Well done Mr. Prime Minister…standing strong and tall midst Peter Mansbridge attack interview…
December 9, 2008
Conservative Reporter
Tags: canadians, CBC, economy, Parliament, peter mansbridge, Prime Minister Stephen Harper
It was very clear that Peter Mansbridge had one intent. To corner our Prime Minister and make him say “uncle”.
It did not happen.
In many different attempts said Mansbridge interjected, while the PM was speaking, to steer the interview his way. He wanted an apology. He wanted some sense that our Prime Minister had made a mistake. I understand that an interviewer is trying to get information that no one else has managed to wring out of a cornered subject, but I am pleased to say even though he brought up the budget, the automobile sector, the closing of parliament and trying to put words in our Prime Ministers mouth, he did not succeed. Prime Minister Harper successfully reached out in his own way. He is receptive to budgetary input from all parties. He waits.
May I point out that a Prime Minister moves forward not backwards. He has many reigns in his hand and has to steer all carefully and diligently and this is what this Prime Minister does. He knows his role. Obviously Mr. Mansbridge does not respect the office. That is a problem that he will have to deal with.
A very poor interview attempt I thought. No broad interest, just lying in wait for some kind of kill or slip of the tongue.
A very fine performance by our Prime Minister.
Didn’t I tell you he puts Canada first! When all around him are throwing darts, he carries on and sails the ship. That is what a Captain does.
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1.
bob | December 9, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Mansbridge is a highschool dropout turned Liberal propagandist.
Sell him, with the CBC!
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Bec | December 9, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Beautifully stated!
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Agent Smith | December 9, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I’m really glad to hear your analysis – I’ll watch it tonight.
Mansbridges attempts for a gotcha moment are sad/unprofessional – but to be totally expected. For Mansbridge to have done otherwise would have left me flaberghasted.
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Ted | December 9, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Harper and his anti-democratic ways are an embarrassment to Canada and that interview is more of the same obfuscation and avoidance that we see from the first prime minister in our history to cancel Parliament to avoid a vote of confidence.
During the election he said there would be no recession in Canada. He said there would be no deficit in Canada. He said the fundamentals of the economy are sound. There was no need for a big economic stimulus.
The Bank of Canada announced today that we are in recession, as anyone but the Conservatives predicted. Now the Conservatives are embracing deficits and saying they are inevitable even though Harper’s own budget chief blames him for the deficit by spending way way too much and cutting revenues too much. Now he says we are facing an economic crisis. Now, because he finally realizes that he has to actually do something as Prime Minister, he promises “big stuff”. Oh what leadership. What consistency. What a stable hand at the wheel.
We are in an economic crisis and what is Harper’s response? Instead of working with Parliament in September he breaks his own laws and calls an election. Instead of working with Parliament in October and November he goes on the attack, cancel legal opposition days and then cancels Parliament altogether. Harper has basically shut down Parliament for 7 or 8 months now. He can no longer be trusted.
How pathetic. He got his ass handed to him in November and in January we will give him his head.
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Conservative Reporter | December 9, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Well you see things very differently than I do Ted. It is unfortunate that you would rather have your attitude and not one that helps us work together. That tells me a lot.
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Ted | December 9, 2008 at 6:47 pm
We tried to work with the Conservatives. You shut down Parliament.
The most anti-democratic move by a Prime Minister in our entire history.
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Jim F | December 9, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Ted: “blah blah blah usual Liberal hack propaganda blah blah blah”
All the readers here: zzzzzzz
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Bec | December 9, 2008 at 7:03 pm
CR
Impossible to negotiate with a person so filled with hatred.
Must be what the PM feels like…..
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Ted | December 9, 2008 at 7:04 pm
How like a conservative. Power for us and none for you.
At least you are consistent:
- accountability for you but none from us
- transparency for you but none from us
- working with the separatists are bad if you do it but not if we do it
- asking the Governor General to install you as government is bad, but asking the Governor General to install us as government is good
- you have an economic plan; that is bad. We have no economic plan, that is good.
- balancing the budgets are bad if you do (means we’re taxed too much), but deficits are good when we do it
- spending by Liberals is bad, but historic record-breaking spending by Conservatives is good
- spending for polling by Martin is bad and a sign of weak leadership, spending twice as much on polling and almost $1B of taxpayer money on consulting by Conservatives is good leadership
etc etc etc etc etc
You managed to eke out a minority government with the weakest leader possible in opposition, with the benefit of being left with a good economy and in a great fiscal situation and lowest unemployment rates from the Liberals, a compliant media regurgitating your talking points, a divided left, a bankrupt Liberal Party… and you still only managed a minority. And even then you had to cancel Parliament to save your hold on power.
Now we have some real leadership. Goodnight Steve-o. Enjoy your trip back to Calgary.
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Bob in Ottawa | December 9, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I thought he did very well, too. I did notice that he looks pretty tired and thin, though. Sure hope things settle down for a while. We need the PM in good shape!
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wilson | December 9, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Oh Teddy,
At the speed at which Dion and Rae (coalitionists) were hustled out to the perimeters of the LPC,
Libs see the coalition as a huge mistake,
it would appear that PMSH may have indeed had the confidence of the House, had a vote been taken.
The GG was right to prorogue.
The LPC is going thru a Dipper cleansing period, and Goodale and Jennings (the coalition negotiators) have some explaining to do.
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alibnomore | December 9, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Ted – give your head a shake dude. No, actually stick it right back in that hole.
