I join my fellow Blogging Tories in congratulating Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his amazing performance at last night’s National Arts Centre gala! For someone who grew up during the Beatle years, this is the icing on the cake in terms of my admiration for the PM.
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Meanwhile, my pal ChuckerCanuk imagines what the situation would have been like if Iffy had been Prime Minister (or do you need a retake for that question?):
I get high with a little help from my Prime Minister. Well worth the read! (H/T Sammy)
MSM has a slew of great articles on this story but as Batb pointed out, the comments at the Star are uncharacteristically favourable towards the PM. Thanks as well to Maz2 for this link and to so many of my readers for bringing me up to date this morning. New grandmas go to bed early.
One of the readers calls the Star up on their snark:
Singing PM
Even in a moment of fun, Harper is still accused of being devious. What onearth [sic] do the by-elections have to do with this? Come on Star get over yourself.
Submitted by builder.m at 7:47 AM Sunday, October 04 2009
This is great! – Harper gets by with a little help from his arts friends - John Ivison (Post). It seems that Laureen was the genius behind this appearance:
Mrs. Harper said she knew she had her man when he said “maybe” to the idea.
Head on over to Sandy’s and visit your one-stop shopping centre for bloggers and media covering this story – PM Harper performs at NAC: Mr. Piano Man rocks!
DMB has a link to Starr & McCartney performing the song. Frankly, I prefer the Harper-Ma rendition (H/T SDA).
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Big Update: O.K. This is what I was waiting for – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper sings the Beatles: Telegraph.
As Raphael says, this thing is going viral!
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Monday Update: U.S. blogger Wintery Knight wishes Stephen Harper was his President! – Stephen Harper plays Beatles song while playing piano.
Well I’ll make a deal with you, Knight. You can have Michael Ignatieff instead. He’s more at home there anyway. We’re keeping PM Harper!
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Tuesday Update: I found a longer YouTube version of Prime Minister Harper’s charity singing debut.
“I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see a gala of a bunch of people at, you know, a rich gala all subsidized by taxpayers claiming their subsidies aren’t high enough, when they know those subsidies have actually gone up – I’m not sure that’s something that resonates with ordinary people,” Harper said in Saskatoon, where he was campaigning for the Oct. 14 election.
Harpermania? Nah, just more hypocrisy.
On a wk-end when the Libs are trying desperately to bury the Quebec unity issue..and were hoping their buddies in the msm would be trying to bury the ‘puffin-poo’ and build up Iggy,who throws a massive wrench into the plan??? PMSH with such a good news story,and great media coverage!My favorite ‘chess-player’ wins again.
Song for the Libs this wk-end? Johnny Cash: “down down down in a BURNIN’ring of Fire!Jo,we need a song title contest for this!
That’s the best ya got, Jeff?
Sammy, great idea for a contest. Kitchener Conservative already has a suggestion.
I was also thinking of “Help!”
“Nowhere Man” would be good too.
If the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper needs someone to love him he need only visit with the
gang at Joanne’s
He reminds me of my Dad who by the way was a handsome devil and my Dad had a good singing voice
Bravo Prime Minister well done
fh
I vote for “Nowhere Man” for Iffy
fh
O/T here,but I just checked out liberal.ca to see what they are up to,and they have a link to ‘notafringegroup’ a site by the ‘wimmin’ folk to try and trash PMSH on women/equality.Interesting,that they have a petition to send to PMSH,but unlike most petitions,with comments,you can’t read them.I gave them a little oiece of my mind,and I don’t have much left to give..so,I’m thinking this may be another ‘gone horribly wrong’ episode for the Loser Libs! Divisive,angry,nasty,mean-spirited ia all they have LEFT!
Song for Libs:I Left my Heart in Outremont
and the classic from trooper,Boys in the bright white sportscar..amended to The boys in the TO backroom!
Great story! Contrast that with this story courtesy of Dr. Roy.
What the PM has done is endear even MORE boomers to him. I’ve sent the clip to everyone on my mailing list with the subject “Match THAT Iggy!”
Of course it’s the best Jeff’s got…..ZERO equals the LPOC’s chances of forming a government anytime soon.
Let’s flip this discussion around now please….Iggy and the Liberals deserve nothing at all today.
This is about a man who is not just a good leader but who can get up and play piano and sing at the NAC even though it’s not in the character the media twits like to portray.
Good thing that pleasing the media has never been the goal of Harper….he actually rises above them each time they through up a wall in his way.
