Read Tim Blair about the apology where he quotes Laurie Oakes about how Kevin didn’t give a rat’s arse about saying sorry up to very recently ago.
Now he preaches to “41 parliaments for being late”.

In Rudd’s case the terms are definitely not mutually exclusive

*note* Labor ministers turn their backs at the Sorry ceremony and are repremanded by Mr Rudd.

Didn’t Mr Rudd ALWAYS turn his back on Howard in question time?

Neither Andrew !
He is OUR brand new shiny , fresh, clean, modern and up to date PRIME MINISTER !
And doesn’t he look good ?

So, if saying Sorry or expressing sorrow for something that “this generation” isn’t responsible for, is wrong, then isn’t expressing pride and gratitude for something that “this generation” had no part in also wrong. Gallipoli comes to mind for example.

Also, if an apology is wrong because “this generation” isn’t responsible. Surely, this philosophy must applies to other countries as well. Are you opposed to the Current Japanese or German governments apologising for WWII atrocities ?

How many blond Australian prime ministers or premiers can you recall?  How many globals heads of countries?

The only person other than Rudd that I can recall is Peter Beattie and he tends to confirm thinking…

Krudd is a reflection of the people of this country.

900 days till the next election.  I haven’t seen 1 single thing this week that suggests to me the the Libs can win a chook raffle let alone the next election.

Andrew, my advice to you is to stop trolling the Saturday morning rags to misrepresent old leftie hacks and start sorting out the Liberal party.

They are quite frankly - “LAUGHABLE.”

I cannot stand the way that Kevin Rudd, a very recent convert to the Aboriginal cause, is being feted while Brendan Nelson is being pilloried as some sort of fiend. In fact, long ago, Nelson established his credentials as a supporter of Aboriginal rights, while Rudd remained silent.

How quickly we forget.

In May 2000, the Federal Parliament debated the Mandatory Sentencing laws in the Northern Territory. These “three strikes and you’re out” laws effectively targetted and jailed Aboriginal people - including children - for the most minor of crimes.

Brendan Nelson, then a backbencher, gave one of the best speeches heard in the Parliament for many a long year. Read it. Even Anthony Albanese commented that it was a great speech, according to the Hansard record. Nelson was not alone amongst the Liberals on opposing these laws – Dana Vale, Petro Georgiou, and others spoke out and threatened to cross the floor of Parliament. The result of their opposition was that pressure was applied to the NT government and the laws were repealled, much to the delight, as I recall, of Aboriginal leaders and people alike.

Did Kevin Rudd? Nope. SNIP

SNIP… way too long. Please keep it short and sharp. Bolt Moderators. 

Andrew Bolt
Sat 16 Feb 08 (11:24am)

Andrew asks:-

Is Rudd, “A flake or a fake”.

I lean towards “A flake AND a fake”.

It’s funny though how closely The Age’s Tony Wrihght and The Tele’s Lozza Oakes think.
Almost identical in fact. It must be something in the water collers down there in parliament House.
Sample:

Wright:
Nelson had no choice but to sit there, nodding sagely, as Rudd proposed that he and the Opposition Leader jointly head a sort of war cabinet to tackle — as a start — the lack of housing in remote Aboriginal communities. Nelson had no clue that such a gift was coming his way, and thus could neither refuse it nor accept it. He was, in effect, rendered politically impotent.

Oakes:
And the PM deliberately ambushed Nelson with his public invitation to co-chair a kind of “war cabinet” on indigenous housing and other issues, giving the Opposition Leader no chance to confer with colleagues or lay down conditions before accepting.

Rudd clearly thought Nelson might be tempted to break away from bipartisanship unless he was continually corralled.
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Maybe the herd mentality is required to to get you a job in the Press Gallery. It’s uncanny that both men were so, shall we say, in lock-step with each other on the same day in papers 600km apart and even further apart politically.

Anyhoo, Nelson is gradually wiggling out of it saying he “will refuse to join Kevin Rudd’s tour of Aboriginal communities until he is assured it will not become a “media circus”.

It’ll be a circus alright. Anybody who saw Rudd in Dili on the news last night knows exactly why he went. It was nothing but a huge photo op to show us he’s el supremo on the world stage.

Two stunts in one week and the stupid press bought it, lock, stock and two smoking barrels”.