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这是RHYS MULDOON发表在 2012年3月这期的'THE MONTHLY' 的一篇文章， 名为‘A COUP BY ANY OTHER NAME - Last Drinks at the Lodge'。RHYS MULDOON曾于2010年与KEVIN RUDD合写一本儿童书‘Jasper & Abby'。 据文中透露，JULIA GILLARD 的背叛给 KEVIN RUDD 带来的冲击远比WAYNE SWAN的背叛剧烈得多。原文如下： Swan's betrayal, while difficult, didn't shock him quite so much. The nerdy thinker and the studious footy player were never a great fit. It was difficult for me to hear some of Rudd's assessments, as I'd come to like Wayne Swan. But Swan could play hard; there was a fraction too much faction, as it were. Julia Gillard, on the other hand, was the real shock to Rudd. He utterly misread her. He trusted her, even liked her. He thought she liked him. He still struggles to process what happened. Why did she leave his circle? 文章的最后一段，大概讲述了一下2010年6月23日当晚政变的实情。原文如下： Earlier, I'd sat with him for about 30 minutes to hear exactly how the final meeting with Julia Gillard, with the unimpeachable John Faulkner as their silent witness, had unfolded. His staff spoke to me, too. Apparently Gillard had kept him talking for two hours or so while her forces, or at least the forces behind her, were counting numbers. Senator Faulkner came in and out. Mark Arbib, just as present, was invisible. As a compromise, Rudd had asked Gillard to wait at least until October before requesting a ballot for the leadership. She had agreed, and the last thing she said to Rudd, as she left his office, was: "I just want you to know, I'm not going to challenge you." In an antechamber outside Rudd's office, she made a call. It was brief. She turned on her heel, walked back into Rudd's office and said. "Kevin, I'm challenging for the leadership." |
