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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
- I think Dion is a complete waste of space and look forward to a few months from now when there is another Liberal convention to put someone in control fo the party who might be able connect with voters and have true ideas and direction.
- I think Harper is the obvious (and only) choice to lead the country right now and am willing to give him his majority to see if he can actually lead.
What I cannot get past is Harper's about face. He has run campaigns and tries to come across as the guy who is above the crap politicians have spewed out for years. I recall his campaigns saying things like his party is more accountable and will not go back on promises and is more ethical than the others. What I've seen is his party do what others have. His party complained about floor crosses but welcomes them into their party with open arms. His party has (do I still have to say allegedly?) tried to at least indirectly bribe an independent. He says no election until Q309 but here were are a year early.
He says he's above the slings and arrows of dirty campaigns and now we have the not a leader campaign? I don't think he should spend any time worrying about Dion, Dion will self destruct on his own. What he needs to worry about more is trying to come across as a human. His pre-election call ads do nothing other than make him out to be some creapy guy (whoever said Jimmy Kimmel meets mannequin is bang on) and the "I'm just a regular guy sitting by the fire talking about issues, trying to look human" series just comes off as trying way to hard.
If he just stick to: "this is my platform, this is what we will accomplish if elected, we will do a good job and move this country forward like we've done/tried to do for the past couple years" then he'd win me over. Right now something about him bothers me.
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Excellent post. I think a lot of Harper's problem is that he's too smart for his own good. With his background, he probably knows more about parlimentary procedure than any other MP, and when he finds a loophole he can't resist using it. Either you admire his cleverness, or you find him the epitome of political doublespeak. For me, it's a bit of both.
Dion, I really haven't seen enough of. I'm hoping that at some point in this election campaign, he becomes Prime-Minesterial, but I'm not holding my breath.