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A bookish robot from Brisbane’s east who was once our Prime Minister has told the media this morning from New York that he thinks rising Labor star Jim Chalmers would be a great new leader for the party that just lost an unlosable election.
Kevin Rudd, who now attends lots of meetings and does many corporate speaking events in the Big Apple, spoke briefly to The Advocate this morning via telephone, where he said the only way forward for Labor is with a person just like him.
“Queenslanders will get behind him. We vote with our hearts,” he said.
“That and I think Jim is just nerdy enough. Plus, he’s from the Logan bayside area, which means he’s a much edgier than me. I don’t think I connected well with the Bruce Highway corridors but they sure as shit voted for me,”
“I’d like to see another young alternative come to the front. I like Bill Shorten, he’s nice enough and I’d invite him to a barbecue. As I would [Simon] Crean Bean, J-Gil and Kimbo [Beazley]. Probably not Latham, though. But they were all jock meatheads compared to me. And guess what, they all lost to a nerd,”
“Nerds always beat meatheads. ScoMo is a jock meathead. It’s the smart thing to do. Put Jim in. Albo should’ve knifed me when he had the chance.”
Our reporter noticed a loud echo coming down the line and a door clacking shut. The jangle of a belt all much confirmed that Kevin had decided to take this conversation into the loo.
Kevin let out a slight whimper.
“Do you have anymore questions for me today?” he said gingerly.
Our reporter said he did not, then hung up.
More to come.