One thing the public hates more than corrupt politic1ans and sleaze it’s holier than thou media twits.
My husband and I were watching CTV late news when suprise! Stephen Harper playing piano at gala and recieving a standing ovation! Bravo! My brother and sister-in-law live in Ottawa and by all accounts the Harper family are well liked . Their grandson plays hockey against Ben. They have sent us articles and say he deserves every accolade he recieves. By all accounts the Harper Family is well liked in Ottawa. The National Press must be real Hard A$$e$ to keep up their HATE on Stephen Harper.
What a GREAT number. Rock on PM and let’s take this country by storm.
That’s the best ya got, Jeff?
So it’s safe to say that when Harper claimed ordinary Canadians didn’t connect with rich gala goers, he didn’t mean Conservatives? Apparently the Blogging Tories aren’t ordinary Canadians because they’re all over themselves with this performance.
[...] at governing the country, talented and above all, a good sport. Below is the YouTube (H/T Joanne at Blue Like You at a post she has titled “Harpermania”). Under that I will do my best putting up links [...]
I think the PM did himself proud. Despite people like Jeff and the Lib media wanting us all to focus on an old quote that has nothing at all to do with the present, this particular gala is a major fundraiser for ‘Youth in the Arts’.
So all the naysayers who close their eyes and ears and just scream how ‘Harper hates the Arts community’, can go pound salt as far as I’m concerned. Hopefully, there are a few among that group, that still possess some independent thinking (rather than the herd mentality), who will keep an open mind in the future re our Prime Minister.
PM Harper … you were awesome! I totally enjoyed your (and the other musician’s) version of one of my all time favourite Beatles songs. Well done.
Uh, Jeff, you might want to get something to wipe that egg off your face. Last nights gala was a paid-ticket event, with tickets ranging from the mid-$100 to mid $200 range. It turns a profit, with some of the proceeds being donated to charity, in the case of last nights gala the recipient being the National Youth and Education Trust, which helps youth in the performing arts.
So you see Jeff, through ticket sales a profit is turned, some of said profit is then donated to improve the arts. Last nights gala was exactly the type of event the PM endorses, buyer pay and the arts benefits from private dollars.
Maybe move on to your next rant.
So it’s safe to say that when Harper claimed ordinary Canadians didn’t connect with rich gala goers, he didn’t mean Conservatives? Apparently the Blogging Tories aren’t ordinary Canadians because they’re all over themselves with this performance.
No wonder the Libs are in free fall when this is the best they’ve got.
The partisanship really is tiresome. You would think that Libs could just say “nice job” for a change. Instead, they have to reach for a pathetic argument like this to be critical 100% of the time. Lame.
Iffy the TORedStar can parti-san; let’s parti-san also.
Ig-Narcissists*: I-O-EI-O-I-I …-
“HEY IGNATIEFF!(sic)
Get over yourself, and tell us what you’d do as PM”
urlm.in/ddii
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*Ig-O–NarcIssIsts:
I-I-I-I-I-We-We-wee-wee all the way home to Harvard. >>>
“I distinguish,”
“I think”
“I was”
“We wanted”
“What we want” >>>
(brainyquote)
>>> “The narcissist brags incessantly. His speech is peppered with “I”, “my”, “myself”, and “mine”.”
>>> “Talks about himself in the 3rd person singluar or uses the regal “we” and craves to be the exclsuive center of attention, even adulation”
http://www.globalpolitician.com/25109-barack-obama-elections
Aside from a handful of uber partisan Liberals, and I bet this would also apply to them, there is not anyone who did not have a smile on their face when they watched the PM sing.
Bravo PM Harper! Bravo.
The parti-san: Parti-Two.
PM Harper’s next performance will open with: Maple Leaf Rag.
H/T “Maple Leaf Rag Played by Scott Joplin”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc
Can’t wait to see how this is covered on QP!
Thanks paulstuff…
Falling for MSM spin much jeff?
The MSM is trying a little spin on exactly what PMSH said last year. He referred to taxpayer money going for glitzy-ditzy events. Last night at NAC was not that type of event.
Proud of PMSH, and no accident on the song…he has a great sense of humour!
Joann…great title. All the boomers can relate.
I also sent this to a few (libs)on my mailing list
BTW…one more reason I’d love to have the Harpers over for a fun night at our house some time…
I’m attempting to keep track of as many MSM sources as possible on this story — and bloggers. Leave me a comment at my post if I have missed any.
