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Howard calls Rudd to concede defeat (Australia)
The Australian ^ | November 24, 2007

Posted on 11/24/2007 3:22:05 AM PST by Dundee

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To: Dundee
Voters warmed to his promise to pull Australian troops out of Iraq and sign the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, further isolating the United States, which had received strong backing from Mr Howard.

Ugh. If he's dumb enough to fall for the Kyoto scam he's not to be trusted on much of anything else. Besides that he's a "former diplomat" which puts him in my negative column immediately until proven otherwise.

Goodbye Mr. Howard, we'll miss you!

21 posted on 11/24/2007 6:03:10 AM PST by Reagan is King (Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave.)
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To: Dundee
The two issues that dominated were Industrial Relations laws..

Hmmm....would that mean that Rudd was saying something like "our workers deserve a 34 hour work week,six weeks holiday every year,a minimum wage of $40/hr,retirement at 50 and no layoffs" would it?

...and the fact that the Coalition had been in power for nearly 12 years.

Isn't the Australian economy running as well as it ever has before these days? If so,the voters must have said to themselves "things are going great.Let's try something completely different".

22 posted on 11/24/2007 6:05:40 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: TLI

I would have no problem if the headline was “United States Ally Defeated” instead of “Bush Ally Defeated” but the MSM will never understand that one. John Howard has been a great friend to the United States; thank you, sir.


23 posted on 11/24/2007 6:07:09 AM PST by American in Singapore (Bill Clinton: The Human Stain)
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To: Dundee

Expect a big loud cheer from the head-chopper crowd. That’s the end of Australia.


24 posted on 11/24/2007 6:10:37 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Dundee

Howard was a true friend, and someone who disliked the Islamofascists as much as we did.


25 posted on 11/24/2007 6:21:10 AM PST by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: BluH2o
You can rest assured it won't be portrayed that way here (U.S. & Canada) by the weenies in the liberal MSM. It will be Iraq & Afghanistan front & center ... guaranteed.

Drudge had this link to a Sky News article:

Howard Admits Defeat

"Voters warmed to his promise to pull Australian troops out of Iraq and sign the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, further isolating the United States, which had received strong backing from Mr Howard."

26 posted on 11/24/2007 6:40:33 AM PST by greyfoxx39 (I have a tagline . I just don't think the forum police will allow me to use it. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!)
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To: Dundee

Sad news, but life will continue. Howard is one of my favorites. By his actions on the world stage, he showed us that he sees the world as it is, a rare trait for anyone, especially for a world leader. He will be missed.


27 posted on 11/24/2007 6:42:37 AM PST by GBA ( God Bless America!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Oh, I wasn’t being critical, just asking. I have no idea how popular that position is in AU. I do know Howard had his plate full with internal terrorist threats, seems gun ownership would have fit right in.


28 posted on 11/24/2007 6:46:13 AM PST by ovrtaxt (You're a destiny that God wrapped a body around.)
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To: Fred Nerks

I’m so very sorry to hear this, Fred!


29 posted on 11/24/2007 6:49:04 AM PST by jan in Colorado (“we need to move away from the Kennedy Wing of the Republican Party” -- Duncan Hunter June 5,2007)
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To: MaestroLC

So much for thinking Australia was a good country with sound principles. People cowered to the liberal and now the world will pay the price. You are correct, this is WWII all over again. God help us if this should happen in the USA.


30 posted on 11/24/2007 6:56:26 AM PST by pctech
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To: Fred Nerks; jan in Colorado

Getting a taste of the feeling before it happens here... :-(


31 posted on 11/24/2007 7:00:56 AM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Dundee

This will be the stinger in the heart of all Australia.


32 posted on 11/24/2007 7:02:17 AM PST by Crawdad (I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.)
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To: Dundee

not good


33 posted on 11/24/2007 7:05:40 AM PST by RDTF ("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
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To: Dundee
The two issues that dominated were Industrial Relations laws and the fact that the Coalition had been in power for nearly 12 years. Iraq and Afghanistan were hardly a blip.

Does Rudd's win mean that Australia will not be going nuclear? If so, will it be selling off the uranium to China?

34 posted on 11/24/2007 7:12:17 AM PST by BlazingArizona
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To: no-to-illegals

Good comment. If Rudd really mishandles things, he’ll be a one-term Prime Minister.


35 posted on 11/24/2007 7:23:50 AM PST by Heartofsong83
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To: Dundee

There are too many countries deciding to commit “political suicide” without even fully knowing about what they just did to themselves! In the U.S., the Republican Party at every political level continues to function without any true “political spine”! What’s to truly prevent the “far leftward socialistic political change” that probably will be coming here, starting in January ‘09? There are way too many “stupid voters” and way too many “politically ignorant” voters all over the U.S., and their numbers continue to increase daily! Help!!!


36 posted on 11/24/2007 7:38:11 AM PST by johnthebaptistmoore
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To: K4Harty

Kerry’s sister was over there in ‘04, but I haven’t followed what she’s been up to lately.


37 posted on 11/24/2007 8:14:09 AM PST by KJC1
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To: Gay State Conservative
Hey...if banning,or nearly banning gun ownership works for the Australians than who are we to question it?

We're conservatives who understand that keeping the right to defend ourselves is the key to keeping a free society. That's who we are.

And since Australia is a key ally and a big part of the free world, we have every right to comment on their politics. Hence the existence of this thread.

38 posted on 11/24/2007 8:25:53 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: Dundee
the fact that the Coalition had been in power for nearly 12 years.

Change for the sake of change. Sounds a lot like to 2006 elections in the US.

39 posted on 11/24/2007 8:28:14 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: no-to-illegals
I wrote little on this topic, and when the time of campaigns actually begin, and the time comes to vote, those voting should hear nothing from outside their own country.

I disagree. If the majority in Australia voted for the wrong guy, I from here in the USA will say so.

I believe Howard was the right guy.

40 posted on 11/24/2007 8:47:30 AM PST by FreeReign
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