[Sosfbay-discuss] Australia - John Howard, Bush Lap Dog, Ousted

Sat Nov 24 07:30:21 PST 2007

Australian Prime Minister John Howard, one of U.S. President George W.
Bush's biggest lap dogs, has been ousted. See excerpts from Bloomberg
and The Wall Street Journal.? 

Rudd
Ousts Howard in Australia With Climate, Troops Out Pledges 

By Gemma Daley

Nov. 25
(Bloomberg) -- Kevin Rudd's Labor Party won Australia's election, ending John
Howard's 11-year rule after promising to tackle climate change, restore
workers' bargaining power and withdraw Australian troops from Iraq. 

Howard
Government Suffers Defeat In Australian Parliamentary Election 

By Partrick Barta and Rachel Pannett 

SYDNEY --
Australian Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat in national
elections Saturday, according to preliminary results, most likely ending the
political career of one the Asia-Pacific region's most enduring conservative
leaders and a key ally of U.S. President George W. Bush in the region.

Voters were
ready to hand control of the government to Australia's opposition Labor party,
headed by former diplomat Kevin Rudd, who has promised to boost relations with
China, pull some troops from Iraq, and re-make Australia as a leader in the
global effort to stop global warming.

Evidently, there
were some sleazy local issues that helped bring down the arrogant John Howard,
who has apparently lost his own seat in the Australian Parliament. The new
Labor leader, Kevin Rudd, sounds like a Clintonian "New Liberal" so
our friends in the Australian Green Party has their work cut out for them. 

Fantastic! 

Bushies beware! 

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