Secondly, a parties 'stated policies' mean shit all.
This is going to be shocking coming from me, but in my opinion Abbott is about fifty times more trustworthy than Rudd. I feel like I should wash my mouth out with soap, being ridiculously anti-Abbott in about 95% of respects, but the current political developments have left me shaking with anger and disgust.
At the very least, Tony Abbott has held himself out to be a wanker from the start. He never pretended to be a humanitarian, he never pretended to care about the minorities, and he never held himself out to be something he was not. I do not AGREE with most of the things that come out of his mouth, but at least he is TRUE to what he is saying. (albeit that stuff being horrible)
Kevin, on the other hand is what I like to call a 'political chameleon'. He is a man that of course has his own morals and beliefs... But none of that comes through in his leadership. He has cut the carbon tax, and implemented an asylum seeker scheme worse than John Howard's!... The actual nature of the schemes angers me, but that is not why I am so angry. I am pissed off because he is a man that is willing to abandon not only his party's morals, but HIS morals, as well as his party's objectives, and his party's proposals just for a few votes. There is a right way and a wrong way to collect votes, and giving up on everything many members of your party believe in, as well as shedding your own identity, is not the way to go about it.
Who IS Kevin Rudd? Does anyone REALLY KNOW!?
For quite some time now, the ALP and the LNP have been slowly edging towards becoming the same party. And now, they have. Reflective of this is the fact that all Abbott can say to Labor's proposed policies and schemes is '... Well yes, we agree with their policies, but we will implement them better,'.
Let's be frank: The Australian Labor Party is, well, a joke. And has been, ever since Paul Keating left.
The Liberal party might be home to some half-witted ideas, but at least all of its members work together and SUPPORT each other-- something that indicates stability, and something reflective of what the textbook definition of political opposition should be.
The ALP, on the other hand, has let us down time and time again this year. And now, K Rudd has really hammered the final nail into the coffin with his policies on asylum seekers and this horrendous add that sprung up sometime last week:
Wow.
In summary:
We have a man with abhorrent, terrible policies, but at least he sticks to his guns AND his morals, and is proud to be himself. On the other hand, we have an untrustworthy guy that only cares about votes, and has NO morals of his own.
Tough decision, Australia.
Screw this, I'm voting Greens this year.

**When I said the LNP works together, I am talking about current times-- they've had their problems in the past :P
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