QP on now:
Taber says PMSH was ‘fantastic!’.. she was dead serious too..and gives a little inside baseball on Laureen’s comments.
Sammy I saw that too. It was Laureen’s idea. I added a link to a Post column that just came out.
Monte Solberg has post up,that gives a bravo,and says they saw this side of PMSH in caucus!
OT again,but did you catch McParland’s ‘One woman lunatic fringe’ over at NatPost? Can you guess who it refers to ????
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Harpermania.
Well this story has gone GLOBAL (ha ha) thanks to my Dad. My parents were so tickled, watched it a kazillion times and my Dad sent it to his entire American flock to distribute.
Knowing how these guys are, I expect the networks will be playing it momentarily…lol
Harpermania indeed!!
A song for Iggy: Harry Nillson’s ‘You’re Breaking my Heart’. HA HA HA!
Oh Jeff of the Igneutered… Talk about starting off a thread on the wrong foot!
A time for rejoicing over a PM who can reach everyone from the ordinary to the pompous, will not be dampened by the presence of moles or trolls however Ignoble.
Our federal helmsman is a man of all seasons, who represents Canadians with integrity and high esteem. A basically humble man, with multiple talents to display, he does so gracefully and gradually, so as not to overwhelm, but simply to delight and reassure. PMSH is a cool, altogether-guy with many friends, and he’s getting MORE all the time, just by being himself in the face of incredulous adversity, as evidenced by more people indicating that they would jump the LPC shipwreck in-the-making. (See today’s TO.STAR letters-to-the-editor)
The MSM will be forced to concede that they have no concrete basis for criticism of a PM who is fast becoming more ‘mainstream’ himself.
That was great, just great. Of course, it could have been improved by including a bit of country or blues but still nicely done. heh.
I am surprised PMSH agreed to do this – did he lose a bet to Obama at the G20? You just know that Rick Mercer will feature this little number on next weeks show.
BTW, did any member of the PPG survive the shock?
Jeff says:
October 4, 2009 at 9:28 am
« “I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see a gala of a bunch of people at, you know, a rich gala all subsidized by taxpayers claiming their subsidies aren’t high enough, when they know those subsidies have actually gone up – I’m not sure that’s something that resonates with ordinary people,” Harper said in Saskatoon, where he was campaigning for the Oct. 14 election. »
Context, Jeff, context!
Yes, the PM did make those remarks.
But when?
It was in reaction to comments made by the Quebec artistes attending the Gemini Awards which took place on Sept. 14, 2008.
At that time those artistes dissed the PM and his government for “arts cuts” that were actually minor cuts to some limited programs.
That reply to the whining [my own opinion] Quebec artistes was torqued into “arts-hating Harper” and “gala-hating Harper” by the usual suspects.
No surprise from the ignorant idiots who conveniently forget context.
Jeff? Jeff? A typical Jeff posting, starts out full of piss and vinegar, someone calls him on his nonsense, Jeff leaves the building with his tail between his legs, waiting for the next post to make an ass out of himself.
Why don’t you tell us what you are really feeling Jeff, that you are finding it harder and harder to find reasons to dislike the PM, and like most Canadians, find yourself being drawn to the Conservative side of the political spectrum.
Don’t fight it Jeff, for you will only be truly happy when you can say, “I too am blue like you”.
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Poor Jeffy. Poor Iffy. Sigh.
I was just thinking, next time Paul McCartney comes to town, maybe they can get together.
BTW. I thought it was AMAZING!! Thank you PM Harper, you brought some sunshine into what is turning out to be a rather dismal wet snowy weekend here in southern Alberta!
” “I too am blue like you”.”
Ha,ha Platty. I think we may have quite a few of them needing some ‘leather couch’ time.
If your party (Liberal) was again polling the worst in over 100 years you would be trying anything to change the channel. Desperate times for the Rosedale gang keeping their clueless Professor as their leader.
Listening to iffys speech in Quebec, to bring order out of chaos, but all he is doing is dissing the PM. His applause is nowhere near what the PM got last night.
Green shaft is still on his plate, french language in all fed buildings, across Canada, from Yellowknife to even Toronto.
Mentioned the PM attending a gala but it is too little too late to gain respect in the arts community.
Bill 101, is a must across Canada.
He mentions he has written a few books, and mentions his experience overseas.
Quebecers were the first to abandon the PM, as long as there are protest votes, PMSH will stay in office. As soon as an alternative is found he will be out, and the alternative is him. Status quo is Layton/Duceppe but change is us.
