I want to know how Americans went from "Protesting Bush is patriotic" to "Protesting Obama is racist."
Anyone?
Similar shifts in outlook take place here in Canada too. Canadians accepted Chretien's dictatorial attributes - which is standard stuff given the high concentration of power residing within the PM's grasp - bestowing upon him majority rule for 13 years but harp on Harper's "mean-spiritedness" and "hidden agenda" despite a minority government.
Chrétien was straigthforward and never denied he was a dictator. Harper is devious and appeals to our lowest emotions and manipulates beyond a reasonable level. Shutting the parliament the two times he was in real danger gives the full measure of the man.
ReplyDeleteChrétien was straigthforward and never denied he was a dictator. Harper is devious and appeals to our lowest emotions and manipulates beyond a reasonable level. Shutting the parliament the two times he was in real danger gives the full measure of the man.
ReplyDeleteI have to completely disagree.
ReplyDeleteThe first time he shut down Parliament I agreed with him 100%. That was pure political, bush league, bull shit what those morons tried to do.
How soon we forget about Chretien; worse, we seem to have rationalized him in strange ways.
The whole manner to which the Liberals now govern is not about ideas - to which they have none - but to find a way to attack Harper with sophmoric issues. I'm not saying I like Harper on every issue but for crying out loud, the attacks are ridiculous.
Let me make one thing clear. It may come off as confused given what I just wrote, but I admired Chretien for his service and fighting spirit. It's why I voted for him twice. What I find unbecoming now is how we turn on Harper and how low the liberals have sunk.
It's how they do it down south because they can't seem to debate in the halls of public ideas. They dismiss other views outright and claim the other side is mentally defective.
Last, I do take it as an insult that one would assert he "appeals to our lower emotions." I hardly consider myself as "emotional" and easily "manipulated" yet I voted for Harper. In fact, I'm gonna make a general assertion of my own and say if anyone who's emotional and easily manipulated it's people on the left.
As usual, the left, not you particularly but on a whole, somewhow has to characterize people they disagree with as "irrational." They hate it when people are judgmental and paint people with one brush, and there they are doing it themselves: See Tea Party.
I know PLENTY of highly engaged and intelligent observers who agree with the man.
I never heard Chretien admit ANYTHING. He was the MASTER of coy and devious politics.
Harper, last I checked, still hasn't stole money like the Liberals did.
So Harper's a bad ass and does what he has to do - LEGALLY I might add - to preserve his minority government. Big deal.
Man, I say do it because the NDP mean nothing to me, the BQ are posers and the Liberals are NOWHERE near ready to reign this country. Better Harper than the other goofballs.
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Who is best fit to govern canada:
ReplyDeleteA) Conservatives;
B) Liberals;
C) NDP;
D) Bloc (Just for fun)
Answer: none of the above as they now stand.
This is true; the conservatives still lack depth for my taste. But the lesser of all evils, to me, is Harper. He represents stability more than any other leader.
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