Thinkprogress:
While in office, Australian Prime Minister John Howard was one of President Bush’s “staunchest allies,” supporting the Iraq war and refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol. Last year, frustrated Australians voted Howard’s party out of power in a “humiliating defeat.” His support of Bush also cost him his own constituent election, making Howard the first sitting prime minister to lose his seat in Parliament since 1929.
Misery loves company. Last night, Howard joined his some of his fellow fallen neocons — including Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton, and Scooter Libby — at an annual dinner hosted by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). AEI presented Howard with its annual “Irving Kristol Award” for being “one of the world’s most successful democratic politicians.”
Howard lost the election because he was in the back pocket of Bush. So I guess this award will have to be enough. Now Howard would have made history if he had won, but he sold his soul to Satan and lost.
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