On Monday, George Bush will fly out of Washington bound for the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation meeting in Sydney, Australia. There he will meet with Asian leaders, including Australian Prime Minister John Howard, announce a new intelligence sharing treaty with Australia, there will be some photo opportunities and some soundbites for the news in the US, some pictures of a Sunny Sydney, and then he'll fly back home.
Australian PM John Howard arranged for this meeting to be held in Sydney, rather then the Australian Capital of Canberra, because he has an election coming up in the next 3 months and wanted to look more presidential then the person running against him.
It has backfired dramatically, and George Bush's visit will quite possibly cost him the election.
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