http://www.news.com.au/common/story_...55E421,00.html
It's finally on. Australia is going to the polls in what I expect will be one nasty and bitter campain. As the first of the allies that invaded Iraq, this could be a real pointer to how Blair and Bush may go. Blair, if you dont know, is in real political trouble and has been for some time. However, he has time to recover.
Howard came out of the war resonably unscathed, but the scandals that have come up since it's end are biting.
The other big issue is a scandal known as "Children Overboard".. The Howard governemt won in 2001 because a huge refugee story involving the Tampa and SEIV X. To find out more about this, please see this website - http://www.truthoverboard.com/
Tampa crisis - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...es&btnG=Search
SEIV X -
http://www.echonews.com/840/politics.html
I do think both the USA and Aust elections will be similar and in many ways linked, which is unusual IMO. Bush having one of his closest allies voted out would be a bad omen.
The other thing is that, unlike the Olympics or other times mooted as target times, the Election in Aust is a real terrorist target, because of the involvement Australia had in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Normally, I'm not worried in the slightest by terror alerts, but after Spain's bombings, I believe that if Al Quadia were to hit Australia, now is the time. Howard would wear the fault for that, much like the Spanish governemnt did. I would hate to be proven right.
I wont be spending too much time worrying about it, but I do realise it's likely. Thanks John. They didnt even know where the hell we were before your toadying to Bush in Iraq.
Anyway, hopefully this will be the end for Howard. I shall be watching what happens with interest, even if I decided a long time ago whom I am voting for.
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