Dion's 3 strikes interview

[Smallc]

That's a holdover from the Liberals, and wouldn't be happening if Harper had a majority. If Harper had a majority we would be in a serious deficit by now and the debt would be ballooning like it did under Mulroney.

I seriously doubt that it would be like that. He does want to win again after forming his first majority after all.

[independent]

I'm not sure that those links mean what you think they mean.

The Conservatives paid down almost $40 Billion on the federal debt in two years, a savings of $2 billion a year in interest payments alone.

Thanks explain that to Jobu. He does not understand how you can have a budget surplus and still have a debt.

[Jobu]

Thanks explain that to Jobu. He does not understand how you can have a budget surplus and still have a debt.

Since when did I say you couldn't have a surplus and still have debt?

I think you are confusing "deficit" with "debt".

[Who's Doing What?]

Are you serious? Do you honestly expect me to believe you found this question confusing?

Instead what I find is a lot of rationalization intended to excuse the mans total lack of an answer. Screw that , he had no answer. You can sit here all day debating the gramatical integrity of the question but every one who heard it understood exactly what was being asked, except Dion, and, apparently you.

So go ahead, play the village idiot if that makes you feel more comfortable, it still doesn't change the fact that this human Poodle dropped the ball in a major way.

Shit man! Is there no limit to the rationalization, just grab a sense of reality, everything looks different when you do.

Dude, it is a question that start in the present tense and then switches to the past tense. The question makes no sense. If this question were handed in to an english teacher it would fail.

So if you were made PM today, what would you have done 6 monthes ago?

The CPC should know better than anyone that there is no limit to rationalization. They rationalized Emerson, Fortier, Income Trusts, questionable election spending, bribery of an MP, shall I go on?

[Jobu]

Dude, it is a question that start in the present tense and then switches to the past tense. The question makes no sense. If this question were handed in to an english teacher it would fail.

So if you were made PM today, what would you have done 6 monthes ago?

The CPC should know better than anyone that there is no limit to rationalization. They rationalized Emerson, Fortier, Income Trusts, questionable election spending, bribery of an MP, shall I go on?

hehe

Yeah, real difficult question.

[Who's Doing What?]

hehe

Yeah, real difficult question.

Then answer it wiseguy.

[betsy]

It's simple. Dion does not have any specific economic plans to tackle the current situation. The Liberals are using his "hearing problem" as an attempt to deflect. He didn't seem to have any hearing problem at all during the debate.

So what's all this sudden problem then? Especially when one of his staff had already explained to him what was being asked?

Dion was simply caught unprepared by the directness of the question. He had no ready answer.

[Who's Doing What?]

It's simple. Dion does not have any specific economic plans to tackle the current situation. The Liberals are using his "hearing problem" as an attempt to deflect. He didn't seem to have any hearing problem at all during the debate.

So what's all this sudden problem then? Especially when one of his staff had already explained to him what was being asked?

Dion was simply caught unprepared by the directness of the question. He had no ready answer.

So answer the question.

You are made Prime Minister right now, what would you have done 6 months ago?

[betsy]

So answer the question.

You are made Prime Minister right now, what would you have done 6 months ago?

I am not an economist. Ask Harper. He has the answer! In fact he had already foreseen and acted on it MORE THAN 6 MONTHS AGO.Why do you think financial experts are saying we are not on the same boat as the USA?

Why do you think our banks are not failing?

The only reason our market is fluctuating is largely thanks to the oppositions who are creating panic in this country!

[capricorn]

If this question were handed in to an english teacher it would fail.

That's what Dion tried to do. When he realized he didn't have an answer to a straightforward question, he switched to grading the interviewer. Once a teacher......

[AngusThermopyle]

So answer the question.

You are made Prime Minister right now, what would you have done 6 months ago?

A really meaningless post. Rather than address the subject you veer off into hypotheticals and conjecture. What is the point of your question in this context?

[Who's Doing What?]

I am not an economist. Ask Harper. He has the answer! In fact he had already foreseen and acted on it MORE THAN 6 MONTHS AGO.Why do you think financial experts are saying we are not on the same boat as the USA?

