and the Toronto Star will follow in the G&M's footsteps before long. And, why not ... Mr.Harper loves jiving to their lefty tunes. The music being played by "radical" conservatives has suddenly become like lead around his feet. Right ... Mr. Harper ? No fancy stepping for us "radicals" anymore ?
Oh those politicians .... such predictable creatures.
....Attentive voters will have heard radical conservatives sounding dismayed by the PM's pace and some of his biggest decisions. But beyond this, the centrist swing voters Mr. Harper needs to win over are concluding that however conservative his personal views, his approach as PM is not too radical for their tastes, especially compared with expectations. They were told to expect Margaret Thatcher without the accent, a less avuncular Ronald Reagan. What did they get?
Mr. Harper spent massively during the recession -- hard to square with the idea that he’s a fiscal radical. He’s moving to cut spending, but his approach is presented as restrained and measured not reckless slashing and indifference to the pain it causes. True, he looks more radical than leading Democrats and Republicans south of the border, but who wouldn’t want him to?
Instead of dismantling public health care, he promises to pay the bills, and keep his hands off provincial jurisdiction. He’s been working to strengthen the military, but is withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Our role in Libya seems designed not for militaristic chest pounding, but low profile efficiency....
Saturday, July 16, 2011
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It is astounding that a formerly right leaning politician can sell his soul so easily. I remember him saying how these left wing policies would lead Canada to ruin when he was one of the leaders of the Reform Party. Now here he is instituting and promoting those same policies claiming it is "Conservative". The CINO CPC should be charged with fraud for what they have done to the conservative movement in Canada.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately Bob, very few of the so called "Conservative" voters are calling him on it. Take a glance at the yahoos posting at Blogging Tories ... lapdogs the majority of them. Any criticism of the Conservative party and the two dumbos looking after that site will throw you out, like they did with my blog.
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