WHY HOWARD ATTACKED OBAMA

Interesting point made by Michael Gawenda in today’s Sydney Morning Herald -

http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/howard-has-tarred-himself/2007/02/14/1171405293594.html

that John Howard attacked only Obama Barack but not other Presidential candidates - like Senator John Edwards (and, if I may add, Senator Hilary Clinton) for opposing the Iraq War.

Why?

Of course, John Howard has a long history of targeting those who are not Anglo Saxon. Is he up to his tricks again now that the polls are going badly against him?

Fox News and the American Elections

Those of you who have had the misfortune of accidentally switching your cable TV to the Fox News Channel will be aware of how the Murdoch-owned news network adores George W Bush and his associates. It is amazing, if not nauseating, how spins are regularly dished out to denigrate any shades of opposition to the Bush Administration.

Needless to say we take care to avoid accidentally trespassing into this channel – except whenever there are news particularly bad for Bush and we want to enjoy a good laugh at the Channel's predicament in finding a good explanation for a dreadful situation.

Like the results of the US Mid-term elections held on Tuesday Nov 8th 2006 for instance.

As Bush's Republican Party Senators and Congressmen fell one by one to the Democrats, the spinners dug deep for a comment. One of the gems that came out was –

the situation was not as bad as it appeared because “the more liberal Republicans were being ditched by the voters in favour of more conservative Democrats”

I guess GWB should be claiming victory.