Gore Lawsuit Challenges Australian Election Results
October 09, 2004

Gore Lawsuit Challenges Australian Election Results
(2004-10-09) -- Just hours after the polls closed across Australia, and Prime Minister John Howard headed for his fourth term, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore filed a lawsuit in international court at the Hague alleging "irregularities" in the balloting.

The election was seen by many as a referendum on Australia's participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom and the subsequent efforts to bring democracy to Iraq. Mr. Howard's opponent, Mark Latham, had promised to withdraw Australian troops from the Coalition.

"Somebody was disenfranchised or coerced down under," said Mr. Gore, now an itinerant professor. "John Howard betrayed his country. He played on their fears. There's no way they could have re-elected him legally. We'll fight this result all the way to the U.N. Security Council if need be."

Democrat presidential contender John Forbes Kerry expressed displeasure at the Australian election outcome.

"This is the wrong election result, in the wrong place at the wrong time," Mr. Kerry said. "Think of the precedent this sets."by Scott Ott

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This is outrageous. John Howard has been a staunch ally of the US.  I cannot imagine how anyone could think this is anything but working against the interests of the United States.  We know Diana Kerry was doing her best to sway this election in Australia.  Now Al Gore is getting in the mix.
I guess his alliance with Howard Dean needs an act of redemption to get him back in the good graces of the Kerry Camp.  It is appalling...and ANTIAMERICAN.
MJ Martin