Today's Weekend Australian magazine features, in its regular foreword, 10 things you didn't know about Philip Ruddock, Attorney-General. Now, all you out there, stop that hysterical cackling - it doesn't include the often-whispered but never proven fact that he is fact not human but some breed of alien.
The real kicker is this, no 7: "The event in history he would most like to have attended is the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. 'It probably has far more to do with democracy and the rule of law than any other event. Whatever else they say about me, I am committed to democracy and the rule of law'".
Good grief. How the f**k do they get away with it?
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Unless he is actually an alien robot, Ruddock probably has an inner world where No 7 is true for him. I suspect he is one of those who sold his soul for a chance at the big time, which is why he looks so bitter and twisted – in his heart he probably is.
A relative-in-law remembers Ruddock as a back-bencher. A decent bloke for a liberal, and the only liberal she'd ever had any time for. His Amnesty International badge shows that he must have once believed in the high ideals of democracy, liberty and justice. And he probably still does – it's just that his actions in government are so far removed from his ideals as to be unrecognisable to the rest of us.
Given the transformation of Malcolm Fraser from reviled Minister of Defence and Prime Minister to revered tribal elder statesman, it'll be fascinating to hear what the likes of Ruddock have to say for themselves 20 years down the track.
Well slim, he must have betrayed his morals to such am enormous degree it's hard to see how he could reconcile with himself. THe comparison with Fraser is quite apt though: I met Fraser in 1984 on his farewell world tour, having been deposed by Hawke, and was amazed to discover that he was actually quite charming. The subsequent transformation is similarly striking, although I guess we need to bear in mind that the world has moved right since then - and some parts have moved well right.
I could see Ruddock at the Charter signing, he'd be one of the nobles with a sword over King John's head.
Of course he'd like that event, mob rule against one man and there wasn't a lot in there for the peasants just the upper crust.
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