Liberal leader Mike Ignatieff thought that he could rise to power by starting a culture war pitting Canadians against Canadians for his own personal gain. Now with the latest revelations about CBC pollster Frank Graves suggesting the creation of a culture war as a means of Liberals ascending to power, and Iggy's bombs over fluently bilingual judges, funding foreign abortions, long gun registry, manipulating negative book reviews to create positive cover blurbs, et all; it paints a very frightening picture of the hidden agenda of the man campaigning to lead our country. His vanity is backfiring, as is his hidden agenda.
In my polling contest to guess the title of Ignatieff's next book, the Phantom Observer's suggestion of The Backfire of My Vanity is emerging as the clear winner. Personally I voted for True Patriot Culture War, but I think both are exceptional nominees. I also find it amusing that Iggy is out promoting the release of the soft cover version of True Patriot Love while also denying his now apparent hidden agenda to create a culture war in a vain attempt to make electoral gains.
If only he would spend as much time promoting Canada and his vision for the future than future book sales. Good luck to him, he's going to need the revenue when he is forcibly retired from his day job. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteI still like "Lost in the Woods: Ignatieff in Canada".
ReplyDeleteWe had better elect Ignatieff PM the very next election, or he may just decide we're too primitive for his genius and walk out on us!
ReplyDeleteThink what we'd miss!
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This is fast becoming one of my favourite blogs Iceman. You have a nice, creative way of pulling it all together!
ReplyDeleteGreat Job!
Ignatieff had no aspirations to be a politician or Prime Minister. He was dragged across the border, because of the desperate LPC. Ignatieff was very happy at Harvard. I expect his plans were to retire from Harvard at an elderly age as a respected elitist. That was then and this is now, Ignatieff is trying not to lose face, going through the motions, playing the game until he can get the H..E..double hockey sticks outta here.
ReplyDeleteSo, Michael Ignatieff manipulated negative book reviews to create positive cover blurbs, did he? Care to provide your evidence?
ReplyDeleteI agree with BlueDog,
ReplyDeletehe was an example of an immigration scam promising a new lucrative job. He should sue the fake immigration advisors who promised the PM job.
Brian, thank you for your interest in my blog.
ReplyDeleteIgnatieff claims on the inside of the front cover of his book that the National Post, when reviewing his book, called it “well-written”. But that is not entirely true. What the National Post called it was “a well-written disappointment”.
Whether this was Iggy's idea or his publisher, it does show that there was such a lack of positive reviews of the book that they had to reach. Besides, I never said in the post above that Iggy did that personally, just pointing out that he was defending the blurb the other day.
Again, you are debating something that I did not write and inferring your own meaning into the written words. But thank you for the clicks. I enjoy site traffic any way I can get it!
Brian, you will not hold Ignatieff to be personally responsible for the misleading book cover blurbs?
ReplyDeleteWho should we hold to be personally responsible to make sure his book is accurate?
Would you support the removal of the covers as they are misleading?
Iffy has a publicist,
ReplyDeleteshe lives with him,
and I don't believe for one moment that Iffy and his wife were unaware of the oh so wonderful revues on the book jacket.
No, they knew.
How about that great and wonderful 'I love farmers' policy on food...LOL
Does he think farmers are too stupid to see that this is like EVERY Liberal initiative?
It is about more regulation, red tape and government sticking their nose in your barn...and there is ALWAYS a cost to the farmer..
Farmers are not stupid Iffy.
Backdooring enviro laws and pesticide/fertilizer regulations and calling it 'we love farmers' is laughable.
Gawd, this guy Iffy really does think farmers are uneducated knuckeldraggin' idiots!
Iceman, my thanks for the clarification. I think you'll agree that the words in your post can be read two ways. And, of course, there's the link you provide to Phantom's site, which quotes Chris Warkentin's statement that the Liberal leader has put on "a salesman's hat" and "claims on the inside of the front cover of his book that the National Post, when reviewing his book, called it 'well-written'."
ReplyDeleteIn fact, Mr. Ignatieff has claimed nothing of the kind.
To be fair, you use Mr. Warkentin's very words in repeating this falsehood.
And where, I wonder, did Mr. Ignatieff defend the blurb?
Look, it can't be argued that True Patriot Love was not nearly so well received as most of Mr. Ignatieff's other books. I didn't care for it myself. That said, all that has been exposed at this point is the manipulation of reviews by a publisher. This is a common and shameful practice - one that is not limited to the world of books. To assume, as Phantom does, that Mr. Ignatieff "signed off" on this is to assume that the author was accorded unusual privilege. This is not to say that Mr. Ignatieff wasn't granted this power, but I've yet to see evidence.
Oh, and I do enjoy reading your blog. Interesting stuff!
I wrote a textbook on reading and learning strategies back in the early 1990's. The publisher sent me exactly what was to be put in the cover blurbs and, yes, even for a textbook, I had to sign off on everything. To suggest otherwise is completely incorrect because legal responsibility falls with the publisher while copyright is usually the author. In other words, what is written on promotion materials should never come as a surprise to MI.
ReplyDeleteIn case anyone is interested, here is link to my book. http://www.amazon.ca/Learning-Strategies-Adults-Compensations-Disabilities/dp/1895131049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272311754&sr=8-1
Oh, and in case anyone wonders, the cover design is based on an eight step multi-sensory "learning to read" strategy.
Sandy, your experience is entirely different than those I've shared with publishers here and across the pond. Indeed, I know no one who was ever obliged to sign off on cover blurbs.
ReplyDeleteIn the most general of terms, you are correct that "legal responsibility falls with the publisher while copyright is usually the author." That said, copyright is not an issue when providing brief quotes from published reviews.