tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post5298739043081373425..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: Who's On The Defensive?Steve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-39823520660565167232009-04-09T21:24:00.000-04:002009-04-09T21:24:00.000-04:00On the issue of lifetime membership, I think Harpe...On the issue of lifetime membership, I think Harper was right on that one. If Iggy wants to foment a civil war between MacKay and Harper, then more power to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-68272523456098251052009-04-09T19:11:00.000-04:002009-04-09T19:11:00.000-04:00More from the curious media looking for dirt:http:...More from the curious media looking for dirt:<BR/><BR/>http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090409/mulroney_mackay_090409/20090409?hub=QPeriodSteve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-70104676867413183272009-04-09T16:12:00.000-04:002009-04-09T16:12:00.000-04:00"You may find the whole business irrelevant but pl..."You may find the whole business irrelevant but plainly neither Harper nor Ignatieff does and I think their view is a bit more reliable."<BR/><BR/>Mound, it's irrelevant to Liberal fortunes. You'll note, I said it was smart to poke the fire straight away. And, yes, Harper would have done the same thing.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-48471858790673495192009-04-09T15:08:00.000-04:002009-04-09T15:08:00.000-04:00Harper - moral compass, uh huh. He's used and bet...Harper - moral compass, uh huh. He's used and betrayed everyone that's helped him up his political ladder. He was a Liberal, then tried to demean Trudeau. He was a Conservative and tried to demean Mulroney. He became a Reformer and and Alliance and used and betrayed Preston Manning. He befriended Charest and then went schmoozing ADQ's Dumont and when that didn't work he's back trying to schmooze Charest. He demeaned McGuinty and is now trying to schmooze him.<BR/><BR/>Moral compass Mr. Harper? When you get a moral compass, then you can be judge and jury. Harper, I know people with a moral compass and you are no example of a moral compass.<BR/><BR/>Be gone with you - enough.RuralSandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552973218865121867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-45960794824397051462009-04-09T14:20:00.000-04:002009-04-09T14:20:00.000-04:00Iggy has had a bit of sport at Harper's expense, p...Iggy has had a bit of sport at Harper's expense, playing agent provocateur to agitate Tory disunity. Like Harper wouldn't seize on an opportunity like that? <BR/><BR/>Mulroney may be ancient news but Ignatieff has managed to show that Harper is hyper-sensitive about it. It makes people suspicious of Harper's motives. As Martha Stewart would say, "it's a good thing."<BR/><BR/>You may find the whole business irrelevant but plainly neither Harper nor Ignatieff does and I think their view is a bit more reliable.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-70361858014773886162009-04-09T13:35:00.000-04:002009-04-09T13:35:00.000-04:00Isn't Iggy brilliant (I've said it before - in 05 ...Isn't Iggy brilliant (I've said it before - in 05 - and I'll say it again, and again). <BR/><BR/>On the Conservative MPs and Cabinet Ministers calling Mulroney, you can easily assume it is those who NEED Mulroney (like Harper did) to take a run at the leadership, then - eventually - votes in Eastern Canada, from Western Ontario to Atlantic Canada.WesternGrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-34611695150341976392009-04-09T13:23:00.000-04:002009-04-09T13:23:00.000-04:00"Given the chance, the real Harper will lash out w..."Given the chance, the real Harper will lash out with petty partisan personal attacks, instead of statesmanship and leadership."<BR/><BR/>That's our trump card. All Harper is doing, reinforcing his own negative narrative.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-77261083192031434492009-04-09T13:20:00.000-04:002009-04-09T13:20:00.000-04:00What will resonate is that, when asked a question ...What will resonate is that, when asked a question he would rather not answer, Harper lashed out with a slimy character assisination on Ignatieff's "moral compass", as though Mr. Broken Promise And Abandoned Principle should be lecturing <I>anyone</I> on ethics or moral character.<BR/><BR/>By highlighting "moral compass" as the issue of the day, Harper has already lost. You couldn't find a more directionless, politics before principle "leader".<BR/><BR/>Given the chance, the real Harper will lash out with petty partisan personal attacks, instead of statesmanship and leadership.Ted Bettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223729391428982448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-4481989381873670652009-04-09T13:12:00.001-04:002009-04-09T13:12:00.001-04:00ottlibIt will only resonate within Conservative ra...ottlib<BR/><BR/>It will only resonate within Conservative ranks, and that's the point. It will only resonate, in the sense that the media sees the first fractures in the united presentation, a fact even Flanagan admits. If a few Quebec Mulroney loyalists are pissed at Harper, and might not "try" for the Conservatives in an election, works like a charm for me.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-55772946677026937832009-04-09T13:05:00.000-04:002009-04-09T13:05:00.000-04:00Talk about self-indulgent navel gazing. (That sta...Talk about self-indulgent navel gazing. (That statement is not directed at you Steve)<BR/><BR/>Really, do any of these folks really believe Canadians care that Mr. Ignatieff called Brian Mulroney to wish him a happy birthday?<BR/><BR/>Get real!! Even if we were not suffering through the worst recession in a quarter of a century most Canadians would just say "What a nice gesture.", if they even noticed it at all.<BR/><BR/>This is a non-event, or at least it would have been if Stephen Harper had not highlighted it in the last couple of days. Even so, it will not resonate very much past the chattering classes and the blogsphere.ottlibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695135535019042279noreply@blogger.com