# Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister, AKA Aussie Redneck Supremo **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432 "2010-03-31T06:00:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/21 "2010-04-01T18:03:12Z")
I’m confused by the difficulty of a “Septic” being accepted by Aussie society. They’re quite friendly people; we got on well when I lived there for 6 months. Seriously, it wasn’t difficult. I never felt discriminated against or looked down on, and I’m as American as they come. They even asked me to join their armed forces! (Of course, they then rescinded the invitation as soon as I spoke, the ingrates. Ungrateful lot. But still super fun and good people.) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/22 "2010-04-01T18:34:46Z")
No doubt they intend the “buried container of sewage” nickname in the most affectionate way possible. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/23 "2010-04-02T00:20:01Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > I never felt discriminated against or looked down on, and I’m as American as they come. We were just too subtle about it for you to notice. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/24 "2010-04-02T03:43:12Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Makes sense to me that Aussies are rednecks. I mean, the further south you go, the more rednecks there are. And Australia is, like, totally way south. Funnily enough, once you actually _get_ to Australia, the rule is reversed- the farther north you go, the more redneck it is. Not available in Tasmania. 😃 And Robin Williams and Kevin Rudd are both right. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/25 "2010-04-02T12:09:51Z")
It actually makes sense. It’s based on relative proximity to the equator. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/26 "2010-04-02T13:22:53Z")
Ja, because if they’re anything, the Aussies are subtle. ---
**Author:** ![becbec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@becbec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/becbec)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/27 "2010-04-02T13:47:02Z")
> [@Jump](#): > > If any American wants a better understanding of the casualty of Aussie politics, i suggest you sit through an ENTIRE hour of House of Representatives Question Time. Is it possible to sit through that much question time in one go? I don’t think the politicians can… I defiinitely can’t! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/28 "2010-04-02T21:49:06Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [http://www.news.com.au/national/kevin-rudd-hits-back-at-robin-williams-redneck-jibe/story-e6frfkvr-1225848058288](http://www.news.com.au/national/kevin-rudd-hits-back-at-robin-williams-redneck-jibe/story-e6frfkvr-1225848058288) > > I lived ten years in Australia. Even became an Australian citizen. Still have lots of friends Down Under. Love the country. Love the people. Love the humor. Likes and dislikes as well. That’s life. For a Septic to be accepted in Oz, many might consider that to be a life accomplishment. My wife is from Alabama. Been there, many, many times. Got many, many friends (and relatives) in the Heart of Dixie. Love the state. Love the people. Love the humor. Likes and dislikes as well. That’s life. For a Yankee to be accepted in the South, many might consider that to be a life accomplishment. > > While redneck is considered a derogatory term in both Australia and Alabama, it’s plainly obvious that [fuckwit](http://www.pm.gov.au/Meet_the_PM/About_the_PM) truly is an Australian word of the highest political order. Congratulations, you’ve managed to combine the worst aspects of both Australia _and_ Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/29 "2010-04-02T22:15:43Z")
You do realise he’s from Queensland, right Duckster? ---
**Author:** ![mecaenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@mecaenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mecaenas)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/30 "2010-04-03T08:48:08Z")
Y’know what, why don’t you fuck off. Go invade some helpless country on faked intelligence or torture some people to death in one of your secret CIA prisons or go throw mountains of money at your failed corporate overlords or mindlessly stuff yourself with fast food while watching the latest reality show fad. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/31 "2010-04-03T09:39:08Z")
> [@mecaenas](#): > > Y’know what, why don’t you fuck off. Go invade some helpless country on faked intelligence or torture some people to death in one of your secret CIA prisons or go throw mountains of money at your failed corporate overlords or mindlessly stuff yourself with fast food while watching the latest reality show fad. We’ll do that if you’ll put another shrimp on the barbie for us. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/32 "2010-04-03T09:44:50Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > You do realise he’s from Queensland, right Duckster? This is true and it does make his clumsy and inept attempt at humour surprising. But then he can’t rely solely on Queensland votes, so he does have to act dumb so as to pander to the rest of the country now and again. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/33 "2010-04-03T10:57:16Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > No doubt they intend the “buried container of sewage” nickname in the most affectionate way possible. Yes, because rhyming slang is all about the relation of the words, and nothing to do with the fact it _rhymes_! What a “Barclay’s banker”! ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/34 "2010-04-03T11:09:40Z")
It’s those internal demons, the conflict between being the 24/7 control freak and wanting to be everybody’s best knockabout mate at the BBQ. The head prefect who thinks he’s a rebel because he sometimes leaves the top button of his shirt undone. Or when he tied himself in knots over using the phrase “fair shake of the sauce bottle” rather than the near universal “fair suck of the sauce bottle”, because the latter is a bit risque for our Kev’s sensibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/35 "2010-04-03T11:23:11Z")
Rudd is a politician. He said what he thought Australians wanted to hear. I think he misjudged. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/36 "2010-04-03T23:07:56Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Wasn’t Kevin Rudd the bad guy in “Lethal Weapon 2?” No, he’s Tintin. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432/37 "2010-04-06T08:39:42Z")
> [@becbec](#): > > Is it possible to sit through that much question time in one go? I don’t think the politicians can… I defiinitely can’t! 😃 That’s the kind of program where the ads deserve their name of “breaks”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-rudd-australian-prime-minister-aka-aussie-redneck-supremo/534432.md?page=1)