What we're talking about

CRY FREEDOM on Choice between China and USA? To the uneducated I will explain, America supports China from Japanese aggression and in return gets attacked themselves. ... more
Bob Lord on More Origin games in Melbourne? No way, one every three years is plenty for Melbournites. All they do is mock our superior NRL game anyway. more
Bob Lord on Choice between China and USA? Gee, I don't know. Go with our biggest trading partner whose economy is thriving. Or go with the warmongers whose economy is ... more
Richard on Choice between China and USA? Communism or Democracy.Why are we even entertaining the thought?Bob Carr is a nutcase, but gets elevated to Foreign Minister ... more
John of Caloundra on Choice between China and USA? Wow, it's easy to engender fear and anger in the digital age, isn't it? And Cry, why do you point out this "history" as ... more
John of Caloundra on ACTU calls for casual workers to be ... Absolutely. It's too easy to whack someone on a casual rate and leave them in that situation where they have little job ... more
CRY FREEDOM on Choice between China and USA? From 1937 to 1941 a war raged between China and Japan, the USA in support of China put sanctions of raw materials on Japan ... more
Amy on ACTU calls for casual workers to be ... As a general rule Casual Employees wages include a component to account for Annual Leave and Sick Leave, that is why a ... more
Amy on Tony Abbott on Drive So Bob, when do we see Wayne Swans hidden Robin Hood Suit?You know the one one wears when one robs the rich and gives to the ... more
BELLA on Tony Abbott on Drive Exactly....No Carbon Tax or MRRT = No linked INCREASE in benefits, the operative words being LINKED INCREASE, Bob.Which does ... more
BELLA on Choice between China and USA? AND SO IT BEGINS...... more
CRY FREEDOM on Choice between China and USA? George Bush what crucified by the media and the ALP over his your with me or against me comment. Do not be mistaken, this is ... more
CRY FREEDOM on Tony Abbott on Drive Bella, once again the socialist minded believe you can solve problems by running up debt and increasing taxes as proven by ... more
Bob Lord on PM Gillard with 4BC Breakfast Dear DIckDid you notice that bit in the budget how next year the government will be collecting 24 billion less taxes? That's ... more
Bob Lord on Treasurer Wayne Swan Dear RichardGreat thinking outside the box mate. People do use solar powered lighting along their driveways already of ... more
Bob Lord on Hockey smacks budget Dear DickReally CHEAP overseas labour working in our mines??? You envisage toilers in the hot sun with a pick and shovel? ... more
John of Caloundra on Hockey smacks budget Dick: "don't comment on what you know nothing about"! L-O-L!Should take your own advice I dare say!Ooga booga soshulizms ... more
John of Caloundra on Treasurer Wayne Swan Richard, only you on this blog, and nobody else in the world, calls the ETS a broad based consumption tax. That's more ... more
Richard on Hockey smacks budget @Bob, don't comment on what you know nothing about.Find out why Gina has gone overseas for cheap labor.Can't get CHEAP labor ... more
Richard on Treasurer Wayne Swan @JOCI didn't realise that the Ipswich Motrway was a locally funded project.Just how did we innovate before the ETS. ... more

A Mexican standoff

Posted by: 4BC with 3AW Radio | 20 February, 2012 - 5:53 AM

Government MPs are starting to take sides as a showdown between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her old boss Kevin Rudd appears inevitable.

Mr. Rudd declared he was a changed man before jetting off overseas to Mexico amid mounting speculation of a leadership spill within weeks.

The Australian newspaper has done a head count and reckons Ms Gillard has 51 MPs backing her, Mr. Rudd 31 and with another 21 undecided meaning both camps are short of a majority.

Over the weekend, a video leaked on YouTube showing Kevin Rudd swearing during a recording while he was Prime Minister.

Julia Gillard has denied any involvement in the leak, although division within the ALP remains at a fever-pitch.

Watch below.

Michael Pachi in Canberra reports Kevin Rudd has been planning a leadership challenge as far back as last year

VIDEO: Kevin Rudd loses his cool in front of the camera (Channel 7)

Blog comments

@ JOC
It is common knowledge that Vote early vote often is the CATCH cry of the ALP. This underling thought of vote rorting is now clearly supported by having Mike Keiser in their ranks as a self-confessed vote rorter. No such scandals have at all been attached to the conservatives so you can not say that vote early vote often can apply to any political party.

CRY FREEDOM Friday 24 February, 2012 - 9:26 AM
Amy, what was the content that I needed to focus on? I think you have your hands full with calling out other posters on this board for not focusing on content and instead playing the man! Go and get em!
Cry, I didn't say that it wasn't valid simply by virtue of being an Americanism. I just say that it can be reasonably applied to any political party, not simply Labor.
And as to Labor being an Americanism itself? You'd need to speak to them about that. I've no view on it.

John of Caloundra Thursday 23 February, 2012 - 2:08 PM
JOC do not point the finger at CRY for using an Americanism when your beloved ALP spell LABOR as the Americans do; you still have not addressed the content of his posting! !
As for Tony Abbott not being "enormously electable", he appears to be very popular in his electorate of Warringah.
Why would the people of Australia not want a man in the prime of his life, experienced, principled and focused; physically fit well loved family man; well respected by his peers, no possible destabilising leadership spill on the horizon there!
Yes you may well point at Malcolm Turnbull, who was toppled from the leadership because he was doing a Kevin07 (making arbitrary decisions without the support of the caucus, majority or otherwise), but after the showing the Conservatives put up in 2010 with Abbott as the leader I do not think Mr. Turnbull has a s*#t show in hell of getting the numbers

Colene Thursday 23 February, 2012 - 6:27 AM
@JOC
If the fact that "Vote early vote often" is an Americanism and therefore holds no relevance in an argument, the same must go for the ALP as a whole, because Labor is the American spelling, therefore by your rules the ALP should have no standing.

CRY FREEDOM Thursday 23 February, 2012 - 2:26 AM
Well, Cry, not unusually, you would be mistaken. But carry on!
"Vote early vote often" is an Americanism if i'm not mistaken.
Meow.

John of Caloundra Wednesday 22 February, 2012 - 1:50 PM
@JOC, I can only assume that since you are more intent of focusing on my misuse of a phase in a blog and not the actual content, you must agree with the content of the blog that being that the ALP believes in VOTE EARLY VOTE OFTEN. And automatically putting people on the role facilitates this.

CRY FREEDOM Wednesday 22 February, 2012 - 12:56 PM