August1991 Posted January 23, 2013 Report Posted January 23, 2013 What's this I read on the CBC? The former Liberal leader, in Cambridge, Mass., where he watched Obama on television, was struck by how the president didn't lift the crowd. "That bonding between speaker and audience just wasn't there," Ignatieff, who has given many a speech over the years, observes. CBC(A previous version of this CBC report explained that Ignatieff is now teaching at Harvard's Kennedy School.) So the Conservatives really were accurate in those ads claiming that he was "just visiting". Quote
August1991 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) Google News still has remnants of the original CBC report: Google Ignatieff, who now teaches at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, says this was "a strongly defined agenda, for not only ... ---- Whatever. Ignatieff is in Cambridge Mass. Harper was right. Ignatieff was "just visiting". [i frankly think that Ignatieff was a flake, like Ronald Reagan's description of Libya's Muammer Gaddahfi.] Urban Dictionary: Flake Edited January 23, 2013 by August1991 Quote
Bryan Posted January 23, 2013 Report Posted January 23, 2013 It wasn't difficult to be right about that one, they were quoting Ignatieff directly when he said he'd go back to Harvard if he didn't win. He did take the ceremonial U of T job that retiring OLO's usually do first. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted January 23, 2013 Report Posted January 23, 2013 Not unexpected.....Michael Ignatieff paid good money for his American Cloaking Device and he damn sure means to use it. Remember this: Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Sleipnir Posted January 23, 2013 Report Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) So the Conservatives really were accurate in those ads claiming that he was "just visiting". He's been back in Harvard for some time now - I believed he moved back last summer. Edited January 23, 2013 by Sleipnir Quote "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure." - Mark Twain
Moonlight Graham Posted January 23, 2013 Report Posted January 23, 2013 This is somewhat old news, it had been reported a good while ago that he was returning to the US to teach and but would split time bn there and U of T. The guy is an opportuninist no doubt. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
August1991 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) This is somewhat old news, it had been reported a good while ago that he was returning to the US to teach... It was news to me. And I was surprised to read a CBC report about Obama's inauguration from Ignatieff at Harvard.What will Trudeau Jnr do when he loses? Become a judge on La Voix? ---- Ignatieff may be a flake - but Trudeau Jnr, the Toronto Star and the English CBC are clueless. Edited January 23, 2013 by August1991 Quote
Moonlight Graham Posted January 23, 2013 Report Posted January 23, 2013 You people are petty. Why? Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
August1991 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) You people are petty.You? People? Petty?WTF? IME, French and English Canadians in general are not small-minded. Most (not all) are broad-minded. It's our nature; maybe it's the unpredictable weather. Edited January 23, 2013 by August1991 Quote
jbg Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 So the Conservatives really were accurate in those ads claiming that he was "just visiting". Quite the political tourist.That being said, even Trudeau, a died in the wool anti-American, went to Harvard Law School. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
msj Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 You people are petty. I wouldn't say that. Small minded perhaps? Provincial? I think those are better terms although synonymous with petty.... Quote If a believer demands that I, as a non-believer, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect but for my submission. And that is incompatible with a secular democracy. Flemming Rose (Dutch journalist) My biggest takeaway from economics is that the past wasn't as good as you remember, the present isn't as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. Morgan Housel http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/14/things-im-pretty-sure-about.aspx
Newfoundlander Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 Old news. It was months ago that it was reported he would be keeping his U of T job but also teaching at Harvard Quote
g_bambino Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 it had been reported a good while ago that he... would split time bn there and U of T. So... Is he a half "just visitor"? Quote
Fletch 27 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 He was indeed just Visiting! And how many weeks was he on that lovely accross-canada bus-tour? Paid for by Taxpayer dollars? This guy and the Liberals hood-winked em all! Good for Harper in outing him.... Just took a while for the media to announce this it seems.. Ohh CBC, how coy you are.. Quote
g_bambino Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 And how many weeks was he on that lovely accross-canada bus-tour? Paid for by Taxpayer dollars? Can you provide some proof that Ignatieff's tour was Crown funded, rather than Liberal Party? Quote
Fletch 27 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 Can you provide some proof that Ignatieff's tour was Crown funded, rather than Liberal Party? It was paid for by ehe Liberal party who (up until Harper changed the rules on October 4th 2011) recieved millions in Tax-Payer dollars (2 dollar per vote Tax-Payer Subsidy).. I didnt say "Crown" (pay attention)... I said TAX-Payer! Lets just hope he took lots of really nice photos...... Quote
jbg Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Can you provide some proof that Ignatieff's tour was Crown funded, rather than Liberal Party? A proof is a proof. Is that what you're looking for? Edited January 24, 2013 by jbg Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Keepitsimple Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 So in retrospect - were the "Just Visiting" commercials really "attack ads"? As JBG said - a proof is a proof. Quote Back to Basics
guyser Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 It was paid for by ehe Liberal party who (up until Harper changed the rules on October 4th 2011) recieved millions in Tax-Payer dollars (2 dollar per vote Tax-Payer Subsidy).. I didnt say "Crown" (pay attention)... I said TAX-Payer! No sorry, not taxpayer funds. They used those $2 subsideis on other things. The bus tour was paid by , as you say, the Liberal Party. Quote
waldo Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 So in retrospect - were the "Just Visiting" commercials really "attack ads"? As JBG said - a proof is a proof. yes - yes, at the time... and in retrospect, they were attack ads; classic Harper Conservative attack ads. Are the thousands of Canadians working abroad... "Canadians of Convenience"... when they return to Canada are they "just visiting"... or does that Harper Conservative labeling only apply should they choose to, once again, work abroad? Just what are the Harper Conservatives rules here, anyway? Quote
Fletch 27 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 No sorry, not taxpayer funds. They used those $2 subsideis on other things. The bus tour was paid by , as you say, the Liberal Party. Can you please tell me what the 2-dollar subsidies were used on? You must have the inside track on how the money was NOT used on the bus.. Tax-Payer funded all inclusive road-trip... Gotta love the Libs Quote
guyser Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 Can you please tell me what the 2-dollar subsidies were used on? You must have the inside track on how the money was NOT used on the bus.. Tax-Payer funded all inclusive road-trip... Gotta love the Libs LOL So....how would you know they spent it on the bus trip? You answer that one first and then we will get to me. Quote
g_bambino Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 I didnt say "Crown" (pay attention)... I said TAX-Payer! "Pay attention"... From where do you think the Crown gets money to spend? I take your point about the party subsidies; but, the parties also got donations aside from those. As well, all parties got such subsidies, meaning any travelling for campaigning, photo-ops, or other party business could be said to have been "paid for" by taxpayers. Quote
cybercoma Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 What's this I read on the CBC? CBC (A previous version of this CBC report explained that Ignatieff is now teaching at Harvard's Kennedy School.) So the Conservatives really were accurate in those ads claiming that he was "just visiting". You ever hunt for a job in academia? Quote
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