We know one thing, if Rudd loses his seat & exits the political scene he will not be awarded the highest honour bestowed on a prime minister, The Order Of Merit.
His book will never attain the mega star sales that former Prime Minister Howard's has done. He will not be missed & mobbed on the street like Mr Howard is. People will not look back with yearning for Rudd's reign like they do with Hawke & Howard.
People will remember Rudd with wonder, wonder as to how a poisonous person like this became PM twice. How his war on Julia Gillard brought her down to the level of ignominy never before seen done to another PM or politician, rubbed out of recent memory, all at the hands of the vengeful scheming Rudd.
All this seems to be OK with Labor voters, they have acquiesced to the Rudd rise at the expense of merit or ethical morality, anything as long as they have a chance of winning.
One can only wonder at his 1st term as PM that saw his party reject him publicly & privately to such an extent the Rudd redux saw a fleeing of top line MP's from the cabinet & party who abhor him to the extent that they sacrificed their careers rather than serve him again. The few who debased themselves to cling onto their positions will be remembered as the traitors to the destruction of Labor on Sept. 7.
