Kevin Rudd is the new prime minister of Australia:
He was apparently elected on an obscure platform having something to do with eating earwax.
Not for weak stomachs.
UPDATE: Apparently the video of Rudd eating his own earwax has been taken down.
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I was on the phone with my girlfriend who lives in Australia when John Howard gave his concession speech. I heard it in the background. I’ll just say that at the beginning I said, “This will be a classy speech,” and he disappointed neither my girlfriend nor myself. It was of the best speeches I ever heard — insightful, proud of Australian, and personally humble at the same time — and shows why he was Prime Minister of Australia for four terms and 11½ years.
I wish Kevin Rudd success in his new post. I hope to join them both as fellow countrymen before the end of the next term.
Comment by Christoph — 11/24/2007 @ 11:21 am
He was elected on the far from obscure platform of not being John Howard. Looks like Dubbya can’t look to Australia for poodles anymore.
Comment by David Ehrenstein — 11/24/2007 @ 4:24 pm