Barnaby Joyce has returned fire at Kevin Rudd on Saturday, after the PM suggested that Barnaby should be sacked:
“Surely Mr Rudd must see the paradox of his statement,” Senator Joyce told AAP.
“The person who has now admitted responsibility for a program that has burnt down 100 houses, killed four people, electrified 1000 houses and created fatal death traps and is going to cost $100 million just to fix, is stating that I may appear a risk.
“Quite evidently he is absolutely a risk, a deadly risk.”
Earlier on Saturday, PM Rudd had again tried to discredit Barnaby over his warnings late last year concerning the possibility of the USA defaulting on its massive debts:
“It’s now, I think, 87 days since Mr Abbott took the reckless decision, the risky decision, of making Barnaby Joyce the alternative finance minister of Australia,” Mr Rudd told reporters in Adelaide.
“In just 87 days he said that America could default on its sovereign debt, he said that the Australian states could or would default on their sovereign debt, he has said that the Australian government could or would default on its sovereign debt.
Kevin Rudd is a liar. Barnaby Joyce never said that Australia could or would “default”. Instead, he questioned whether we could repay our debt, if the Government continues on its present rapidly-rising trajectory of wasteful (and deadly) spending with borrowed money –
Kevin Rudd is oblivious to the warnings of many acclaimed international economists who share Barnaby’s concerns.
Kevin Rudd also appears ignorant of the deep concerns about US sovereign debt that were expressed by none other than Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just three days ago. She warned that the US deficit is a risk to national security:
“We have to address this deficit and the debt of the United States as a matter of national security not only as a matter of economics,” Clinton said. “I do not like to be in a position where the United States is a debtor nation to the extent that we are.”
Having to rely on foreign creditors hit “our ability to protect our security, to manage difficult problems and to show the leadership that we deserve,” she said.
“The moment of reckoning cannot be put off forever,” she said. “I really honestly wish I could turn the clock back.”
Kevin Rudd is a proven liar, an economic imbecile, and an arrogant, financially reckless fool.
Barnaby is right.
UPDATE: Abbott backs Joyce, happy with performance
UPDATE 2: ‘Fix the stuff ups’, Joyce Tells Rudd –
‘I am flattered that Mr Rudd would come out on Saturday to go after little old me but I really thought he had other things to do and if he has spare time my humble suggestion is to concentrate on fixing up your stuff ups.
‘If he wants me to make suggestions for his little notebook I will forward my mobile number later.’
Barnaby Is Right 
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