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Popcorn and beer – Part deux

Posted by Joanne on 25 April 2008, 9:08 pm

Again we have a missing video clip from Mike Duffy Live… Funny, that.

However, I will transpose the audio as best I can with a disclaimer that I was not able to pick up every word.

The scene – Tonda MacCharles interviewing Scott Reid for the Liberals, and Tim Powers for the Conservatives.

(Heated debate in progress.)

T.P. – “Scott, Scott! You want to talk about forecasts, numbers, facts…?”

S. R. – “How about Mark Carney?”

T.P. “Well yeah. Exactly. What did Mark Carney say yesterday? 1.4% growth this year and 2.4 next year..”

S.R. – “What did you project? Stop, stop!!! You didn’t project 1.4 – You projected 1.8!!!“

T. P. – “Scott, Scott… I don’t know if you understand math, but 1.4 is above 1.8!!!”

S. R. (Looking rather puzzled) – “What do ya mean?”

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Actually, I lied in the title. This is actually Part 3 of the Beer & Popcorn saga.

Here’s Part Two.

Filed under Liberal arrogance.
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Character defamation suit in order?

Posted by Joanne on 25 April 2008, 7:30 am

Check out the rhetoric that the Sun’s Michael Den Tandt uses to describe the Prime Minister of Canada:

The crows are coming home to roost for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and a mangy bunch of birds they are. Will this provoke an election? Not likely. Not yet.

Harper must wake up some mornings and wonder where it all went wrong. Not long ago he was the Iceman, firmly in control of every teensy strand of his government, and seemingly managing it all with aplomb.

With Harper at the helm there were no mistakes. You didn’t get charm, but you did get efficiency, intelligence and a ruthless instinct for political combat that made him more winner than loser.

Most Canadians were buying that package, when compared with the alternatives. We weren’t warming to the man — the piranha smile and assassin’s eyes make that difficult – but we were getting used to him. Harper and Stephane Dion, mano a mano? Dion was sure to emerge with two black eyes and his glasses fastened together with Scotch tape…

Assassin’s eyes?

Why is it that bloggers need to be so careful, but MSM can say anything they want?

Filed under Comment approved by HRC, MSM bias.
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