Rudd even sweeter after storm in a D-Cup
Sun 26 Aug 2007It’s early Sunday morning. I wonder whether Rupert’s Rags are going to throw another non-story onto the nation’s front yards in a couple of hours time.*
Last weeks non-story, Rudd admits to US strip club visit by Glen Milne dredged up some 4-year old non-news. This part raised alarm bells …
Reports of Mr Rudd’s behaviour reached senior Australian diplomats serving in the US at the time.
One of those diplomats, who insisted on anonymity, confirmed to The Sunday Telegraph a version of events involving “inappropriate behaviour”.
To me, this smells (no, stinks) of the involvement of our foreign minister Alexander Downer. Sadly for Mr Downer and John Howard, none of the mud stuck — except to their own hands.
On Monday, our local ABC radio station was interviewing the man in the street and the majority of responses were favourable to Kevin Rudd: “It shows he’s human after all.” “He’s just like one of us.” etc.
Bob Brown landed the best punch
Mrs Fitz & I were watching Lateline on Monday night when we saw Australian Greens Leader, Senator Bob Brown deliver this…
“Four years ago Kevin Rudd got drunk and took himself into a strip club. Four years ago John Howard, sober, took Australia into the Iraq war. I think the electorate can judge which one did the more harm.”
Mrs Fitz howled with laughter when she heard it. Take that, Johnny.
Aurelius blogged about it straight away.
By Thursday, everyone was pretty relaxed about the story. One of my brothers sent me this picture of a billboard outside an establishment across the road from his workplace.
Glen Milne?
And why did Downer’s flunky in DFAT choose to leak the story to Glen Milne, of all people. Maybe it’s because he has had first-hand experience of drunken behaviour? Who can forget his performance at the 2006 Walkley awards?
I think the Howard government mud-slingers are going to have to try harder than that.
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* Actually, I’ve just checked. Today’s top story is…
Flu outbreak hits racing
A DESPERATE race is on to contain a highly contagious horse influenza virus that has the potential to cripple the $8 billion Australia racing industry. …
While not wishing any harm to the horses, some filter in my head translates this story as…
Punters keep their money
FAMILY BUDGETS make ends meet and economy booms. …
August 26th, 2007 at 21:13
It became the question of the week throughout the Labor Party and beyond… “have you been to a strip club?”. It yielded some strange results. Schwarto reckons he hasn’t, for example. One male Federal Candidate took to the line, referring to men, “I don’t know anyone who hasn’t, in all honesty, ever been to a strip club”. We soon found, though, that Phil Gray has never been to one.
And out of all of this, there can only be confusion. If having been to a strip club renders one unsuitable for politics, there must only be very few people who do qualify. Yet what does it say of the life experience of a person who has not been around and seen a few things in their time? Oh well. I guess we all lose by wasting time on this rubbish.
August 26th, 2007 at 22:15
Schwarto (minister for swinging punches) reckons he hasn’t ever been to a strip club? Actually, I’m doing a project for his department at the moment. Next time I pass him in the corridor, I’ll check this. (Providing I have my hard hat on.)
August 27th, 2007 at 15:33
I’ve been to that strip club - it’s a nice one. Ruddy would like it.
August 27th, 2007 at 16:53
Whoa, Princess. TMI!
August 31st, 2007 at 23:24
I LOVE that he went to the strips. At least it proves he has a fucking heart beat unlike the other walking corpse.
September 1st, 2007 at 0:09
Steph: walking corpse… Love it! Actually it’ll be like Night of the Living Dead if we wake up the morning after the election and the corpse is still PM. *shudder*
Hey, can I borrow a copy of your Kevin ‘07 “Don’t F… It Up” piccie?
September 11th, 2007 at 22:07
Looking back on this, a mere three weeks later, it seems so long ago. The Libs stood half a chance until this debacle. But when it failed to hurt Rudd, I think they gave up, and the polls continued to slide. And now, we’ve got them dragging out the painful collapse as long as possible.
Nice of them to extend their agony for my entertainment, isn’t it?
September 12th, 2007 at 4:17
Aurelius: Some saying about counting chickens and hatching keeps running through my head. But privately, “Glee! Don’t mind if I do.”
Now, we need to concentrate on the Senate.