Ah yes. That nice man who “plays well with other children” says Jack Layton lacks ‘leadership and principles’, and calls the NDP the No Darn Principle Party. Oh yes, and Jack may even be a thief.
How sporting of Mr. Ignatieff.
Let’s give him an ‘H’ for hypocrisy.
Or are we supposed to be impressed that he didn’t use the word ‘damn’?
Again I have to ask myself how we got to this position of allowing sovereignists like Bloc MP Carole Lavallée feast at the Federal trough while she indignantly criticizes PM Harper’s attempt to encourage Quebec students to visit Canada’s National Parks? [Google translation]
According to Lavallée, that is propaganda!
As with the refugee quagmire, only in Canada would such self-destructive behaviour be tolerated – all in the name of ‘rights’ and ‘freedoms’.
- when you’ve got Charles Adler on Twitter?
My fav so far today:
Ignatieff Cred Alert:He said “As my mother used to say, it’s bush league.”Does anyone honestly think bush league was in her vocabulary? lol
That of course arises from this Post article about Michael Ignatieff’s reaction to Rob Anders’ remarks that China’s influence over Canadian politicians may run deeper than even Richard Fadden suggests. Mr. Ziffy counters:
“If you’re running a serious relationship with a serious country you don’t say those kinds of things,” he said after a speaking engagement in Toronto’s Chinatown. “As my mother used to say, it’s bush league.”
O.K. Two things about that. First of all I just saw a clip on City TV where Iggy was BBQing burgers for breakfast in his mandatory checkered blue shirt and jeans uniform, and he invoked his mother twice again – once about talking with his mouth full and then another time regarding what he puts on burgers (mint?). [Correction: Mama said the mint goes in the lemonade.]
So are we going to have to listen to what his mother said for the whole tour? I mean the blue checkered shirt is tedious enough!
Secondly, Mr Ziffy should follow his own advice about being careful what he says in relation to China.
And close your mouth when you chew! Your mother was right.
If David Akin’s report is true that the GG’s hubby Jean-Daniel Lafond didn’t want the Queen to stay at Rideau Hall even though he and the GG were in China, well the hypocrisy and pettiness is unbelievable. (H/T Maz2 and NNW)
Why would he say that? Was he afraid the residence might become contaminated with royal cooties?
He mooches and travels on the public dime because his wife represents the Queen, but he doesn’t want our Monarch to rest in what Monarchist League Chairman Robert Finch says is her own residence?
We may be sorry to say goodbye to Michaelle Jean but it won’t be a moment too soon to give the royal boot to this viceregal consort.
Long may he mooch elsewhere.
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Update
Aha! The mystery is solved. Apparently it’s all Stephen Harper’s fault!!
Yeah, but you slipped up there my friend. What about Mike Harris? I’m sure he was behind it too.
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Upperdate
As Calgary Grit quipped, this is turning into a dog’s breakfast.
David Akin has posted the Viceregal Consort’s rebuttal to the allegations.
David’s latest Sun update here – Lafond denies trying to block Queen’s Rideau stay. Sounds like Akin is sticking by his sources though.
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BIG UPDATE
According to CTV, David J0hnston will be named the next Governor General of Canada!
To borrow a line from Kate at SDA, now is the time when we juxtapose:
vs.
“I am not blind to the gap that exists between our ideals and reality for some of my fellow citizens. Indeed, I am in politics to narrow that gap.”
As the National Post points out, ‘Beijing propagandists were no doubt busily taking notes.’
Can you imagine this guy as a salesman? (‘We make lousy widgets but I’m trying to get them to improve the quality.’)
And all this from a man who didn’t even have to undergo an election in order to acquire his position as Liberal Leader.
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Update
Ignatieff’s China blunder – Calgary Herald:
…In a thinly-veiled criticism of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ignatieff said “megaphone diplomacy” — loudly lecturing China — doesn’t work. That may be true, but neither does giving PRC propagandists fodder they can quote, especially when it emanates from mouth of a respected advocate of human rights.
Ignatieff quoted Deng Xiaoping, who led China out of the Cultural Revolution, as saying “Seek truth from the facts.” The Liberal leader would be wise to do the same before equating China and Canada as modern-day equals on human rights.
Lorne Gunter questions the legitimacy of a Coalition of Losers – You can’t win by losing:
…Where Mr. Igantieff is dead wrong, even academically, is his belief that the NDP and Libs could come together after an election both had lost–and in which neither campaigned on the idea of coalition — and expect the Governor-General to give them a chance to form government ahead of the Tories.
This is what the Tories dismiss as a “coalition of losers,” and it is not part of our system.
If the Tories won the greatest number of seats next time–as they did in 2006 and 2008–they would most likely be permitted to try governing again, even if the combined seat total for the Liberals and NDP was greater. If that Tory minority fell quickly, the governor-general at the time might consider letting the two left-of-centre opposition parties take a crack at governing before issuing writs for a new national campaign. But it is simply untrue that you can win government under this country’s Parliamentary conventions by losing an election…
On the other hand, I personally would have no problem with the Liberals and NDP merging into a totally new party before the next election – As long as they are as transparent as a pristine Muskoka lake.
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Update
Stephen Taylor – So we’re talking merger?
