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says Labor backbencher.
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=271303
Rudd's friend deficit
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The Opposition leader's foibles will be overlooked as long as the polls remain good for Labor.
We always knew Kevin Rudd was not going to win a popularity contest. Especially in the caucus room.
But then again, winning the Labor leadership has never been about being liked. Which is just as well for Kevin, really.
I knew all that. But I admit to being stunned and more than a little shocked at the acidity of the venom directed at Rudd last week when I visited a certain backbencher - and a Labor backbencher at that - in his Parliament House office. We're all grown-ups here, but none the less, it would be improper to quote this Labor backbencher in full.
Indeed, the C word featured so prominently in this Labor man's description of his boss that I started to shift uncomfortably in my chair after a few minutes. Now, around here the C word can be a term of endearment or the ultimate pejorative. Our backbencher, I'm certain, was applying it in the latter.
For in front of C, he used - unprompted - the following adjectives:
Friendless.
Cynical.
Autocratic.
Egotistical.
Narcissistic.
Short-tempered.
Thin-skinned.
Condescending.
Smart-arse.
"He does not," the backbencher said, "have a friend in the place. But then Kevin is one of those people who has seen no need for friends in politics."
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=271303
Rudd's friend deficit
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The Opposition leader's foibles will be overlooked as long as the polls remain good for Labor.
We always knew Kevin Rudd was not going to win a popularity contest. Especially in the caucus room.
But then again, winning the Labor leadership has never been about being liked. Which is just as well for Kevin, really.
I knew all that. But I admit to being stunned and more than a little shocked at the acidity of the venom directed at Rudd last week when I visited a certain backbencher - and a Labor backbencher at that - in his Parliament House office. We're all grown-ups here, but none the less, it would be improper to quote this Labor backbencher in full.
Indeed, the C word featured so prominently in this Labor man's description of his boss that I started to shift uncomfortably in my chair after a few minutes. Now, around here the C word can be a term of endearment or the ultimate pejorative. Our backbencher, I'm certain, was applying it in the latter.
For in front of C, he used - unprompted - the following adjectives:
Friendless.
Cynical.
Autocratic.
Egotistical.
Narcissistic.
Short-tempered.
Thin-skinned.
Condescending.
Smart-arse.
"He does not," the backbencher said, "have a friend in the place. But then Kevin is one of those people who has seen no need for friends in politics."
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