I give up, something else must be on tv.
LC Bennett,
Susan Delacourt (the Juggernaut herself) has a very nice comment about the PM’s performance complete with link, and I’m going to be charitable and think she really means it.
As a song for Ignatieff, I would suggest “Yesterday”…..”all my troubles seemed so far away ….”.
From the Ten Things That You Probably Don’t Know About Stephen Harper @ Conservative.ca;
He can rock …
Public praise is music to the ears of many politicians but for Prime Minister Harper, classic rock’s more his taste – with a particular bent for the Beatles and Blue Rodeo. His love of music wasn’t lost on Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk who, during a meeting in Gdansk earlier this year, presented the PM with an original vinyl version of Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk.
He can sing (sort of) …
An activist by nature, the Prime Minister isn’t content to let others do all the singing. He won’t hesitate to lend a voice when warranted. The PM eagerly participates in karaoke with family and friends … and freely admits that politics was, by far, the better career choice.
He plays piano (even better) …
The PM’s musical talents don’t stop with singing. He taught himself to play piano, eventually making it to Grade 9 with the Royal Conservatory of music, and seldom passes by a piano without sitting down – if even for a short tune.
Wow! This was awesome! Bravo PM Harper…what a great, great job. And many thanks to Mrs. Harper for suggesting it.
Thanks, Jad. I guess if PMSH throws off his “uptight, mean-spirited, hyper-partisan” persona then the media should throw off their “judgmental, petty, hyper-partisan” bias (at least momentarily).
Re iffy and Bill 101 to be implemented across Canada.
When bilingualism first became law, I was working at Canada Customs. A car with two young men from Quebec come thru and wanted to be cleared in French. The officer spoke Ukranian and started to question them in Ukranian. Shocked looks, but he told them to pull over to the compound, and they would get an officer who spoke french down from Calgary. Would take about 5 hours, please stay in your car till he arrives. Very hot July day, they looked at each other and decided it was not worth the effort, spoke english and went on their way. But not until their car, luggage, and tires were searched. Wonder if they tried that again.
Next a duet with Jack singing “Getting to Know You.”
I have to put comment moderation on because I have to run out for a bit. Don’t worry. It won’t be all day. This is my ‘day off’.
Awesome just awesome. I did not think PM Harper’s awesomness could go any higher but wow.
How cool is PM Harper for doing this? Brilliant just brilliant great day to be a Conservative.
PS:Congrats to you and yours Joanne, all the best to your family and the new addition..
PPS: For real, PM Harper rocks…
Mary T @12:15
Thanks for taking ONE for the team but really….we can’t let you get sick! lol
I LOVED your Canadian Customs story…I’d like to shake that guys hand!
OH…MY….GAWD! Watching the Q&A with Iggy just now..reporter asks him what he thot of PMSH’s singing.Iggy lolls his head around,sings,’what would you do if I sang out of tune’…smirks,then “he’s been out of tune for 4 yrs” NO ONE LAUGHED..it fell flat,and he looks stupid.Lord,now he’s speaking about his relates buried ‘down the road’..and ‘Harper spent all the seed corn’..what a friggin’ LOSER!
Yeah, I caught that, too Sammy @ 1:03. He also trotted out the “knocked on doors with Mike Pearson” bit and added, “Yes, I’m that old”. (Hint: Don’t talk about that too much). Talking about how wonderful and great the LPT is. Liberal this, Liberal that. Not much about how great Canada is though.
So again he’s saying we’ve spent too much and then complains about arts cuts. He is so Iffy.
Another link over at Gerry Nichols new blog (libertaspost.com) titled ‘Canada’s Political Idol’…pretty good!
The plaudits and encomiums for PM Harper keep on rolling in.
Roll on Big Piano Man.
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“A political master stroke”
“Politically, this was a master stroke. The video clip of the PM, singing in tune, having a laugh and enjoying a great piece of music is now launched on the Internet, and the viral impact will likely be extensive. Not a moment of it looked false, even though it could hardly have been more carefully planned.
With this revealing moment, the PM also threw down the gauntlet in the general direction of Michael Ignatieff. For months, the Conservatives have been painting the Liberal Leader as diffident, elitist, not really one of us. Liberals could be excused for wondering if Harper would really be able to win a contest around personal likeability.”
Bruce Anderson
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bruce-anderson/a-political-master-stroke/article1311422/
Song for iffy, from comments in one of the numerous stories on this, I’m a Travelling Man.
