Aliado de Bush derrotado en Australia

Este es el tercer neoconservador genocida, aliado de Bush, que cae debido a, en primerísimo lugar, la guerra en Irak, seguido de la rampante corrupción y violación a los derechos humanos más basicos. Los otros dos seres despreciables, vomitivos, nauseabundos, genocidas, fascistas, son Blair y por supuesto, Aznar. Y como nota disonante de México, mientras en el mundo los votantes expulsan vergonzosamente a los ultraderechistas, aquí se ha dicho que las últimas elecciones presidenciales fueron "ejemplares" y sorprendentemente "gana" un ultraderechista neoliberal; algo que no cuadra, puesto que México, tradicionalmente, ha sido punta de lanza de movimientos ideológicos de tendencia de izquierda.

SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 24 — Australia’s prime minister, John Howard, one of President Bush’s staunchest allies in Asia, suffered a comprehensive defeat at the hands of the electorate on Saturday, as his Liberal Party-led coalition lost its majority in Parliament.

He will be replaced by Kevin Rudd, the Labor Party leader and a former diplomat. “Today Australia looks to the future,” Mr. Rudd told a cheering crowd in his home state, Queensland. “Today the Australian people have decided that we as a nation will move forward.”

Mr. Howard’s defeat, after 11 years in power, follows that of José María Aznar of Spain, who also backed the United States-led invasion of Iraq, and political setbacks for Tony Blair, who stepped down as Britain’s prime minister in June.

Mr. Howard conceded nearly two hours after the last polling booths closed in the west of the country.

“A few moments ago I telephoned Mr. Kevin Rudd and I congratulated him and the Australian Labor Party on a very emphatic victory,” Mr. Howard told a room of emotional supporters.

“I leave the office of prime minister with our country prouder, stronger and more prosperous than ever,” he said.

Returns for a small number of seats are yet to be compiled, but analysts estimate that over all the Labor Party gained 28 seats to win a comfortable 22-seat majority in the 150-seat lower house of Parliament, where governments are formed. Official results are expected within the next day or two.

Mr. Howard may suffer the indignity of losing his own seat, representing a district on Sydney’s north shore, which he has held for 33 years, to a former television anchor and rookie politician. He would be the first sitting prime minister to lose his seat since 1929.