Blue Like You

My French is rusty too, so I’m eagerly waiting someone to translate this for us.

Holy cow,

The title says in essence that Bellavance is “broadsiding” the Bloc. The rest of the article states that, indeed, the Bloc has become a mere clone of the NDP.

Furhtermore, Bellavance states that many of the stances taken by the Bloc reflect such a left-wing ideology that many citizens outisde Montreal, including himself, can no longer relate to those positions or the party promoting them. In a telling comment, he states that “he doesn’t recognize himself in this party.”

He even states that M. Duceppe was completely inappropriate in his attacks on the PM, especially his repeated statements that he and Geoge Bush are responsible for all the evils of the earth.

According to M. Bellavance, the Bloc is desperately seeking a new mission in Ottawa since putting aside it’s fight for the separation of Quebec. He concludes by launching one final shot across the bow of the Bloc by saying that he doubts many Bloc candidates will be able to pull off a win on Oct. 14th if they continue to espouse these extreme positions and policies.

Thanks, Paola and Ken.

Paola, are you sure it’s Bellavance saying all this, or is Bellavance reporting that Brassard is saying it?

Thanks.

Sorry about that, it was indeed Bellavance reporting that Brassard made these comments.

Sammy - I agree! As puffin poop enters it’s second day; where are the reports about Nazi’s and drug dealers other than on local radio stations. Where is Kevin Newman pontificating about these things; where is Hannah Boudreau shaking her head over the whole thing; where is Lloyd Robertson and Bob Fife whispering in low tones about this setback….

Oh forget it…. I already know.

Wow, that’s not all:

- he says he’s still a sovereigntist but the BQ doesn’t represent Quebecers outside urban areas and has just become a “typical” leftist party

- he slams Kyoto and the gun registry

- says good US relations are important

- slams them for “virulent attacks” on Harper

- says the BQ and left act as if they have “a monopoly on the truth”

- slams Duceppe for going to Hezbollah parades and pandering to Islamo-fascists. Says Duceppe acts like Harper will bring “Fire and blood to the world”, when the real threat is Islamic terrorists

- accuses BQ of slandering Alberta

- he won’t reveal how he’s voting

Fair and Balanced msm:the G&M has story up about some lawyer that rec’d a Rosh Hashana card from the Cons…finds this ‘troublesome’…but NO mention of Fullardgate!

Grind a Grit to the rescue (My first language is french Joanne):

“The Bloc has become a clone of the NDP ever since souvereignty has been put on a back burner”

“The Bloc is out of touch with mainstream Quebecers outside Montreal which have different values”

…Saying he’s still a souvereignist, who was an influent minister under Lucien Bouchard’s PQ gov., Brassard says it might be time for Quebecers to move on to other things…

“We don’t talk about souvereignty any more, circumstances have changed even if it was the Bloc’s initial reason to exist. It’s not even part of their platform anymore. They have adopted a left wing discourse with all the usual themes of the left. I’m sorry but I don’t relate to that. I don’t recongnise myself in that party.”

…The souvereignist tenor says he completely dissagrees with what the Bloc have been promoting in the House of commons…

” Take Kyoto, I don’t think it’s a sacred cow we must worship at all, same thing with the gun registry. I disagree with the Bloc completely. Same thing with our troups in Afghanistan or our relationship with the US. All in all I agree with very little of their platform. Souvereignty yes, but that’s in the closest right now.”

…In this, Brassard becomes the first influencial souvereignist to question the existence of the Bloc in Ottawa. This risks to put Duceppe on the defensive and give ammunition to Harper who is working to convince Quebecers to drop the powerless presence of the Bloc in Ottawa…

…In a written text to 2 Chicoutimi papers, Brassard denounces Duceppe’s virulant attacks again’st Harper…
“At the very start of the election, Duceppe accuses Harper of being a Bush puppet and wanting to adopt Republican policies”

“Like the Bush Republican’s, Harper is promoting free flow of fire arms, sensorship, remove women’s rights…”We will fight again’st the death penalty, again’st throwing kids in jail amongst harden criminals” said Duceppe.

…For Brassard, Duceppe is way over the top. Listening to them (Bloc), Harper is a smelly incarnation of right wing ideology which in the defenders of vertue (Of the left of course, vertue being a lefty monopoly), propagates injustice, destroys the planete, creates war for pleasure and destroys culture. Associating Harper to Bush, Duceppe nails both to the pyer like being “Ideologic conservatives who leaves behind them economic chaos, fire and blood in the world”.

