The Lion weeps tonight

[muriel_volestrangler]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1256902,00.html

The cult of Junichiro Koizumi is at an end. The Japanese prime minister, his party's greatest asset for the past three years, is quickly becoming its biggest liability just days before nationwide elections for the upper house of parliament.

Criticism of what many consider his autocratic handling of pension reform and his vision for Japanese troops in post-war Iraq is beginning to stick.

Opinion polls published in this week's newspapers put support for the Koizumi cabinet at between 24 and 35 percent, the lowest levels since he became prime minister in April 2001. If the worst-case scenario is realised, by this time next week, the Lionheart of Japanese politics could be out of a job.

The worst thing any politician can do these days is be friends with George Bush ...

[cosmicone]

1. Reverse Midas ..

Bush has a reverse Midas touch ...

whenever he touches gold, it turns into bovine excrement or worse!

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Every industrialized country on the planet

is cleaning house. Good to see another one bite the dust.

[thebigidea]

3. I hope Junior pukes on his lap before he's escorted out of office