He's clinging to an issue that doesn't matter, at a time when Canada's recovery is the envy of the G20! Why don't we talk about some of the good stuff? The positives dwarf the negatives, and yet the media is hung up on the negatives. Does good news not sell? Do more people buy newspapers and magazine when they believe the world is coming to an end?
Again you and Coyne keep bringing it back to Logo-Gate as this dreadful indicator of flagrant corruption. You were both very pious in your barking at the "Big Red Machine" when they behaved similarly, but that doesn't mean that you must now feign outrage at a non-controversy to avoid the aura of hypocrisy. Jesus Christ, Andrew Coyne was very nearly in tears talking about Logo-Gate on last week's At Issue Panel! And to think that I endorsed Coyne for best pundit in Canada over Charles Adler, who has largely avoided this topic. Charles has instead been breaking cutting edge news on blind dates, talking to strangers, and divorce. I love it when Adler discusses the "macro" like politics and global warming but can't listen when he dwells too long on the "micro" like pet eulogies and making conversation with office staff. Adler and I don't always see eye to eye, but still the cat comes back every day. www.charlesadler.comWhen I wrote this next piece, I was responding to Andrew Coyne's passionate condemnation of Logo-Gate on At Issue, and a similar Martin piece at the National Post. Logo-Gate; some of you people need to calm down.
Iggy is creepy, just like his roommate Bob Rae. I'd be afraid to leave them alone with kids.
ReplyDeleteI read a comment somewhere regarding that photo of Iggy that he looks like he's being examined at the protologist's office.
ReplyDeleteNow I can't get that image out of my mind. Ugh.
Oops. s/b 'proctologist'
ReplyDeleteA warning before posting a close up of MI please.
ReplyDeleteDon Martin, Jim Travers, Jane Taber three runner ups for Liberal senate appointments.
Does MI have a potential lawsuit against Britain's dental association?
Absolutely right on the money. I have stopped reading Don Martin because he has trouble finding anything positive to say about Conservatives. Can you imagine spouting the line that "they can stew". The polls this morning are clearly showing that the public is not buying the faux scandals. They have made up their minds that Harper is the man to lead the country.Will the polls move up and down. Probably but when election day comes there are only two real choices and Harper will win hands down and probably a majority to finally shut the Liberals up for four years. My wife has always said Iffy has the creep factor and he does look like the Grinch who stole Xmas. The picture above says it all.
ReplyDeleteDon Martin wrote his column before the story hit that Ignatieff made a huge political blunder in accusing Canada of sending Arar back to Syria for torture.
ReplyDeleteThe story is in todays Toronto Star and written by Tonda Maccharles and Tom Hanson with the heading that Ignatieff gets his facts wrong in the Arar case.
I'm seriously beginning to wonder if Chretien's cronies in the Liberal Party are setting Ignatieff up, because they want Bob Rae as head of the party. How is the Pink Book III making Ignatieff look more masterful? lol!
ReplyDeleteThere's a picture of a bunch of the kids hugging Iggy. What kind of bullshit is that? You know young kids don't go up and hug complete strangers, and I can only imagine what kind of coercing was involved for the photo-op: I say it's a mild form of child abuse.
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