How about a talent contest instead of a debate and we phone in our choices. PMSH on the piano, Layton on Guitar, Gilles reading the FLQ manifesto, iffy reading a passage from one of his books, or a chapter of War and Peace. And if lizzie is included she could do an imitation of a beaver chewing a tree.
Someone made a comment, tongue in cheek, that the PM ticked off Quebec as he didn’t sing in french.
I also caught the Q&A presser with iffy.
I’ve been waiting for this one…WK has weighed in!States in his opener:Reviled Cons PM..and I won’t gag you with the brief blurb that follows.I guess poor WK can’t deal with all the great msm coverage,when his ‘guy’ is drowning! I love it!!!
And of course, Kinsella has to be a total **** when blogging about it. This jerk can’t even let go of his partisan hatred for one measely second to offer, at best, gruding respect for a decent thing the PM did. No, please don’t give him the extra traffic, take my word for it.
And Sammy, I saw that media scrum with Ignatieff as well. It probably took all night for one of his cronies to think of that cute little line for their “leader”, just waiting for an opportunity to inevitably drop it because he knows the media is buzzing over the PM’s perfomance. Ignatieff just ended up looking petulant.
And that is the difference – while the media is talking about how pleasently surprised they are regarding how down to earth the PM really was after that performance, they are left sitting with Ignatieff in abject silence at an awkward attempt to be witty.
You know, I get this sense of a buzz in the air; the Tories are definetly on a roll now, no question about it. That buzz is the sound of inevitability and it got louder after the PM’s performance last night. If an election comes, sooner rather than later I think, we ARE going to get that majority. I have absolutley no doubt about it now.
Is the Lib war room furiously arranging to have Iggy appear before MSM reading his family tree out loud to the unwashed masses?
Cheer up Jeff historically libs use taxpayers’ money to fund their special interest groups i.e. poverty advocates etc, alas we have a history of donating our own hard earned money to deserving causes.
Sammy@1:03
What a classless act Iffy is.
No one laughed because he just crashed ‘that car trying to get out of the ditch’.
I was going to drag that link over here Sammy but then thought, WHY RUIN SUCH A GREAT DAY with Mr. IG-NEGATIVE! Jerk!
I found one Liberal with a touch of class.
Holy Mackeral PMSH even gat a shout-out at AbsolutePunk.net!It’s a Canadian music site…and isn’t that funny..I thot WK was the big man on the ‘punk’ scene.Sorry WK..more like ,you just got “PUNKED”…He must just be seething.
BTW,did you kids that saw the Iggy presser pick up on Iggy continually pointing at himself,even when he was saying ‘we’,or refer to the party..IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM,and if I see that lizard-like tongue darting around,and that weird,not-tough looking half fist he makes much more I’ll hurl!
Sammy – Hilarious!! Link to Absolute Punk here.
MaryT at 1:33:
“And if lizzie is included she could do an imitation of a beaver chewing a tree.”
Priceless!
I loved it! I love the Beatles, and the PM as well!
Even though outside looks gray gloomy and rainy, the prime minister at the keys on video brighten my day.
Way to go PMSH.
“Left losing clout across Europe”*
Left has lost its clout in Canada.
Now you know why socialist Iffy left Britain.
His socialist tub is going under.
Why is Iffy “Just visiting”?
>>> “*conservatives have deposed the left in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. And in smaller countries where the centre-left clings to power – Austria, Hungary, the Netherlands and Norway – its hold seems shaky at best.
Its most dramatic humiliation was its trouncing in Germany.”
Here is Iffy in Canada:
“Elsewhere, left-leaning politicians are caught in nasty party infighting and are up against populist conservatives.
In France, the once-powerful Socialist Party is in crisis for lack of a personality to rally around.”
Here is Iffy: a carpetbagger, an empty suit; a man without a chest; a hollow man.
Go home, Iffy. Where is your home, Iffy?
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*http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/10/04/11293836-ap.html
Perhaps one of the PM’s war room dudes should clue Warren into the fact that there’aint no body caring about the Waffle’s speech…all eyes and ears are with the PM.
I do believe PM Harper kicked some ass last night!
Sorry, I have to go O/T on this quote from the CBC.
