Mark Steyn: Straight-talking PM (Howard)

The Australian ^ | September 07 2006 | Mark Steyn

[irv]

thanks for the ping

[GMMAC]

"My God I love the blue ties. I'm so tired of previous PMs wearing liberal red. "

Sadly, only in America, thanks to its msm slyly playing defense for their 'Rat fellow travelers, are the traditional political colors juxtaposed.

High time our Yank FRiends took back their historically true color from the real reds.

[Rembrandt]

"Well, he DID fill in for Rush that one time..."

And he was beyond fabulous. I'm sure he'll be back to fill in for Rush as I'm sure Rush got rave reviews from large numbers of listeners.

[dervish]

I'm an admirer of both PM's who seem to have the guts to tell it like it is. And add Foreign Minister Alexander Downer to that list.

[GOPJ]

...than Britain, which is in danger of turning into Somalia with chip shops

That's going to leave a mark...

You're right - one large mark.

[Rummyfan]

By contrast, the Prime Minister's rhetoric meets what the law used to regard as the "reasonable man" test. When Howard refers to blokes "raving on about jihad" and the way that those so inclined are "utterly antagonistic" to a free society, he's merely stating the obvious in a way that other Western leaders can't quite bring themselves to do. His words align with reality, and one can't underestimate the value of that.

We need more staright talk from the President. Apparently he has backed off 'islamic fascists'. Too bad!