Sunday, November 25, 2007

The coalition of the reluctant

The newest political casuality of Bush's war on terror... John Howard. The Australian PM, was defeated in what the BBC repeatedly referred to as a "landslide". In fact, last I heard, he's likely losing his own seat in Parliament. What a crushing humiliation for a sitting Prime Minister!!

And so it continues - Bush's poisonous association fells allies home and abroad. The House, the Senate, the United Kingdom, Australia... But no fear. Bush has promised that as long as Laura and Barney (his dog) are on his side, he's fine. No guilty conscience keeps him awake. He can sleep the blissful sleep of the empty-minded.

As for the rest of us, we can celebrate another small victory for sanity.

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