“Coderre was not at the conference. Several of those attending said it was their understanding that he was in his riding caring for his sick father.“
“BTW,did you kids that saw the Iggy presser pick up on Iggy continually pointing at himself……”
It’s at the point where we can just mute and analyze the body language. The words and tone all sound the same.
re the video of PMSH, it’s kind of like when we used to go and get the latest 45 and then play it over and over and over, never tiring of it.
I hope he is caught on tape whipping off a classical piece sometime as well.
You just gotta know that Slimesilla is floundering around trying to come up with some way to play this.
So lets wait till the shoe drops, and wait for the typical reaction from Canadians, Ill bet they put a bounty on Cat-meat’s head
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/liberals-meet/#clip220393
While the Prime Minister is making appearances at the National Arts Centre and promoting the arts listen to the ramblings of Iggy. All this at a Liberal Convention in Montreal that his liberal insiders had to get out and phone people to come. This is pretty disgusting for a Liberal leader on the island of Montreal to have strong arm people to come out to their convention.
Wow! The full youtube video has already 22,289 hits! Not even 24hrs. up yet.
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MaryT @1;33pm
“Song for iffy, from comments in one of the numerous stories on this, I’m a Travelling Man.”
How about the Beatles “YESTERDAY” especially the first verse
Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
OT/PM Harper is set to visit India and maybe China next month too.
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Harper+visit+India+eyeing+trip+China/2065590/story.html
Just wondering if anybody caught Ignegatives speach in Quebec where he says ,” A majority where Canadians admire people that leave the country , (then he said somebody I couldn’t make out ), then he says ” people like me ” . It’s just after the 6 minute mark on the second video –http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091004/liberal_meeting_091004/20091004?hub=TopStoriesV2 – Now what is he going to do about this ? Legislate that we admire him ? What if Stephen Harper said this ? There’d be 200 stories calling him some kind of ego-mainiac .
Man, Iffy’s political career is disappearing so fast we’ll probably see his face on the side of milk cartons.
There is something telling about WK ignoring this big ‘healing’ that’s supposedly going on in Que today.There’s nothing up on his blog blowing Iggy’s Ego up another notch after another ‘me me’ speech. Instead,he’s gotta make high-school jealous comments about something as nice as PMSH singing!That my friends IS the real caliber of the Lib party.
You know,the more I see the clip of PMSH,the more I enjoy it! It really has made me smile all day..not because of the political coup it is,but just for the sheer fun of it! I especially enjoy all the musicians and the delight they are showing.Can’t these miserly,nasty Libs see that?
QP doesn’t come on here till 4.p.m., so had to wait. Jennings was very calm, must have taken a prozac, but what a bunch of crap she spouted. The party is unified, it is normal to get last minute attendees. But, if the party is so unified, and a great family, where was Codere. Mulcair was also calm in his faceoff with Cauchon. If Cauchon is having a nomination meeting, who is also running. Acclamation is not a contest.
In the HofC tomorrow will iffy or gilles bring up the piano bit. Was iffy or wife at the gala, and if not, do they hate the arts.
Paulstuff, a priceless remark, and probably true.
Wonderful day for Canadians (and Conservatives)…this does Us proud!!
As for Mr Ignatieff?…Ah!…not so proud.
Micheal…Please cash in you chips and go home…you’re definitely playing Over Your Limit!!
Mr Harper…thankyou very much for such a pleasant treat…Why more people haven’t realized your humour and wit before now is puzzling…though not really. I am sure Rick Mercer would agree.
Brassy you aren’t…which goes a long ways with our family.
Mr Ignatieff and his mean spirited comments brings to mind one Beatle’s tune title, that to me truly sticks,(and many superlative ones have been mentioned above),and that is “Fool on the Hill”
Wear it with pride(and indigestion) Mr Ignatieff for it truly catches the ‘essence’ of you as no other can.
Angello Persichilli on ctv now re:Iggy/Que thingy..not much faith in the ‘party being unified’..said Iggy highly irresponsible for wanting an election..they are absolutely hurting in Que..the party IS split,no matter what they say.Also said that some libs may vote Cons if election called.
re: Harper going to India and China – Ha! Iggy talks a good game about his supporting India and China but guess what? The PM trumps Iggy AGAIN!!
Oh, and didn’t Iffy cancel his jaunt to China? Something about bringing down the government?
What a maroon.
PM Harper – man of action!
Sammy: Thank you for the updates from Iffy’s Punk. That skft is a no-go zone here.
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Iffy: Stay-at-home Canadians.
The hubris of the transnationals, aka tranzis.
cantuc posted re Iffy:
“” A majority where Canadians admire people that leave the country , (then he said somebody I couldn’t make out ), then he says ” people like me ”.
