"We're kicking ass,"

[appleannie1]

This was obviously apparent to Bush, who arrived in Australia in a chipper mood.

"We're kicking ass," he told Mark Vaile on the tarmac after the Deputy Prime Minister inquired politely of the President's stopover in Iraq en route to Sydney.

Despite his unpopularity in this country, Bush used yesterday's media conference with Howard to try to bolster the Prime Minister's electoral prospects in the next poll. Labor was quite happy at the spectre of one unpopular leader backing another but should not underestimate the defiance and polished performance Bush is able to muster. On Iraq, climate change, Kyoto and nuclear power, he backed Howard to the hilt. He claimed diplomatically he did not want to interfere in the Australian election and said he looked forward to today's meeting with Kevin Rudd.

Rudd believes Afghanistan is a worthy war while Iraq is not.

Bush said they were "both theatres in the same war".

Rudd believes Australia should ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Bush said claims he and Howard didn't care about climate change because they would not ratify Kyoto was preposterous urban legend.

Bush backed Howard's argument that nuclear power must be contemplated if climate change were to be taken seriously.

Apart from his introductory remarks, Howard never spoke during the press conference. It was the George W.Bush show.

His defiance on Iraq is growing. He implied that those who argued against the war in the first place had no role in the current debate.

Perhaps encouraged by the expectation that he will soon be able to withdraw some troops and claim success, regardless of what the rest of the world believes, Bush appeared as a man who has convinced himself he is on the right track and will crash or crash through. It was equally apparent he would rather have Howard, the only other leader from the original coalition of the willing still standing, with him for the remainder of the journey.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/by-george-now-its-all-the-way-with-howard-j/2007/09/05/1188783320123.html

Meanwhile we lost 8 more soldiers in Baghdad today while he is busy making his usual ass of himself.

[PDJane]

1. Afghanistan is no more worthy a "war"

than Iraq. The people of Afghanistan have are dying at a ridiculous rate, about 1/3 of children die before their first birthday, and it always was a war on civilians.

What a useless man and a useless administration.

[Richard D]

3. One could hope . . .

. . . that someone makes a cartoon of * kicking U.S. soldiers, women, and children into their graves.

[MadMaddie]

2. He is a meglomaniac....something is seriously wrong with him

[MikeNearMcChord]

4. Howard may be out of the parliament as well as kicked out as PM.

Meanwhile China was making deals with Australia, as was reported over at DailyKos

[lligrd]

5. Polished Performance - Bush??

The idiot who calls the quagmire we are stuck in, "kicking ass". Give me a break.

[Aristus]

6. I caught that, too. Polished? The only things polished about that shit-for-brains are his shoes.

And somebody else polishes those.

[lligrd]

8. Reminds Me Of When He Polished His Glasses

on the back of that lady's dress. What an ass.

[hatrack]

7. Question 1 - who is "we", President Shitferbrainz?

Question 2 - What intermural football game or other frat sporting event are you referring to in which we're "kicking ass"? This isn't Sunday FUCKING AFTERNOON with the NFL, dumbass!

Unbelievable.

[Goat or Panic]

9. WTF????

"He implied that those who argued against the war in the first place had no role in the current debate."

No......seriously, WTF????