[Leica] the prime minister of where?

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Alastair,

I knew John Howard was your prime minister.

And I know he butted in on Mr Obama and his politics.

What I didn't know is that he's also a republican.

Cheers,
Len


On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:53 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> Alastair said (of the Obama photos):
>
>> Thanks for showing: it will be an interesting race to watch to the  
>> white
>> house: I know our PM has butted in already, when he should butt  
>> out!!!
>
> Don't worry Alastair -- not only do we in American have no idea  
> that your PM butted in, we have no idea who he is. I saw a snippit  
> on YouTube of what appeared to be an Australian comedy show where  
> they had some comedian walking around Southern California saying  
> "Hi, I'm the Prime Minister of Australia, I'm here to support your  
> president's position on Turkmenistan." Everybody shook his hand,  
> got their photos taken with him, was overjoyed to meet a Prime  
> Minister (even if they weren't quite sure what a Prime Minister is  
> -- is that like Pope?) and agreed that whatever it was President  
> Bush was saying about Turkmenistan was very important and thanks  
> for backing him up.
>
> To add insult to injury, he then produced a world map that labeled  
> Australia as "Iran" in giant letters and had people push a pin into  
> the country they thought we ought to invade next. People gleefully  
> read the letters and stuck their little "Invade Next" pins into the  
> land down under.
>
> I can only hope they had to go through many hundreds of my  
> countrymen before they found a dozen who had no idea where  
> Australia was. Though I'm sure that's not the case.
>
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