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Originally Posted by peter12
Or were taken directly out of the certain Green book. Manning does not deserve his reputation as a crazy. In fact, in my mind any accusation of that kind is akin to slander. More and more the guy is emerging as a very credible public intellectual and someone who was behind the scenes of some very smart moves during the 1990s. It's a shame Day stole the leadership from him.
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The first time I heard Preston Manning speak was at McMaster in the early 90's (I'm guessing 90 or 91). This was when the Reform was still a western party. I also went to speeches/presentations by Michael Wilson (who was Finance Minister at the time) and John Crow (Governor of the Bank of Canada)
The venue (University Hall - same place John Crow spoke) was packed. His visit had garnered a lot of interest.
He spoke and then took questions after.
I came away from that with the distinct impression of a smarmy politician who I would never vote for. Maybe that isn't what he is like, but that is how he came across to me and many of the people who heard him. Evasive, not answering questions, promising he'll, "Get back to you next week". An all around poor showing. That has stayed as my impression of him.