tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post9074641694824582492..comments2023-07-14T03:26:19.215-07:00Comments on The Iceman: Ignatieff: "I will not seek a coalition with the NDP"The_Icemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887740772649135851noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-59240686941565593742011-03-28T13:09:45.204-07:002011-03-28T13:09:45.204-07:00As Stephen Taylor points out Iggy doesn't have...As Stephen Taylor points out Iggy doesn't have to "seek" a coalition agreement, he already has one, that he signed, that is still in force, that no one has cancelled, that no one can cancel, until June.WTFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-2997616814627102322011-03-27T14:14:21.075-07:002011-03-27T14:14:21.075-07:00"... too nit-picky. "
Impossible - can&..."... too nit-picky. "<br /><br />Impossible - can't be too nit-picky with Liberals - ever.<br /><br />Michael St. Paul'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-74133198119522239442011-03-27T14:03:26.064-07:002011-03-27T14:03:26.064-07:00It seems to me that you are being a slight bit too...It seems to me that you are being a slight bit too nit-picky. Ignatieff used "I" instead of "we"? This indicates that he is leaving the door open for a future Liberal leader to have a differing opinion on coalitions?<br /><br />Of course it does. But that would also be the case with him using "we". Whenever a party leader uses we, they are referring to the party, LED by them. I don't think we would assume that when Stephen Harper says "our main focus will be the economy", that is a categorical statement for all future leaders of the Conservative party.YLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07889907981358261904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-63522574456780199332011-03-27T13:54:10.931-07:002011-03-27T13:54:10.931-07:00Ignatieff and the Liberal party are using weasel w...Ignatieff and the Liberal party are using weasel words, as everybody has noted, in answering the coalition question. They have taken days to draft this answer, as we all know, to give themselves enough wiggle room in future for Ignatieff, the Liberal Party and other Liberal leaders. In their statement, they also had to satisfy and accommodate Liberals, who are lined up with Bob Rae, Ujjil Dosanjh, Ralph Goodale etc. who are strong proponents and advocates of the coalition - they aren't prepared to torpedo the coalition because they know and the polls tell them, that is the only way for Liberals to regain the seats of power in Canada - they know it, the media knows it , and Canadians know it . What about the work that Chretien, Broadbent, and others, have done in working on a coalition - they aren't prepared to see their work and efforts tossed out the window, by the party releasing a definitive and unambiguous statement without weasel wording.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-27521925808380986352011-03-27T13:53:37.120-07:002011-03-27T13:53:37.120-07:00It's too little too late anyway, and the coali...It's too little too late anyway, and the coalition agreement signed in 2008 doesn't expire until June 2011.Pissedoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14799369572979165203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-31226405096359132172011-03-27T13:28:20.870-07:002011-03-27T13:28:20.870-07:00Iggy and "I Ruby" used to be best buds d...Iggy and "I Ruby" used to be best buds didn't they?WTFnoreply@blogger.com