Harper is ______________ (fill in the blank)

[jbg]

Harper is:

1. A wimp;
   
2. A very bad dresser;
   
3. A pathological liar;
   
4. Doesn't know who to discipline a Cabinet minister who calls his ex a dog;
   
5. A Zionist;
   
6. Someone with no convictions;
   
7. A right-wing, stubborn ideologue;
   
8. Bush North;
   
9. Someone who's losing support to a leaderless party;
   
10. A person with bad body odor;
    
11. A person with bad breath;
    
12. Deceitful;
    
13. A person who eats beans before a meeting;
    
14. Unprincipled; and
    
15. The only topic worth posting about.
    

[bradco]

Harper is:

1. A wimp;
   
2. A very bad dresser;
   
3. A pathological liar;
   
4. Doesn't know who to discipline a Cabinet minister who calls his ex a dog;
   
5. A Zionist;
   
6. Someone with no convictions;
   
7. A right-wing, stubborn ideologue;
   
8. Bush North;
   
9. Someone who's losing support to a leaderless party;
   
10. A person with bad body odor;
    
11. A person with bad breath;
    
12. Deceitful;
    
13. A person who eats beans before a meeting;
    
14. Unprincipled; and
    
15. The only topic worth posting about.
    

does he really have bad breath and body odour?? lol

Id cancel out #'s 3, 6, 10 and 11 I hope, 12, 14 and definetly 15

I suggest:

16. a gay cowboy (loved that outfit he wore to stampede)

17. intolerant social conservative

18. some guy with a really creepy fake smile

[gc1765]

I'll take #7, 9, 17 and 18

[Canadian Blue]

I can see this topic going downhill in a hurry.

[Charles Anthony]

I think it started at the bottom of the heap.

[Argus]

I think it started at the bottom of the heap.

It is childish, either as flamebait or sarcasm.

[theloniusfleabag]

Dear Argus,

I reported this post as 'partisan trolling', but I found one thing odd...jbg seems to have lumped the 'accusation' of 'Zionist' in with other disparaging names for Harper, yet jbg claims to be a Jew from New York. Weird. The again, if he is just trying to be sarcastic, the whole thing is at best a waste of bandwidth.

[watching&waiting]

This is a waste of band width. Surely we can find something that has more teeth to discuss here then this childish thread. I am all for some times having a little fun type thread, but this is not even rated at that low level IMOV.

[Figleaf]

Shouldn't 'scary' be on the list?

[M.Dancer]

Shouldn't 'scary' be on the list?

Nah...he's too uninspiring, uncharismatic and insincere to be scary...

[jbg]

I tried this is a bit of humor. I guess it wasn't appreciated. Sorry.

[cybercoma]

Sarcasm doesn't come across too well on forums. Especially when there are people on here who actually believe those things you posted.

[jbg]

Sarcasm doesn't come across too well on forums. Especially when there are people on here who actually believe those things you posted.

In retrospect, good point. I assumed my views on Harper (generally favorable or, for Canadians, favourable) were well-known. This link contains my real views on the issues most dear to me.

[jefferiah]

Shouldn't 'scary' be on the list?

Nah...he's too uninspiring, uncharismatic and insincere to be scary...

Not as inspiring or charasmatic as Jean Chretien or Paul Martin? Hee hee. I would choose Harper as more in touch with the regular joe than either of them.

[M.Dancer]

Shouldn't 'scary' be on the list?

Nah...he's too uninspiring, uncharismatic and insincere to be scary...

Not as inspiring or charasmatic as Jean Chretien or Paul Martin? Hee hee. I would choose Harper as more in touch with the regular joe than either of them.

really? has harper ever had a "regular" job?..or has he always been a wonk?

[jbg]

really? has harper ever had a "regular" job?..or has he always been a wonk?

Wasn't he an accountant?

[kimmy]

really? has harper ever had a "regular" job?..or has he always been a wonk?

Wasn't he an accountant?

From the wikipedia entry:

Harper briefly studied at the University of Toronto before travelling to Edmonton, where he found employment in the oil and gas industry as a computer programmer in his early twenties. He later attended the University of Calgary, receiving a Master's degree in economics.

-k

[Higgly]

Yikes.

Our country is being run by a sophomore. The only thing I can think of that might be worse is to have it run by a professor....

[kimmy]

Yikes.

Our country is being run by a sophomore. The only thing I can think of that might be worse is to have it run by a professor....

*cough*cough*ignatieff*cough*

After decades of rule by lawyers, how much worse could an economist really be?

-k

[Higgly]

*cough*cough*ignatieff*cough*

After decades of rule by lawyers, how much worse could an economist really be?

Which economist are you referring to?

[M.Dancer]

really? has harper ever had a "regular" job?..or has he always been a wonk?

Wasn't he an accountant?

I believe he has a degree in economics......but he has al;ways been employed as a political activist.

[watching&waiting]

Why would we not just say he is the leader of the Canadian government in this as well. He was elected even if it was to be a minority government and he has run the government in the way he promised and he is doing his best to bring about all the things he said he would do when he sought being elected. So I guess to the opposition doing the things you promised during an election is a bad thing?

I would have to say that I find Harper and he methods of governing to be a new and refreshing method, as opposed to the days of the Liberals where there were scandels every week, and the government just going on like the scandels did not exist. They never stopped and acknowledged any of them because they had a majority government and that allowed them to just sweep things under the rug.

Harpers new way of doing things is a breath of fresh air. Yes he does keep a tight ship and you do not see scandels coming every week or even every day. The best the opposition can do is raise a issue about an implied insult to an empty chair. That just goes to show you how well this government is really doing.

Harper is not out here every week trying to sell something to the Canadian people because most of the people agree with what he is doing. There is no need to sell anything if it is seen to be the right thing to do. Only when things are bad for the people do you need to sell them on this.

The people of Canada will when the time is needed will again look at all the things positive and negative about the parties involed and make they vote once again for the government. I have little doubt that the nest government will be a CPC majority. The Liberals will be fighting for third or even fouth position, with a total melt down of the quebec support, and hue losses in and around Toronto.

This is my own view of things as they may unfold in the next election.

[Jerry J. Fortin]

Keep watching. No government is free from the contrived or misbegoten steps of its members. Opposition parties use a microscope to turn mole hills into mountains, that is the regular business of politics. Harper has not been long in office and accomplished little so far. His government has had a few faux pas bad enough to rate media coverage, but not too many for the public to freak out, at least so far anyway.

The environment issue will start biting him around the ears for no other reason than all of the opposition parties take a different view on the subject than the government does. In his minority position it would be expected that he form some sort of comprimise policy, but I don't think he will. This one issue could be the basis of his demise, because if he can't make this fly in the face of the opposition and refuses to make a deal he simply doesn't have enough brains to govern this country. The majority of Canadian votes were not in favour of his government, the people must be respected in this matter.