Chris BeazerHoward's return
March 17th 2008 09:14
John Howard has finally made his post election appearance. Maybe, not surprisingly, it just happened to be in Washington were he delivered the Irving Kristol lecture to the American Enterprise Institute. He condemned pulling back troupes from Iraq, called rolling back workchoices a mistake, praised Reagan and described Margaret Thatcher as ìthat other great warrior in our causeî.
Exactly whoís cause was Howard referring to? Surely not the cause of the Australian people as, everything he condemned the majority of us wanted and voiced our opinion at the ballot box. Are we to assume that for the last 11 years our Prime Minister has been fighting for a ìhigher causeî and we were just instruments in his long struggle? The more cynical of us may not be surprised at this question.
Itís a shame that John Howard will not face the Australian public after his election defeat, but then again, who can blame him. Everything seems to be going well with the new Government and our younger, more popular PM. His own party seems to be quietly denouncing everything that he fought so hard for (who that was actually for is neither here nor there).
By giving a speech in Washington he received a standing ovation and a rather attractive, personalised glass bowl which did wonders for his self esteem.
Exactly whoís cause was Howard referring to? Surely not the cause of the Australian people as, everything he condemned the majority of us wanted and voiced our opinion at the ballot box. Are we to assume that for the last 11 years our Prime Minister has been fighting for a ìhigher causeî and we were just instruments in his long struggle? The more cynical of us may not be surprised at this question.
Itís a shame that John Howard will not face the Australian public after his election defeat, but then again, who can blame him. Everything seems to be going well with the new Government and our younger, more popular PM. His own party seems to be quietly denouncing everything that he fought so hard for (who that was actually for is neither here nor there).
By giving a speech in Washington he received a standing ovation and a rather attractive, personalised glass bowl which did wonders for his self esteem.
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