Andrew Coyne is very witty

I have always found his stance on constitutional matters to be very commendable.  I now add a sense of humour to his credit column after reading this.  Still wouldn't let him anywhere near the economy however.Recommend this Post

Doesn't matter who you are, $32,000 is a lot of money

So if, as testified by Nigel Wright, "Good to go" refers to Harper's approval the Irving Gerstein plan to pay ~$32,000 to Mike Duffy from the Conservative Party bank account, why did Wright pony up for the entire $90,000?  Why did he not top up the amount Harper approved by $58,000 to get to the $90,000?Recommend this Post

The Memory Hole is pretty deep but not deep enough Stevie

To paint the bribery scandal with broad strokes, Harper knew that a difficult problem needed to be  addressed.  He put his best man on the case but gosh darn it, the otherwise dependable fellow went rogue and offered the antagonist a bribe to make the problem go away.  Now Harper is in hot water because no one believes the story concocted to cover Harper's butt.  And the former right hand man is thrown under the bus.

No silly.  I'm the sordid affair I am summarizing is not the Duffy mess.  It is the Cadman Affair.

Harper is no strategic genius.  He can't even come up with new cover stories.  He is cunning and ruthless.  But he is crooked.  His government has served us poorly.  And he must go.

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Don't Build a Mother Canada Statue. Build 10! 20! 30!

Yes, it is ugly hubristic and just plain wrong.  So, build several across the country.  And the Monument to Victims of Communism while we are at it.  Let the first ones be built as what are essentially Stephen Harper's tributes to himself.  This will allow him to, at least temporarily, assuage the demons that torment him.

Both are ugly and reminiscent of the worst Soviet public art.  Build the rest as a constant reminder to all Canadians that we get the government we deserve.  And that, if we ever again allow an anti-democratic tyrant like Harper to attain office through a divided opposition, low voter turnout, compliant corporate media, and flawed voting systems, the next Supreme Leader will build similar monstrosities to themselves.Recommend this Post

Why is Mulclair getting a free ride on his dalliance with Harper?

It doesn't matter if the reason he walked away is corroborated by senior conservatives.  What matters is that he entered into discussions in the first place.  A Liberal going to the NDP, fair enough.  Someone who wandered to and fro between the centre to the far hard right to the left is something else.  Even in 2007, a politically aware person knew exactly what Harper was all about.  A man of principle hangs up as soon as he hears that it is Harper's Team on the other end of the line.

A future leader of the NDP doesn't enter into negotiations.  |He shouldn't be allowed to skate away with the claim that it wasn't about a salary dispute but rather it was about environmental policy as if that was a display of principle.  If Harper had called Stephen Lewis would he have entertained the idea of working with Harper?

Exactly.  But just as Harper is not of the timbre of Diefenbaker, Stanfield or Clark, Mulclair is no Lewis, Broadbent or McLauglin.  The heritage of the NDP is about character and principle.  Mulclair is about Mulclair.

Why bother changing our current tyrant for a wannabe one?


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