“Enough with the garbage, the bin is full” Brassard says, “Like fire and blood have not been first perpurtrated by Islamofascism. It is true that Mr. Duceppe seems unaware of the dark realities of the world as he went parading with Hezbollah, the Lebanese terrorist malisia”

…According to Brassard it is evident that the Bloc is looking for justification for it’s own existence since the end of adscam. He thinks Duceppe’s troups will have a hard time to get to this election’s finish line he they continue in the same vain…

“It’s seems the Bloc is devastated by the fact it lost it’s race stallions like adscam and the fiscal imbalance. So he puts out old lefty horses ready for the glue factory (Kyoto, peace, antiamericanism, right wing Nazi, anti gun, dirty Alberta etc…)”

…In conclusion, Mr. Brassard does not want to say for whom he wants to vote. That’s a secret he says. “But I will go to advance polls, the election will be rioght in moose hunting season and that’s where I will be”

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So this is the jist of it.
My own analysis is this: Quebecers are a lot more Conservative (More so outside big urban centres)than they even realize and Brassard just like me, is sensing his Province is drastically changing direction. The silent majority (Right) is finally rising to overthrow the very vocal minority (Left). This quasi revolution seems to be occuring in the rest of Canada too with central Ontario somewhat laging behind.
It is evident south of the border with the Palin phenomenom which by the way, Brassard’s reference of going moose hunting might have a tinge of connectivity here: Suddently, hunting which has been promoted as right wing neocon, knuckle dragging ambarrassement is now fashonable(?).

I sense a change in North America and even around the free world. I read somewhere that left wing ideology, dominant since the 60’s is on it’s way out…I believe we are witnessing just this.

I have said this many times in the past on this blog and others: Quebec will surprize (I said that before Harper got his minority and Qc gave him 11 seats)…This time Quebec will insure a majority. A souvereignist just handed it to Harper.

Sounds like the heat getting to Layton re the debate.Says now he will agree to May being there,IF PMSH is there.
BTW,I caught tail end of a segment with Graham Richardson,not sure what it was all about,but…he ended up by saying something about a ‘greenie’ that blogs,that was at the consortium mtg. and there was a hint that there could have been a Dion/May agreement of some kind! Graham ended this by saying ‘the whole story isn’t out there yet,and it ain’t over’ As well,Graham mentioned the decision that May was to run in Peter McKay’s riding was indeed ’strange’ YUMMY,this is gettin good.

Joanne, sorry to have missed your SOS! I was otherwise occupied …
Maybe next time?

Anyway, I’m glad to see there’s other help available.
Grind a Grit’s job’s well done!

I like this line from Weston’s column:
“Baker showed up at a small rally for Dion in Napanee, Ont. — Tragically Hip meets tragically unhip — and said he supports the Liberal leader because the Conservatives “have no respect for culture.”

Here’s a picture of a protester against cuts to culture funding:
http://tinyurl.com/5cgkby

Notice the sign? “… Maybe they they (sic) can paint your war planes Mr. Harper.”
I guess all the extra funding didn’t do much for him!

“BTW, what ever happened to Lorrie Goldstein???”
I read a few weeks ago that he was going on holidays, but I don’t recall the dates.

Notice how the media is now telling us that the conservative surge is going down. Isn’t that what you said would happen with polls.

Paola’s translation is bang on!!!! nice work and nice to read that insider separatists are starting to understand the irrelevance of the Bloc in Ottawa

Thanks to everyone here for all your help with the translations!

Grind a Grit, I had no idea your first language is French. You don’t even type with an accent!

Seriously, that was a great translation and analysis. Merci beaucoup.

I’ve had one busy day out in the ‘real world’, and am trying to catch up now. Man, you leave the computer for a few hours and crazy things happen like Lizzie May getting her way.

Gabby, I hope Lorrie Goldstein is just on vacation. I don’t see his name in the Sun’s lineup of columnists anymore. Hope I’m wrong and just overlooked it.

Gabby, he’s back!

Not with a necessarily flattering column this morning for Harper though.

AG - No, but that’s the link I’m going to throw back at anyone who says Goldstein’s biased towards the CPC.

And he’s right. If global warming is such a big issue, than why did the consortium even blink here?

He’s basically calling their bluff.

“He asked me to tell you that he appreciates your interest.”

I’m glad. Columnists should know that we don’t only think of them when we’re angry at them.

Grind a Grit, I basically agree with your 10:18 am post. But, a cautionary note: people should not equate your saying “I’m 100% behind the PM’s tactic here” as the PM being a “denier.”

IMO, the PM being the intelligent man he is, can see there are some definite changes in our climate.
Whether the cause is anthropomorphic or not has not been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, and is really irrelevant, but what has been proven is the nonsense of western developed nations alone carrying the burden of cutting GHG emissions and finding additional means of fuelling our cars, industries, and so on.

If the GHG threat is SO enormous and pressing, then EVERY country on the planet should be trying to do something to reduce their own GHG emissions in their own backyard. That is why Mr. Harper called Kyoto a “socialist scheme” - not because he believes there are NO climate changes taking place, but because he wants every country to act in their own specific way and not simply receive transfers of money from wealthy nations. For us that means a “Made in Canada” plan.

Think of this: if Harper were a “denier” or even a skeptic about climate change, why would he be pushing his Arctic agenda? There are some changes taking place, but of course not to the hysterical catastrophic extent the Gore sect is preaching. And Canadians should be poised to take advantage of those changes.

So, sorry, I don’t agree with Mr. Goldstein that Mr. Harper is being hypocritical, and that he’s merely going along for political expediency.