tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post9177549600759946610..comments2023-07-14T03:26:19.215-07:00Comments on The Iceman: The Prime Minister's New Chief Of StaffThe_Icemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887740772649135851noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-90829009178901549272010-09-25T05:39:42.974-07:002010-09-25T05:39:42.974-07:00Ignatieff did a number on himself, the CPC were ab...Ignatieff did a number on himself, the CPC were able to provide front row seating.<br /><br />He promised to not repeat the mistakes of Dion or follow the Chretien policies.<br /><br />He betrayed his own convictions and dumbed down his ideas to swallow the wedge politics of Graves-Donolo cultural war.<br /><br />In 2005 he praised George Bush, Britain referring to American exceptionalism.<br /><br />He chided Liberalism and their failure to pay the note and blame the Americans.<br /><br />He was a Liberal not seeking a political office and was critical of failed Liberal policies.<br /><br />Today he is a shell, pandering to special interest NGO's, using wedge politics based on gender, race and region.<br /><br />The difference is the Liberals could afford to smear and destroy their opponents in the 1990's with large corporate donations and a lack of rebuttal from radio or internet.<br /><br />Times have changed and the Liberals are now on the endangered party list like the extinct PC and Rhinos for not listening.CanadianSensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010880162544507668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-77336611526755568522010-09-25T04:28:13.308-07:002010-09-25T04:28:13.308-07:00Might have the elitist comments by Mr. Biard been ...Might have the elitist comments by Mr. Biard been intentional, expecting media attention when Mr. Wright's announcement was made. I'm telling you PM Harper has got to be one of the greatest strategist in the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-20229598765641047122010-09-25T00:22:22.327-07:002010-09-25T00:22:22.327-07:00Mr Wright is exactly what this government and Cana...Mr Wright is exactly what this government and Canada needs right now:<br /><br />'One would have to go back to Derek Burney – an accomplished diplomat – to find someone who was as familiar with rubbing elbows with the internationally powerful as Mr. Wright. <br />One would have to go back to fellow blogger Norman Spector – an accomplished senior civil servant in Ontario, British Columbia and federally – to find someone with the management experience. <br />One would have to go back to Stanley Hartt – a partner at Stikeman and future chairman of Macquarie Capital Markets – for someone as deeply rooted in the business community. <br /><br />That the three skill sets are combined in one high-flying, business managing, former PMO staffer who is a director of the Manning Centre is extraordinary. The fact he took the pay cut to take the job, more so...' <br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/andrew-steele/nigel-wright-is-cut-from-different-cloth/article1724874/wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03589410224972050999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-89094258165888165252010-09-24T23:41:30.374-07:002010-09-24T23:41:30.374-07:00Gotta love the anonymous posts that slander & ...Gotta love the anonymous posts that slander & smear with no balls to own up to what you've said. He sounds like a smart man and one that will benefit Canada...which is the object of all this.Patsplacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01872981915616855295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-73180142977390322052010-09-24T23:12:53.755-07:002010-09-24T23:12:53.755-07:00I never heard of him before now and I hope he does...I never heard of him before now and I hope he does a good job.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162628029353058623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-77483568719146118652010-09-24T22:57:46.370-07:002010-09-24T22:57:46.370-07:00I won't call the guy elitist, even if he is pa...I won't call the guy elitist, even if he is part of a group that defines themselves as such.<br /><br />This is a great appointment, and I will defend it.The_Icemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16887740772649135851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-30345432245067988452010-09-24T22:50:58.877-07:002010-09-24T22:50:58.877-07:00The coalition and media will try to spin this new ...The coalition and media will try to spin this new guy is an elitist. <br />There are two kinds of elitists, the ones Baird was talking about and ones with brains, like the one hired by the PM.maryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10099534478709227356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-8338423040775977662010-09-24T22:47:59.702-07:002010-09-24T22:47:59.702-07:00What the CPC did when they defined Ignatieff is go...What the CPC did when they defined Ignatieff is good politics.<br /><br />We don't know anything about Nigel Wright other than he's a director at the Manning Center, and the Managing Partner at Onex Corporation. Thats not much of a public profile to judge him on. <br /><br />Calling him an elitist simply because he attended Harvard is a pretty shallow, superficial criticism.Lukehttp://prairietory.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-64448527831435030462010-09-24T22:28:49.158-07:002010-09-24T22:28:49.158-07:00Harper is confusing. He destroyed the reputation o...Harper is confusing. He destroyed the reputation of Harvard elitists and now he hires one. <br /><br />I'm beginning to think Harper does not mean what he says. He just says stuff at any given moment for political advantage. I hope I am wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com