guyser Posted July 18, 2013 Report Posted July 18, 2013 When Harper approved the cheque to Duffy,You sure ab out that? No one else is. Quote
August1991 Posted July 18, 2013 Report Posted July 18, 2013 You sure ab out that? No one else is. Did Clinton "have sex" with that woman? We can clarify the meaning of "is" or we can wonder whether Stephen Harper knew about the deal to pay Duffy's debt? Quote
bleeding heart Posted July 19, 2013 Report Posted July 19, 2013 Oh, there were many other reasons. But fundamentally, I suspect the Left hated Thatcher because she could speak in difficult venues, tell the truth, and voters - who normally would have been conned by sloppy Leftist gibberish - understood her. They also didn't like her economic policies; they didn't like the way she masturbated to the glories of a violent British Empire; they didn't like that she claimed warm friendship with Pinochet, and considered the torturer and killer as a champion of freedom..... But, no your political theory--"The Left! The Left!", in the usual nuanced formulation--sounds much more sober and reasoned. Quote “There is a limit to how much we can constantly say no to the political masters in Washington. All we had was Afghanistan to wave. On every other file we were offside. Eventually we came onside on Haiti, so we got another arrow in our quiver." --Bill Graham, Former Canadian Foreign Minister, 2007
g_bambino Posted July 19, 2013 Report Posted July 19, 2013 Are you saying that the conservative "enemies of the state list" is completely fabricated? "The state"? Quote
August1991 Posted July 19, 2013 Report Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) BH, maybe we should rent a room to pursue this discussion. They also didn't like her economic policies; they didn't like the way she masturbated to the glories of a violent British Empire; they didn't like that she claimed warm friendship with Pinochet, and considered the torturer and killer as a champion of freedom..... But, no your political theory--"The Left! The Left!", in the usual nuanced formulation--sounds much more sober and reasoned. Pinochet? You've reached a Godwin point. IMV, when Leftists invoke Pinochet (and his supposed connection to Reagan/Thatcher), they've jumped the shark. [For the uninformed: Pinochet came to power in Chile through a violent coup in 1973. Thatcher came to power in an election in 1979. Check Wikipedia for further details.] ---- Why does the Left hate Thatcher so much? Is it because of Pinochet? Her economic policies? I'm going to stick with my original idea: Thatcher (like Reagan) was not afraid to say simple, obvious truths in any place, in any venue. In a similar sense, the Left (university professors et al) vilifies Ayn Rand. She too argued with the Left on their territory, in their terms. Edited July 19, 2013 by August1991 Quote
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