Labor slams PM (Howard) over Bush support

[rooboy]

Prime Minister John Howard should "shut up" and curb his public support for President George W Bush ahead of the United States election, the federal opposition said.

An adviser to US Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry has criticised Mr Howard's vocal support for Mr Bush's re-election as "inappropriate".

Mr Howard last week said he hoped Mr Bush wins the election.

Labor's foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd said Mr Howard's statement was inappropriate and should be corrected.

"John Howard should have more diplomatic commonsense than to comment publicly on who should or should not win a US presidential election," Mr Rudd told journalists in Brisbane.

"The key thing for any prime minister or foreign minister of Australia is basically to shut up when it comes to providing public commentary on who they think should win foreign elections.

"It is just not in Australia's national interests and in John Howard's case, reflects high levels of arrogance."

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/11/01/1099262766239.html

[AlamoDemoc]

1. Howard is big fat idiot

I still can't believe they re-elected that fucker

[soaky]

3. not all of us did

just like not all of you vote for bush

[tsuki]

2. They have

their television stations over here spewing forth, why shouldn't Australia's PM join in also.

I've got it. Let's send them FAUX News, the Australian Network, and let them set up in Sidney.

They'll like Howard, he's one of them.

[sushi]

4. He's been to Crawford

He loves Bush! If Bush tells him to jump, he'll say 'how high!'