Kevin Rudd Says That Another Country Totally Wanted To Nominate Him For The UN, So There
He declined to say which country it was. You probably wouldn't have heard of it anyway.
Back in July, Malcolm Turnbull crushed Kevin Rudd’s dream of becoming UN Secretary General, after deciding not to nominate him for the position. Kevin’s not bitter about it though. Nope. No way. No siree bob. Kevin doesn’t need Australia’s nomination. Lots of countries would be stoked to have Kevin as their nominee. In fact, a whole different country was asking him to be their nominee just the other day. Yeah, that’s it. A different country. A better country. Way better than this stupid country full of losers.
Malcolm Turnbull Just Refused To Back Kevin Rudd As UN Secretary-General And Wouldn’t Say Why
Rudd’s spokesperson told The Sydney Morning Herald that the former PM received the offer shortly after being rejected by Turnbull. He would have totally taken it too, except the Australian government was being a big jerky jerk about it.
“Following the decision by the Australian government, another government approached Mr. Rudd to nominate him as a candidate for UN Secretary General,” said the spokesperson.
“Mr Rudd approached the Australian government more than six weeks ago asking if they would oppose such a nomination, were he to consider accepting it. He has received no reply, and as a result Mr Rudd has ruled out this proposed nomination.”
The spokesperson declined to say which country it was. You probably wouldn’t have heard of it anyway.
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According to foreign minister Julie Bishop, none of this even has anything to do with Australia, and like what’s that Kevin kid’s problem?
“Mr Rudd’s decision about whether or not to accept the nomination of another country is entirely a matter for him and that nation,” she said. “If Mr Rudd had the support of another government, it is ridiculous for him to infer that he has not accepted the nomination for the role of UN Secretary General due to a lack of response from the Australian government.”
Pffft, whatever. They’re just jealous. They know Kevin probably would have won, and then everyone would have lifted him onto their shoulders and taken him to get pizza and talked to him and everything. Don’t you worry about Kevin. Kevin’s doing juuuuust fine.