http://www.ambitgambit.com/2007/04/17/its-not-just-about-you/ Ambit Gambit Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ambitgambit.com/2007/04/17/its-not-just-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1586 lynn white Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:07:27 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=2008#comment-1586 People want to feel some sort of affinity with their PM. Rudd appeared to be of another class, but the self-representation he has been doing has people are feeling like he is a nerdy version of themselves. We've had 10 years of a PM voted in because he was 'a strong leader', and an individualist. Is Rudd consciously trying to occupy the same ground? I suspect so. People want to feel some sort of affinity with their PM. Rudd appeared to be of another class, but the self-representation he has been doing has people are feeling like he is a nerdy version of themselves.
We’ve had 10 years of a PM voted in because he was ‘a strong leader’, and an individualist. Is Rudd consciously trying to occupy the same ground? I suspect so.

]]> http://www.ambitgambit.com/2007/04/17/its-not-just-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1587 Vivy Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:34:36 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=2008#comment-1587 It's a clever campaign. They are trying to make a celebrity out of him. In this day and age that is smartest way to go. It’s a clever campaign. They are trying to make a celebrity out of him. In this day and age that is smartest way to go.

]]> http://www.ambitgambit.com/2007/04/17/its-not-just-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1588 al loomis Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:26:09 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=2008#comment-1588 since you never know what a would-be leader actually can do, or wants to do, there is a case for voting for someone on the appearance of his character. parliamentary societies are primitive, essentially unchanged from the feudal society whose political forms still shape the character of the nation. over-intellectualizing about their activities is a waste of time, unless you are gainfully employed to put a gloss of democracy on the struggle for power within the political caste. since you never know what a would-be leader actually can do, or wants to do, there is a case for voting for someone on the appearance of his character.
parliamentary societies are primitive, essentially unchanged from the feudal society whose political forms still shape the character of the nation. over-intellectualizing about their activities is a waste of time, unless you are gainfully employed to put a gloss of democracy on the struggle for power within the political caste.

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