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Reply #45 - Aug 9^th, 2013 at 3:56pm

Lobo wrote on Aug 9^th, 2013 at 3:41pm:

That would be the odd whingy bit that I mentioned in my post.

DFRDB has always been crap, but nothing as bad as it is now, hence the bigger campaigns. They we bleating back in my day to, but nothing major.

To justify rudd's inaction by stating that none of the previous PM did anything too is a p1ss weak argument. Rudd's in charge now and he has the abiility to do something and he won't, plain and simple.

All's I can say Im glad I didn't get sucked into the DFRDB sh1t fight, vet affairs is crap enough for me.
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I'm know the people involved at the time didn't regard their campaign as 'nothing major'.

But, and it's still a 'but', should Abbott win out at the coming election, don't expect any great changes.

And if/when they don't happen, we wont go back and blame Rudd, will we???

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Yeah, I tend to blame the fvckwit in charge and at the moment it is rudd, so he can wear it.

I have no doubt those people thought is was a decent campaign, but as usual very little media, partly because civvies don't give a bugger about anything other than parades and fly pasts and media cares even less.

And if the people don't care the government don't care, add to that the ex-servicemen don't tend to kick up a stink.

You know why reffos get all the attention / money, is because there is nothing they are not willing to do to get noticed.

So no, your freind's campaign was really nothing major, and prolly ignored by all who shouldn't.

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Re: RUDD's misuse of the RA.A.F.
Reply #46 - Aug 9^th, 2013 at 4:11pm

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 9^th, 2013 at 3:56pm:

Lobo wrote on Aug 9^th, 2013 at 3:41pm:

That would be the odd whingy bit that I mentioned in my post.

DFRDB has always been crap, but nothing as bad as it is now, hence the bigger campaigns. They we bleating back in my day to, but nothing major.

To justify rudd's inaction by stating that none of the previous PM did anything too is a p1ss weak argument. Rudd's in charge now and he has the abiility to do something and he won't, plain and simple.

All's I can say Im glad I didn't get sucked into the DFRDB sh1t fight, vet affairs is crap enough for me.
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I'm know the people involved at the time didn't regard their campaign as 'nothing major'.

But, and it's still a 'but', should Abbott win out at the coming election, don't expect any great changes.

And if/when they don't happen, we wont go back and blame Rudd, will we???

Wink

Yeah, I tend to blame the fvckwit in charge and at the moment it is rudd, so he can wear it.

I have no doubt those people thought is was a decent campaign, but as usual very little media, partly because civvies don't give a bugger about anything other than parades and fly pasts and media cares even less.

And if the people don't care the government don't care, add to that the ex-servicemen don't tend to kick up a stink.

You know why reffos get all the attention / money, is because there is nothing they are not willing to do to get noticed.

So no, your freind's campaign was really nothing major, and prolly ignored by all who shouldn't.

I agree that there was 'very little media', but that's the way things were done then.

My 'freind's campaign', as you call it, involved the whole RSL movement.

But anyway, as you said, you didn't get involved in the sh!tfight and that's fair enough.
Maybe you should have, and then we mightn't be having this chat.....

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Verge Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6329 Gender:	Re: RUDD's misuse of the RA.A.F. Reply #47 - Aug 9^th, 2013 at 5:02pm I dont think Rudd would have said "I have to be taken on this specific plane". I think our ADF would have made the decision on the best method of transport.
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Reply #48 - Aug 9^th, 2013 at 6:35pm

Verge wrote on Aug 9^th, 2013 at 5:02pm:

I dont think Rudd would have said "I have to be taken on this specific plane".

I think our ADF would have made the decision on the best method of transport.

for normal people I would agree. But it is more than conceivable that Rudd asked specifically for that plane. His ego is after all enormous and his desire to impress anyone and everyone is equa;;y huge.

Keating was a egotist but compared to Rudd looks more like Mother Theresa.

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Reply #49 - Aug 9^th, 2013 at 7:12pm

Verge wrote on Aug 9^th, 2013 at 5:02pm:

I dont think Rudd would have said "I have to be taken on this specific plane".

I think our ADF would have made the decision on the best method of transport.

Exactly right...
And let's face it, if his ego was one quarter as large as some would suggest, he would not have decided on that plane........

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