K-Lo: Former Australian PM John Howard for president.
By on Mar 18th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
K-Lo: Former Australian PM John Howard for president.
In an article for National Review Online today, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes yet another hagiographic ode to a conservative figure whom she would like to see run for office, this time suggesting that former Australian Prime Minister John Howard would be an ideal American president. “He’s a leader. He’s honest. And he’s available,” writes K-Lo. She has previously written similar pieces suggesting Bill Bennett for vice president, Lynne Cheney for the Senate, and President Bush for Secretary General of the UN.
Update The John Howard link has been fixed.
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You know who would REALLY make a great President?
Atticus Finch.
March 18th, 2008 at 6:53 pmSo would Slobodan Miloševi?, what’s the point? Presidents have to be born here. Besides that, we’ve got plenty of authoritarians to pick from.
March 18th, 2008 at 6:55 pmUmm… the link to the John Howard article actually leads to the Bill Bennett for Veep piece she wrote last December.
Funny story about that — she was touting Bennett as a running mate for presumptive nominee Rudy Giuliani. Some prescience there, huh?
Way to go, K-Lo.
March 18th, 2008 at 6:57 pmBush for Secretary of the UN ?! That’s gold! He cannot even represent his own country. Maybe Ahmedinejad. Hell, I’d almost prefer Kim Jong-il over Bush.
March 18th, 2008 at 6:58 pmThanks but no thanks, you Aussies already gave us Rupert. That’s quite enough thank you and G’day!
March 18th, 2008 at 7:00 pmBush can’t even run a business, let alone a country. No foreign body would be dumb enough to elect this idiot UN Secretary General (President of the World?).
March 18th, 2008 at 7:01 pmMan, just skirting the surface of some of these K-Lo articles is raw entertainment.
Talk about an authoritarian cult-worship!
(Incidentally, the Lynne Cheney article linked actually promotes her for president!)
March 18th, 2008 at 7:07 pmMy Aussie pick for POTUS is Angus Young! ;)
March 18th, 2008 at 7:11 pmMel Gibson for Secretary of Defense
March 18th, 2008 at 7:17 pmUmm, she DOES know that a US president must be a natural born citizen? But why stop at John Howard when she could tout soon-to-be-out-of-work, Pervez Musharraf.
March 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm.
Is Kathryn Jean Lopez a journalist?
Where’s her fact finding mission that provides the basis for such a statement: “Australian Prime Minister John Howard would be an ideal American president.“ You know those Liberal facts that require a President of the U.S.A. be a Natural born citizen of the country.
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March 18th, 2008 at 7:25 pmMy Aussie pick for POTUS is Angus Young! ;)
And Malcom for Veep….RIP, Bon Scott….
March 18th, 2008 at 7:31 pmMel Gibson’s an aussie, and aside from his alcohol problem, he’d make a better POTUS than the chymp, for sure.
But who the hell cares?
March 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pmRUCerious Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Mel Gibson’s an aussie, and aside from his alcohol problem, he’d make a better POTUS than the chymp, for sure.
But who the hell cares?
The rash on Bush’s ass would make a better POTUS than Bush – no disrespect to rashes….I’m just sayin’
March 18th, 2008 at 7:36 pmBoy, K-Lo brians sure can pick them, what a list of losers, maybe our newest idiot troll should be on that list, Themancantspell , LOL, LOL.
But then they don’t accept 12 year olds.
Buck Fush
March 18th, 2008 at 7:38 pmRUCerious Says:
Mel Gibson’s an aussie, and aside from his alcohol problem, he’d make a better POTUS than the chymp, for sure.
But who the hell cares?
Actually, RUC, Gibson is eligible for the office, since he was born in New York.
But, as you say, who the hell cares?
March 18th, 2008 at 7:41 pmRIP, Bon Scott….
March 18th, 2008 at 8:05 pmYep, I like Brian O.K. but Bon was “the voice” of AC/DC and had much more vocal range.Sorry about being O.T.
Badmoodman Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Umm, she DOES know that a US president must be a natural born citizen?
Oh, but thats just in that pre-9/11 “Gawd-damned Piece of Paper”, don’t ya know?
*Reading that nutbag’s work, I think I figured out the only way we will ever discover a cure for Conservatism.
March 18th, 2008 at 8:33 pmFind the cure for Stupid.
Ralph, I didn’t know he was born here.
But, again, who the hell cares.
March 18th, 2008 at 8:45 pmShhhh!!! Don’t tell K-Lo about the natural born citizen thingy. She wouldn’t be able to wrap her beautiful mind around it anyways.
March 18th, 2008 at 8:56 pmWayne Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
“Find the cure for Stupid.”
_________
Hey… waitaminnit… I didn’t do anything!
March 18th, 2008 at 8:59 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
Hey… waitaminnit… I didn’t do anything!
Thats what they all say =D
March 18th, 2008 at 9:46 pmShe [K.Lo] has previously written similar pieces suggesting Bill Bennett for vice president, Lynne Cheney for the Senate, and President Bush for Secretary General of the UN….
… not to mention Dubya for preznit, Paul Bremer for Iraq czar, and Michael Brown for FEMA Director, no doubt. After the fact….
Cheers,
March 18th, 2008 at 9:49 pmWayne Sez:
Thats what they all say =D
________
Well.. I never! Humpf! Talk about impertinent…
March 18th, 2008 at 9:53 pmBreaking News: K-Lo has scripted a new movie titled Thunderdumb
March 18th, 2008 at 11:31 pmSounds like she is begging for the centerfold of “Facism for America” magazine. K-LO and Perino can do a op ed piece together, called Girls of the Reich.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:46 amHoward lost because he followed orders from Bush/Cheney. I guess since the Republicans have no honest candidate their looking overseas for a puppet that might trick the American people. No need to as Daddy Bush he got his 10,000 per cent profit of US money from the Carlyle Group so did the Bin Laden Family. I wonder if the Bin Laden Family and Osama might give the US a loan. We know George W. Bush doesn’t think about Osama and really has never been looking for him. In 7 years the Bush Administration has completed the mission of bankrupting the US Treasury, making the Military weak, destroying our relationship with other countries, letting thousands of soldiers die based on lies and bringing back racism to the United States. Let’s hope Americans have started to pay attention and vote for an experienced Leader as the next President.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:59 amand President Bush for Secretary General of the UN.
I’m simply speechless. That K-Lo-Wn is a complete, deranged, partisan fool.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:27 amspecialist f Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
My Aussie pick for POTUS is Angus Young! ;)
Bush is good enough to put the USA in a Highway to Hell :D
March 19th, 2008 at 6:29 amNevar Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Mel Gibson for Secretary of Defense
And Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan) as EPA chief.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:30 amBadmoodman Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Umm, she DOES know that a US president must be a natural born citizen?
I beg to disagree… look at Mittens.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:31 amRUCerious Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Mel Gibson’s an aussie, and aside from his alcohol problem, he’d make a better POTUS than the chymp, for sure.
Well, really, the stance of both referring alcoholism isn’t so different.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:36 amAs president, I’m guessing Howard would install Rupert Murdoch as chairman of the FCC.
Just think, Fox would then be the only TV network, Clear Channel would own every radio station, and the New York Post would be the only newspaper in the country. Right-wing heaven!
March 19th, 2008 at 9:47 amWell, Howard is available….due to the fact that Australians had the good sense to boot him out of office last year!!!!
K Lo striving to break the Brittany Spears barrier of intellect.
March 19th, 2008 at 1:21 pm