normanchateau Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 The PM apologized to Ignatieff and I think this will be good enough for those Canadians who bothered to pay attention to this embarrassment. Why did Stephen Harper find it necessary to apologize this time? He refused to apologize for his false claim that Paul Martin supports child pornography: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...tos&no_ads= Perhaps the reason why he apologized this time was that he could transfer the blame to a staff member knowing that his supporters would happily buy into that cynical manipulation. Or perhaps Stephen Harper remembers that Paul Martin won the election after Harper failed to apologize. Be it a failure to apologize or apologizing while concurrently blaming a staff member, statesmanship, honour and integrity have never been among Harper's strengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 It struck me that Craig Oliver used the word 'vicious' to describe that accusation. Now, Oliver has always seemed to me to be as unabashedly Tory as Mike Duffy... Has he ever used that word, 'vicious' to describe any other leader, or any other Canadian political conduct? The Conservatives seem to regularly earn words and phrases like that as descriptors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanchateau Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 It struck me that Craig Oliver used the word 'vicious' to describe that accusation. Now, Oliver has always seemed to me to be as unabashedly Tory as Mike Duffy... Has he ever used that word, 'vicious' to describe any other leader, or any other Canadian political conduct? Accusing the Prime Minister of Canada of supporting child pornography then failing to apologize was indeed a vicious act by Harper. But when you lack strengths like integrity and competence, resorting to vicious behaviour is often a better strategy than cutting-and-running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadBrother Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 It struck me that Craig Oliver used the word 'vicious' to describe that accusation. Now, Oliver has always seemed to me to be as unabashedly Tory as Mike Duffy... Has he ever used that word, 'vicious' to describe any other leader, or any other Canadian political conduct? The Conservatives seem to regularly earn words and phrases like that as descriptors. It's hard to think of another word, except maybe "moronic". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbg Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 The constituents of Calgary West should count themselves lucky to have so many MPs representing their riding. Can't say the same for most other Conservative constituencies. Calgary Southwest perhaps? I could be wrong since I'm a Yank who knows little about Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machjo Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 Calgary Southwest perhaps?I could be wrong since I'm a Yank who knows little about Canada. I just got it from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harper Anyway, whichever constituency it is, they should count themselves extremely lucky. It's not often that a riding gets so many representatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbg Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) I just got it from here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harper Anyway, whichever constituency it is, they should count themselves extremely lucky. It's not often that a riding gets so many representatives. Go here (link). This is the real deal, not Wikipedia. Edited July 16, 2009 by jbg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 accusing Prime Minister Paul Martin of being soft on child porn. -- "Paul Martin Supports Child Pornography" -- Oh man Harper really surrounds himself with guppie morons. We should have seen it coming ... ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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