Why do you think our banks are not failing?

The only reason our market is fluctuating is largely thanks to the oppositions who are creating panic in this country!

Um Harper just handed the banks $25 Billion, but they are not failing.

The answer to the question the way it was asked is:

"If I were made PM today, 6 months ago as leader of the opposition I would have...."

Financial experts are saying that our banking system is not failing because:

1. They did not go crazy with sub-prime mortgages.

2. They are few in number and large. Unlike the hundreds of small regional banks found in the US.

The Market is fluctuating because we are in a global economy and globally the economy is going down the crapper.

Edited October 11, 2008 by Who's Doing What?

[Who's Doing What?]

A really meaningless post. Rather than address the subject you veer off into hypotheticals and conjecture. What is the point of your question in this context?

The question itself was not proper english.

How well would you do answering a question in another language if the person asking couldn't even speak the language properly?

[Jobu]

Then answer it wiseguy.

Didn't he try? "Uhh, I have no plan, my 30 day, no, er, 50 day, no, er 80 day... Can we start over?"

[Jobu]

The question itself was not proper english.

How well would you do answering a question in another language if the person asking couldn't even speak the language properly?

I thought it was pretty clear, especially after the 4th time.

[Who's Doing What?]

Didn't he try? "Uhh, I have no plan, my 30 day, no, er, 50 day, no, er 80 day... Can we start over?"

I was asking you to answer. But nevermind.

[Who's Doing What?]

I thought it was pretty clear, especially after the 4th time.

yu, musst haev dun reel wel inn english classe

[Jobu]

I was asking you to answer. But nevermind.

I'm not running for PM. Did you want me to answer it for Dion? Because I have no idea what his plan is other than to have a few meetings.

[Jobu]

yu, musst haev dun reel wel inn english classe

Yeah, I suppose so.

[betsy]

Um Harper just handed the banks $25 Billion, but they are not failing.

Yoo-hoooo, didn't you watch the news yesterday or the several talk shows where bank experts were interviewed?

They all conceded that without the $25 billion our banks will still survive! Harper injected that money so small businesses and citizens will get loans without any hassles. Whether we like it or not, we are somehow affected by what's happening outside Canada.

Do you know we stand to make money on the mortgages that Harper bought? He did not buy bad mortgages you know....

[Who's Doing What?]

Yoo-hoooo, didn't you watch the news yesterday or the several talk shows where bank experts were interviewed?

They all conceded that without the $25 billion our banks will still survive! Harper injected that money so small businesses and citizens will get loans without any hassles. Whether we like it or not, we are somehow affected by what's happening outside Canada.

Do you know we stand to make money on the mortgages that Harper bought? He did not buy bad mortgages you know....

BAILOUT!!!!!!!!!!

[kengs333]

I am not an economist. Ask Harper. He has the answer! In fact he had already foreseen and acted on it MORE THAN 6 MONTHS AGO.Why do you think financial experts are saying we are not on the same boat as the USA?

Why do you think our banks are not failing?

The only reason our market is fluctuating is largely thanks to the oppositions who are creating panic in this country!

Reread the question...

[betsy]

The Market is fluctuating because we are in a global economy and globally the economy is going down the crapper.

And the panic being created by the oppositions are causing people to take their money out! That's why it's going to make the situation worse for us than it really is!

Not to mention causing the population unnecessary anxiety and stress!

Talk about irresponsible self-serving reactions by the oppositions! Opportunism at its shameless core!

[AngusThermopyle]

The question itself was not proper english.

How well would you do answering a question in another language if the person asking couldn't even speak the language properly?

Once again an invalid argument. The simple fact is that its irrelevant how well anyone here could answer that question, no one here wants to be PM. Deflection and obfuscation does not a valid point make.

Who cares how well anyone here could answer the question, thats totally irrelevant. What matters is how well Dion could answer the question, thats the reason he was there, to give answers to questions. Obviously he had no answer, even after multiple attempts and assistance from others.

[betsy]

BAILOUT!!!!!!!!!!

What's the definition of "bail out," may I ask?