Gossip Rocks Forum - View Single Post - Bono gets snubbed by Canadian Prime Minister; 'meeting Bono not a priority'

Anne2007 · June 7th, 2007, 08:52 PM

Maybe the Canadian PM was too busy running the country. I applaud him for having better things to do with his time.

Just becasue George Bush is star struck doesn't mean other country's leaders are.

Our Prime Minister wouldn't meet him either when Bono was in Australia earlier this year. Apparently Bono made a comment that unless John Howard committed to certain things, then there was no point in Bono meeting with him. Here is the Bono quote:

"Bono said he would only meet Mr Howard if he was serious about bringing Australia's contribution from 0.3 per cent of GDP to 0.7 per cent."

So John Howard called his bluff. Bono needs to learn some people skills, our PM is a very stubborn man who does not respond to ultimatums, he just gets stubborn.

In the end Bono apolgized for being arrogant.

I don't like John Howard but for once I applauded him.

If you want to meet with a country's leader how about you exercise manners and humility? After all they are democratically elected representatives of the people, you are just a rock star. Albeit you are a rock star that is trying to make a difference.

June 7th, 2007, 08:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Anne2007 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 700	Maybe the Canadian PM was too busy running the country. I applaud him for having better things to do with his time. Just becasue George Bush is star struck doesn't mean other country's leaders are. Our Prime Minister wouldn't meet him either when Bono was in Australia earlier this year. Apparently Bono made a comment that unless John Howard committed to certain things, then there was no point in Bono meeting with him. Here is the Bono quote: "Bono said he would only meet Mr Howard if he was serious about bringing Australia's contribution from 0.3 per cent of GDP to 0.7 per cent." So John Howard called his bluff. Bono needs to learn some people skills, our PM is a very stubborn man who does not respond to ultimatums, he just gets stubborn. In the end Bono apolgized for being arrogant. I don't like John Howard but for once I applauded him. If you want to meet with a country's leader how about you exercise manners and humility? After all they are democratically elected representatives of the people, you are just a rock star. Albeit you are a rock star that is trying to make a difference.