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Last updated on July 16th, 2017 at 09:52 am
Poor Kevin Rudd has been smeared again:
A Labor candidate in Western Australia has apologised to Kevin Rudd for referring to him as a “filthy Liberal” earlier this year.
The Labor candidate for the federal seat of O’Connor, Dominic Rose, made the comment when writing for his university newspaper, The Pelican, saying Mr Rudd had abandoned the party’s left-leaning principles.
But he says he was ignorant when he wrote the article, and was just trying to be sensationalist.
Mr Rose says Mr Rudd now has his full support.
Kevin was always going to score highly with ignorant sensationalists. Meanwhile, the filthy Liberal is now planning to take down President I’mInaDinnerJacket:
A Labor government would attempt to bring Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, before the International Court of Justice to face charges of “inciting genocide” in an effort to force the rogue Middle East leader to justify his attacks on Israel.
There might be a few problems with that.
(Via LaoHuLi)
Putting aside the technicalities involved in having the International Court of Justice hear the matter Kevvie would first have to get support from within his own Party.Given the anti-Semite sympathy from within,particularly from the Left,I don’t believe that the ICJ will ever need to bother setting aside dates for a hearing.
… to face charges of “inciting genocide” in an effort to force the rogue Middle East leader to justify his attacks on Israel.
Oh, yeah, let’s talk ‘em to death! And in front of a court. That’ll do the trick. Uh huh! Heck, throw Lurch and Hillary! onto the prosecution team, and the Iranians will be begging for mercy before lunch on the first day of trial.
Labor has also been previously advised by international prosecutors of difficulties with such a proposal.
Such as the ICJ has had, ummmmmm, troubles convicting Serbians for genocide. With lots of evidence.
Cretins. Who don’t listen and learn.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 10 03 at 02:25 AM • permalink
And nobody at the Labor Party thought that maybe, just maybe, a 20 year old might not have the maturity or experience to represent them?
Posted by blandwagon on 2007 10 03 at 02:50 AM • permalink
That would be the same Kevin Rudd who said, after Australia stood with the US in the General Assembly and opposed a resolution condemning Israel for defending itself with a security barrier following the ICJ ruling,
“A more appropriate course of action would have been for Australia to have abstained on this particular resolution.”
Kevin Rudd – the Foreign Affairs expert – shows his vast grasp of knowledge of International Courts of Justice.
Apparently the Labor party received advice that a prosecution before the correct Tribunal, the ICC, would not succeed, so he flew off the handle and nominated another one, before finding out how badly his “policy on the run” (hi tim dunlop) failed him.
Token Rudd strikes again with more puffery than a marshmallow factory!
According to an interview with Rudd he is claiming his view is in line with, amonig others, John Bolton. In response to a question about Iran Rudd said:
Firstly, we would like to initiate legal proceedings against President Ahmadinejad on a charge of incitement to genocide. This could occur through the International Court of Justice on reference by the UN Security Council. This option has a growing body of supporters, including former Canadian Attorney-General Irwin Cotler, former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel.
Though I could be wrong, I can’t imagine Bolton being the sort of guy who (a) would call on an international court to try a head of state or (b) misunderstand basic international law to such an extent as to imagine it might be practically possible in the first place.
Can anyone remember Bolton ever calling for the ICJ to be the arbiter on Iran’s President?
Posted by Dylan Kissane on 2007 10 03 at 07:12 AM • permalink
- Posted by dean martin on 2007 10 03 at 08:32 AM • permalink
Having thought about this, I can only conclude that Kevin Rudd is the Australian version of Barack Obama: Lotsa “multicultural” “experience”, limited common sense, politically immature, and an immensely huge ero.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 10 03 at 10:55 AM • permalink
Oops! I meant “ego”, not “ero”. PIMF!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 10 03 at 10:56 AM • permalink
BTW, Rebecca, why waste perfectly good ammunition when one could use a rope? Good enough for Saddam, good enough for Ahmadinejad. Save the ammo for the terrorists on the run.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 10 03 at 10:58 AM • permalink
- #9, I always thought it was pronounced “I’mMadInTheHead”
It is actually pronounced Imatewithkids – just like that cartoon guy, you know, whatsisname?Posted by surfmaster on 2007 10 03 at 11:34 AM • permalink
Rudd’s proposal is fatuous and dangerous – to Australia’s interest that is. Indeed, the damage may now have been done, for we are now vulnerable to other states seeking to try our leaders on the basis of genocidal policies towards Aborigines. Such a claim is nonsense, but that will not stop even Australians from urging a state (and Iran I suppose would be happy to oblige) from urging such a course and backing it up be reference to Rudd’s call. On foreign policy, Rudd is a worry, (noting too his fondness for the dictatorial Communist regime in China).
I heard this guy on the radio this morning. He sounded like he was having trouble making up his excuses – too many bong hits for breakfast perhaps?