tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post6383240820468478398..comments2024-03-28T10:10:38.940-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: A Failed Puppet Master?Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-70165996421100169902014-04-29T16:25:02.853-04:002014-04-29T16:25:02.853-04:00I agree, LD. Harper has done so much to diminish C...I agree, LD. Harper has done so much to diminish Canada's world reputation with an arrogance typical of the right-wing, who seem to have an innate contempt for organizations that require cooperative behaviour. Guess it undermines their myth of the rugged individual whose only obstacle in life is the intrusion of government in it.<br /><br />I never watch Harper, except occasionally during Question Period, for the same reason you cited here. Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-57621982497039201752014-04-29T15:40:16.068-04:002014-04-29T15:40:16.068-04:00Lorne, coming from Andrew Coyne who is a conservat...Lorne, coming from Andrew Coyne who is a conservative means a lot more. National Post is a very much conservative newspaper. I keep saying but I hope Harpo is turfed out come 2015. He is doing too much damage nationally and internationally. We were denied a rotating seat on the United Nations' Security Council. This happened first time ever, I believe. That speaks volumes in itself. It is simply too much to take. Even his name gives me nausea. LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-50919962427839961962014-04-29T12:52:23.734-04:002014-04-29T12:52:23.734-04:00Well-said, Anon. I think too many of us tend to be...Well-said, Anon. I think too many of us tend to be too influenced by the pundits who, after all, are ultimately only reflecting their own biases in their commentaries. Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-69790700686583293062014-04-29T12:06:19.777-04:002014-04-29T12:06:19.777-04:00Harper being a master strategist must be one of th...Harper being a master strategist must be one of the best jokes propagated on gullible voters by journalists/pundits who were either as ignorant as the voters they were supposed to enlighten, or, one must suspect, were hoping for Senate seats. For instance, Chris Hall at the CBC once even proclaimed that Harper has the propensity to "tilt to the unexpected". Well, I suppose backpedalling furiously is one form of tilting to the unexpected ferocity of public criticisms of his "Fair" Elections Act, eh? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com