This quote* is from commenter “bogie wheel” at Belmont Club re Iffy’s Harvard pal, O:
*”During campaigning, Obama made explicit and repeated references to how his so-called international background (Kenyan father, Indonesian childhood) would be an asset to him if elected … that because of his experience, he understood the world better than us stay-at-home Americans.”
*”The power of legend”
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/10/03/the-power-of-legend/#comments
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Wretchard also explains the meaning of “homme blanche”.
The elitism of these effete cosmopolitans, I&O, spills onto the ground: OnanIsm**.
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Press Release issued by the PET Cemetery:
Here is the epitaph selected for Liberal Ignatieff’s tombstone:
“He’s been out of tune for four years,” Ignatieff quipped.”
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“Ignatieff also mocked the prime minister’s appearance at the National Arts Centre Gala in Ottawa Saturday, where he treated the audience to a rendition of The Beatles’: ‘With A Little Help From My Friends.’
“He’s been out of tune for four years,” Ignatieff quipped.”
urlm.in/ddkl
I just saw Question Period with Marlene Jennings, Pierre Pollivere, and Thomas Mulcair.
Mulcair reminded Jennings that there will be a confidence motion coming up related to the HST, which he called “a boondoggle”. He basically challenged her party to find a stand on that issue. Pollivere smiled and stood out of the way, reiterating that his government doesn’t want an election and wants to continue to work for Canadians on issues like the recovering economy.
Well folks, it looks like the NDP is starting to regain their bravado. The Liberals are hemorrhaging and the NDP smells their blood in the water. I don’t think it will be much longer now – either Ignatieff backs off when his bluff is called in the next confidence vote and loses even more credibility, or we go to an election that he will lose.
With story after story and poll after poll, the Tories clearly have running momentum on their side. I also caught the Liberal caucus meeting in Quebec City. I see a lot of attempts at a brave face, but I know that look; they’re afraid.
And they should be.
Yep, the question now is not that Iggy will lose, but by how much.
If anyone does a seat pool,
I pick Libs down 19 seats from 2008.
Has anyone heard from Goodale on the Codere problem or how united the family is. Also very quiet is Danny from NFLD.
Wish there were some riding polls, wonder how Keith Martin and Ujaal are doing.
I love Adler’s turn of a phrase..on his twitter pg,he has link to Iggy’s speech,and his comment on it:Iggy in Que.,rallies libs with vacant language that would have made Trudeau purge his pancakes! Exactly.
Michael at 8:35,I saw the fear too..there was one guy in second row behind Iggy,and I thot he looked as if he was on verge of tears.then,the ever obnoxious Jennings started yelling some kind of ‘cheer’ that she was the only participant in.Rallying the troops looked rather flat,and somewhat desperate.Honest to God,I thot my dogs had passed some real bad gas,but it was the odor of fear coming right thru the tv! You Betcha!!
Every time a liberal speaks I automatically look for the lie . I’m rarely disappointed . Watching the desperation on their faces and the false phony smiles when they’re trying to deny something that everybody in Canada knows is fascinating . Some of them are a bit better at hiding it than others . Their scandal of the week game is so bloody transparent it’s laughable . Just in the last 2 or 3 weeks , we’ve had Bob Rae trying to tell us that Iggy never signed the co-alition agreement , Kennedy and Iggy in the wrong field of magic bean dreams , Mad Martha trying the olympic logo -conservative logo matchup and every liberal that can still speak without drooling all over him or her self trying to tell us how united and happy the liberals are .
Well I’m heading to bed now. It’s been another good day to be a Conservative!
Another Beatle Song for Ignatieff:
“Will you still love me
Will you still need me
When I’m 64?”….
Ignatieff wil be 64 on his next birthday.
[...] Blue Like You has a lot more here. Everyone from the mainstream media to the blogs are talking about it. [...]
frmgrl Beatle’s “Yesterday” captures the essence of Igatieff’s Liberals
Oh so far Liberals have fallen the climb back up is steep
Best Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper
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Liberal Ignatieff’s “right of passage”(sic).*
Latest from PET Cemetery’s Liberal Discord Newspaper.
Liberal Ignatieff is chopped liver.
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“‘Well, Jesus, is that what we have for leadership?’”
“”We’re going to hell in a hand basket.”
