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The elevation of Kevin Rudd to the Labor leadership in 2006 saw cartoonists portraying him as both sinner and saint. His initial dream run in the polls favoured the saintly metaphor. However his visit to a New York strip club revealed a different side of his personality to the Australian public.

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St Kevin

Simon Letch — Sydney Morning Herald, 6 March 2007

Cartoon of Kevin Rudd portrayed as a winged saint in a stained glass window with holes in the shape of the southern cross piercing the glass.




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