s paid parental leave scheme. The price of Vegemite is not going up 50¢ a jar.
An excellent read of the RUDD LIES at the below link:
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smile-youre-on-candidate-camera-20130825-2sjrn.html#ixzz2d1U299C4
on 26-08-2013 09:28 AM
nero stop it, now just stop it
on 26-08-2013 09:34 AM
I feel sick in the stomach every time Rudd lies. Why can't he tell the truth?????????? what is he afraid of????????
This is the reason Labor will lose, even if they did everything else right, voters don't like being taken for mugs.
Do they think Australians are so dim they can't see through the lies & spin?? The 6 years of total dishonesty has destroyed the Labor brand, destroyed any faith in politicians, this is the reason why Australians will desert Labor in droves on Sept 7th.
on 26-08-2013 03:33 PM
@nero_wulf wrote:The Sydney Morning Herald’s Paul Sheehan lets fly at Kevin Rudd:
Then there are the outright lies by Rudd, which he keeps repeating even after they have been discredited.
He is running a campaign built on fabrications and future glory. He has been caught lying, without compunction, on multiple occasions. This is not even the most insidious mischief.
The government has manipulated the official statistics. It has compromised the reputation of the Treasury. An example of the endless spin cycle is the manipulation of the unemployment rate… The official rate is 5.7 per cent. It has been trending up for a year… . The real unemployment rate is higher, about 6.2 per cent according to a study by Andrew Baker of the Centre for Independent Studies....
There are unsubtle lies, also funded by taxpayers. The government has spent $30 million in the run-up to the election on a saturation ad campaign stating that boat people who destroy their documents will never be settled permanently in Australia. It is a fantasy. Since Rudd announced that boat people will be sent to Papua New Guinea and never see Australia, his ploy has collapsed…
Then there are the outright lies by Rudd, which he keeps repeating even after they have been discredited:
the Coalition does not have a secret plan to increase the GST. Tony Abbott did not strip $1 billion out of the hospital system. The opposition does not have a $70 billion deficit in its costings.
The Liberals did not do a secret deal with News Corporation over the national broadband network… Millionaires will not be the primary beneficiaries of Tony Abbott’s paid parental leave scheme. The price of Vegemite is not going up 50¢ a jar.
An excellent read of the RUDD LIES at the below link:
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smile-youre-on-candidate-camera-20130825-2sjrn.html#ixzz2d1U299C4
Pity he can't act or he may have replaced Jack as the joker.
on 26-08-2013 04:09 PM
Oh, but he can act, his whole persona is an act.
on 26-08-2013 06:06 PM
DEATH by a million CUTS by Rudd
The campaign’s third week in 60 seconds. Brilliant work from AAP:
Excellent to watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5waYZIwoV7o
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/andrewbolt/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/cut_it_out/
Does he ever shut up?