“But the Quebec MP who is the most serious candidate to replace Mr. Ignatieff is neither Mr. Coderre, nor Mr. Cauchon, but rookie Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), said the Liberal MP who asked not to be identified.”
Ignatieff must think thoughts:
“has to do some in-depth thinking”.
*”Liberal MP Albina Guarnieri (Mississauga East-Cooksville, Ont.), one of the class of ’88 MPs who is the chair of Mr. Ignatieff’s tactics committee, the so-called “Kitchen Cabinet,” said the criticism against the leader and his team is a right of passage for new leaders.”
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“Grit battle over Outremont could impact Liberal candidates nationally
But Liberals say Michael Ignatieff will take stock and turn things around.”
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/grit_battle_outremont-10-5-2009
Dr. Frankenstein Persichilli hoists the moribund Liberal party onto the cold slabtable in the PET Cemetery’s mortuary.
Igor Chretien fetches the scalpel from the backrooms …..
What does the Doc find?
“they’re divided because they don’t trust each other.”
Chopped livers.
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“Ignatieff’s committing political euthanasia
If a party has to commit political suicide to defend its credibility, it means there’s not much of it left in the party.”
“http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/backrooms-10-5-2009
Just to reiterate, “getting high with a little help from my friends” refers to the CPC’s rising star in the polls; it’s not a condoning of the misfortunes of one former MP Jaffer, who squandered a privileged liftstyle and reputation. Also, as to PMSH’s prowess on the piano, I erroneously posted my vision of the Opposition’s entertainment rebuttal last night on the wrong thread…>>
When trying to imagine a Mikhail Igneutiev comparative chart-breaker, all I’m picturing is a murdered version of Alice Cooper’s “Elected”…. “I WANNA BE ELECTED!” But oh… Sorry… That song was to do with the United States of America, wasn’t it? “No connection” there, is there? Did they ever conduct an honest election in Russia? They do in Canada… Another reason why the Igneutered One will find no potency here, and no Liebral fertility drug can help. No powers here to raise the dead, and WE are happy to be among the living, ie. Harpermania is spreading fast!
[...] morning’s Hill Times column – Ignatieff’s committing political euthanasia (H/T Maz2): …The days when you had to win Quebec in order to win the rest of the country are gone. Now [...]
“getting high with a little help from my friends” refers to the CPC’s rising star in the polls…
Brilliant!
Lovely shot of Laureen Harper…what a cutie!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-performed-with-a-little-help-from-his-wife/article1311750/
Another interesting analysis
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/douglas-bell/the-piano-man/article1312020/
Sorry Joanne that I am such a groupie! lol
Dave Rutherford has this up at the 9:06 am… CHQR 770…..
He sounds EVEN BETTER with radio audio!
maz2 @ 6:31 am,
re: Liberal MP who suggests Justin Trudeau to replace Iggy.
All I can say to that is: “what a joke!” These Liberals don’t get it, do they? They are “hard-wired” on repeating their same “old” ways. What a pathetic bunch!!
“getting high with a little help from my friends.”:
it’s all about sitting down at the piano and singing a song with friends. It’s all about getting a “natural” high!!
Our PM, using Abraham Maslow’s theory, is climbing the steps towards the ultimate goal of self-actualization. He’s becoming everything he was meant to be.
He’s heading in the direction of eventually reaching his full potential as a human being.
What a role model we have in PM Stephen Harper, what a role model for our youth!! What an example to the world!!
Bec @ 9:08…me too! I went to bed humming the Beatle tune.
And thanks for that story about Laureen Harper. Smart classy lady! That dispels any idea that his choice of song was political since they practiced last week before the vote.
It was all about fun, and talent.
“It was all about fun, and talent.”
and FUNDRAISING for KIDS!
Re humming,
Me too, Bluetech and I have a really clean house with my Beatles stuff on REPEAT. Cheers!
just saw on CTV Newsnet after QP … Tom Clark indicated to Sandy Rinaldo that he had been at the NAC gala, and after the PM’s performance, “a Liberal” turned towards him and said “KABOOM” (with accompanying hand movements of a big bomb blowing up), meaning ‘Conservative Majority’ according to Tom.
Oh, we can only hope …
Another blow to the liberals, another senate seat becomes vacant tomorrow.
For those commenters on this blog promoting Bill 101 “across Canada”:
Bill 101 violates human rights and has no place in free and democratic societies, so much so that it is better to break up Canada than continue to have this blight on freedom continue to infest our most sacred values:
http://tinyurl.com/ybgbd7l
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