Archive for October 22nd, 2007
John Howard, Kevin Rudd, and the worm
October 22, 2007They banned the worm. The worm showed up anyway. The worm says Rudd beat Howard in last night’s televised debate from the Great Hall of Parliament.
Watching Australian politics is a trip.
Here are the facts: John Howard has been Prime Minister for 11 years. Kevin Rudd is seeking to replace him in an election November 24, but nobody gets to vote for either one as Prime Minister.
Voters will cast ballots all over Australia for Senators and Representatives and when all the counting is done either the conservative Liberal Party will have won enough seats in Parliament to keep Howard in office or the less conservative Labor Party will have won enough to elevate Rudd to the top spot.
The incumbent got to set most of the rules for the Sunday night debate Read the rest of this entry »