Start with a slightly too fawning alliance with George Bush:
The PM has already told Bush, on a previous visit, that Australia is the best friend the United States ever had. He's already given all the support for the war against Iraq that Australia was capable of mustering. So what's next? What more could Howard possibly offer?Add a really clumsy dirty trick:
The election strategy of the Australian prime minister, John Howard, was in turmoil today after members of his Liberal party were caught red-handed in an inept dirty tricks campaign.Stir and bake:
Bogus flyers from a fake organisation called the Islamic Australia Federation were distributed through the letterboxes of voters in a marginal seat, claiming the Labor opposition sympathised with Islamic terrorists.
Early estimates had the Labor party gaining some 20 seats, to gain a 14-seat majority in the 150-seat lower house. Television prediction even had John Howard suffering the indignity of losing his own seat in the Sydney suburb of Bennelong in parliament to a former television anchor and rookie politician, Maxine McKew. He would be the first sitting Prime Minister to lose his seat since 1929....And you're cooked.
Mr. Howard has a strong personal relationship with President George W. Bush, one based on a similar socially conservative philosophy and outlook on the war on terror, and cemented by Mr. Howard’s presence in Washington when the 9/11 attacks happened. But opinion polls have consistently shown that although Australians remain strong supporters of the Anzus alliance, the security pact which brings together Australia New Zealand and the United States, they do not approve of Mr. Bush.
Update:Ah, memories:
Not only was the military operation [in Iraq] completed quickly and successfully, but it is also worth recording that all of the doomsday predictions...were not realized.Well, credit where it's due, I guess. The oil wells are not in fact on fire, and the dam hasn't collapsed yet.
The oil wells were not set on fire.
There were not millions of refugees.
The dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were not breached to bring on catastrophic flooding.
And there was no long, drawn-out, bloody, Stalingrad-style, street to street fighting in Baghdad.
Say Goodbye to John Howard
Start with a slightly too fawning alliance with George Bush:
Update:Ah, memories:
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The PM has already told Bush, on a previous visit, that Australia is the best friend the United States ever had. He's already given all the support for the war against Iraq that Australia was capable of mustering. So what's next? What more could Howard possibly offer?Add a really clumsy dirty trick:
The election strategy of the Australian prime minister, John Howard, was in turmoil today after members of his Liberal party were caught red-handed in an inept dirty tricks campaign.Stir and bake:
Bogus flyers from a fake organisation called the Islamic Australia Federation were distributed through the letterboxes of voters in a marginal seat, claiming the Labor opposition sympathised with Islamic terrorists.
Early estimates had the Labor party gaining some 20 seats, to gain a 14-seat majority in the 150-seat lower house. Television prediction even had John Howard suffering the indignity of losing his own seat in the Sydney suburb of Bennelong in parliament to a former television anchor and rookie politician, Maxine McKew. He would be the first sitting Prime Minister to lose his seat since 1929....And you're cooked.
Mr. Howard has a strong personal relationship with President George W. Bush, one based on a similar socially conservative philosophy and outlook on the war on terror, and cemented by Mr. Howard’s presence in Washington when the 9/11 attacks happened. But opinion polls have consistently shown that although Australians remain strong supporters of the Anzus alliance, the security pact which brings together Australia New Zealand and the United States, they do not approve of Mr. Bush.
Update:Ah, memories:
Not only was the military operation [in Iraq] completed quickly and successfully, but it is also worth recording that all of the doomsday predictions...were not realized.Well, credit where it's due, I guess. The oil wells are not in fact on fire, and the dam hasn't collapsed yet.
The oil wells were not set on fire.
There were not millions of refugees.
The dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were not breached to bring on catastrophic flooding.
And there was no long, drawn-out, bloody, Stalingrad-style, street to street fighting in Baghdad.
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