If only all media would speak so plainly!
h/t brebis noire @ breadnroses
D.J. Plagerize
But D.J.’s do parties you say. Well Harper did the Conservative party. What I mean to say is Harper is part of the (not your father’s)Conservative party.
Yes but D.J.’s spin music. Well Harper et al do at lot of spinning of their own.
Ok you say but D.J.’s want to show people a good time. Well Harper wants some people to have a good time, it just happens to be with your tax dollars.
You know it’s hard out here for a PM wannabe (you ain’t knowin)
When he tryin to get majority (you ain’t knowin)
For the corporate breaks and sweater vest money spent (you ain’t knowin)
Because a whole lot of women hating on him (you ain’t knowin)
Former NDP candidate McKeever
Mr. McKeever’s remarks are certainly not in keeping with NDP values or platforms and one wonders whether there was A) full disclosure during the vetting process and B) if proper investigation was done. After all if Liberal smear hounds fan boys can find this info it can’t be that difficult to track down. While some like *cough*cherniak*cough* are thrilled to be able to smear shit around like a child suddenly able to remove it’s diaper, it seems rather that we as the voting public should be asking for enquiries into the process of becoming a candidate.
There are currently many barriers to entering politics; disgust at the cherniaks smear mongers chief among them. However, it would be beneficial to all parties to ensure that the candiadates running represent both the values of their party and the values of Canadians as whole.
McKeever almost makes one want to reach for the tinfoil hat and wonder if he was a plant by another party.
At least four NDP candidates, including McKeever, have resigned or been expelled, as well as at least one Conservative and two Liberals.
Based on quotes and behaviour it seems that while some might have shit-eating-grins at least the NDP is upstanding enough to remove the candidates and members of their party whose views are not those in accordance with progressive Canadian values.
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The Debate
Tonight’s leadership debate was much better than I expected. While I didn’t see a clear winner I did see more honest talk than there has been for some time.
May was fantastic and a real asset to the debate. Duceppe was hilarious when asked what his first order of business would be as PM he said he wasn’t going to be elected PM but this is what he would lobby the others to do.
Layton was articulate, on message and got some lovely digs at Harper including asking Harper if he was keeping his platform under his sweater.
Harper slipped a couple of times with Dion proving how he is misconstruing Dion’s words to put forth his own agenda.
As far Harper I’ll quote my son;
he really showed obvious signs of “fight or flight” instincts any time he was asked a direct question from one of the other candidates or whenever they called him on something he said that wasn’t true. His eyes were darting, he shifted multiple times in a small time period and he hunched down making himself as small as possible. And all I could think is if he can’t stand up strong during a simple debate was: How, if he ever actually got elected, could he stand up to his opposition (excluding underhanded tactics.) And if he can’t do that, how would he be able to stand up to other world leaders, especially those who he already seems to have a weakness to? (Bush, McCain if he somehow gets elected.)
he just seemed like a very weak leader in that, he couldn’t stand up to any of them strongly, and could do nothing but evade any straightforward question. He showed clearly his policies are based on lip service to ideology.
It will be interesting to see how the media spins it.
The more things change…
Remember, Canada is not the United States
He who seeks to be Canada’s first President, tries to remind Canadians the Canada is not the United States.
Harper, at his campaign stop in Val d’Or last evening, sought to comfort skittish investors and to distance the campaign debate from the turbulence south of the border. “Today we see more volatility in financial markets due to the crisis in the United States,” said the prime minister. “Remember, Canada is not the United States.
Sadly though Harper then chooses almost the exact same words as the Republican Presidential candidate with which to assure us all is well.
The fundamentals of the Canadian economy are sound.
Source
On the campaign trail in Jacksonville, Florida, the Senator declared this morning that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong,” despite what he described as “tremendous turmoil in our financial markets and Wall Street.”
One can imagine the Harper Government™ having the opinion as Bush spokesman Tony Fratto; “It’s unfortunate that those people will lose their homes, and there are other options,” Fratto said. “You know, they can rent.”
Has Marie Antoinette taught them nothing?
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