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RedHot25 · 03-14-2009, 11:35 AM

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0...rvative_speech

Stephen Harper made two very different sales pitches for his economic plan this week: one a public pep talk to jittery Canadians, the other a private smoothing-of-the-feathers for uneasy conservatives.
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He went on to deride the spendthrift culture in the United States and the recklessness of Wall Street. Harper, who has been described as a libertarian in the past, surprised some in the audience by critiquing those same ideals.
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a Conservative blogger who attended the conference, called the speech bewildering.
"The treatment to classical liberals and libertarians - of which I consider myself - was nothing short of stunning," he wrote.
"The condescension was literally dripping from his mouth. Was this his response to the disillusionment that libertarians across the country have had to his government and its policies of late?

03-14-2009, 11:35 AM	#1
RedHot25 Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere Exp:	Harper attacks Liberals, Obama in 'private' speech to conservatives http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0...rvative_speech Stephen Harper made two very different sales pitches for his economic plan this week: one a public pep talk to jittery Canadians, the other a private smoothing-of-the-feathers for uneasy conservatives. ............ He went on to deride the spendthrift culture in the United States and the recklessness of Wall Street. Harper, who has been described as a libertarian in the past, surprised some in the audience by critiquing those same ideals. ..... a Conservative blogger who attended the conference, called the speech bewildering. "The treatment to classical liberals and libertarians - of which I consider myself - was nothing short of stunning," he wrote. "The condescension was literally dripping from his mouth. Was this his response to the disillusionment that libertarians across the country have had to his government and its policies of late?