abbott it's time to get tough with rudd, page-21

Duicorp you obviously didn't hear Tony on the radio this morning, he was competent, forthright, well spoken and his voice wasn't at all shaky or fearful; perhaps we have our wires crossed and we are talking about different people.
Perhaps you're thinking of that blubbering, lily-livered, milky bar kid that cried in front of the media, and his family, after Julia challenged him to a leadership spill in 2010.
At least Julia had the guts to stand up and take it to a count which he couldn't stomach doing back then such was his fear and grief.