Mansbridge was a jerk man, and it sure looked like Harper was in charge.
Oh and by the way Ted, why don’t you encourage your coalition friends to play nice and submit some budget ideas? Or, isn’t that part of the “secret plan”.
What’s the matter? You seem to be trolling many sites spewing a very unliberal like message.
I want my liberals to work with the gov’t not be hell bent on being in the toilet for years, WHICH is what we get with the crown prince Iggy.
Just think of it….Count Ignatieff being advised by the Prince of Darkness. That kind of royality has no idea of the mood of Canadians……go ahead proceed as usual.
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GGower | December 9, 2008 at 7:17 pm
I thought it was a typical CBC attack interview. No mention of the the many recent polls agreeing with PM Harper, and his positions on the recent events. I was glad he did not ingratiate himself to the coup plotters, but did open the door to input. PM Harper comes across as very statesmanlike. I also thought he looked very tired, and have noticed how thin he has gotten, but I think he is very handsome. Laureen must be very proud of her husband.
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Conservative Reporter | December 9, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Stephen Harper I believe has been battling the flu. That is what I heard from comments over at Blue Like You recently. When he addressed the nation last week or so, he was totally ill that night, then what did he have to do?…go prorogue parliament the next day…
He does need to rest. Something he has not done since becoming Prime Minister.
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MaryT | December 9, 2008 at 7:31 pm
CR, I move that a certain person named Ted be banned. We do not need to hear his lies and misstatements on what has happened. PMSH got wind of the coalition and the attempt to overthrow the government. That is a coup d’ etat in anyones language. To smoke them out he cut their only source of funding, which many cdns did not realize was there.
To give Gilles the power over the lib/dippers to blackmail the ROC was wrong. PMSH has said many times, during the election that we were not in a deficit position, up to March 31st, 2008. He had taken many steps to avoid a recession.
It was not his fault that greedy? investors in the USA were afraid of the huge tax grab O would take, and got out early. It is not his fault that greedy union leaders will not make huge consessions to keep their jobs.
CEO’s of the big 3 will work for 1.00/year. Will union leaders do the same.
And Ted, why don’t you bring up all the lies and broken promises of Chretain, PET and Martin. They include no wage and price controls, no excise tax on gas, cancelling the gst. And how about all the money they stole, and you want them back to take more.
PMSH has said he would work with all federal parties. If that is a slam against the separtist Bloc, so be it. They are only intent on breaking up Canada.
Oh, and finally Ted, how many liberal or ndp MPs are there because they got 50% of the vote in their ridings. And how many lib mps are there because they were selected by their riding associations and not parachuted in.
So, Ted if you want to get into a war of broken promises, insults to the west, foul language in the HofC, by liberals, you will lose big time.
Do you remember PET giving westerners the finger, or fuddle duddle, or why should I sell you wheat, and the NEP, for starters.
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Bec | December 9, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Ted,
As destructive as most of the Chretien policies were for my family and friends, I NEVER showed him the disrespect, as our Prime Minister, as you people do to this Prime Minister. That IS THE ISSUE.
If you have no loyalty to YOUR party then you as well have no principles.
It is like cheering for the Montreal Canadiens ALL of your life and they go through a losing streak, so you change teams and could care a less.
Conservatives, HAVE rebuilt their party, now it is time that you rebuild yours….. it was very hard work, we STAY LOYAL….
please go away…..you show little character.
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MaryT | December 9, 2008 at 7:34 pm
The PM picked up some but in Peru, at the Apec meeting. Where he got rave reviews from all the other countries. Also today he attended the funeral of Ted Rodgers.
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MaryT | December 9, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Should be bug in Peru, not but. That is what happens when one reads Ted, spelling goes out the window.
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Conservative Reporter | December 9, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Thanks MaryT..I had forgotten about the Peru junket.
As to Ted, Mary……
You and other readers are already educating him and doing a good job… let him hear it. I wonder how many blogs he has raided.
Our message needs to get out too.
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GGower | December 9, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Well, I hope he gets some rest, well -deserved, and since you mentioned it Mary, I notice that he does not get enough press for the outstanding job he does on the world stage. We have a terrific PM, he does our country proud, but one would never know.
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Dr Dave (in Ottawa) | December 9, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Mansbridge was punching and kicking at dead air. Stephen didn’t even have to duck … Mansbridge was totally exhausted by the back 1/2 of the interview and Stephen never cracked a sweat. Mansbridge looked like a pipsqueak interviewer working on a true statesmanlike leader. It is a must watch interview for all Canadians. Stephen should do more of these type of media interviews … he can’t lose!
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Bec | December 9, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Hey guys…one has to wonder though, who really watches that drivil on the networks news channels? Political junkies like us….
Everyday Canadians, are at work and driving home and watching their local feeds. They don’t think like, “TED”…..as per the POLLS!!!
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Bec | December 9, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Dr Dave,
I Agree! Let’s send out the memo! tee hee…
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bert | December 9, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Ted,You lost the election.What the opposition wants is the money in the till.They cant get their supporters to give them money,so they suck up to the tax payers with their sleazy greasy hands.Well we don”t want this kind of garbage in parliament anymore.We have an honest government,that cannot be brow beaten by the likes of your slimey opposition parties.They cannot win elections anymore,so they are trying to overthrow the government by sneaky,corrupt,cowardly methods.Well your going to get your asses kicked so hard in the next election that you will look like you have two sets of lips.As for Mansbridge,he is no match for an honest man.Only rats can be cornered as Dion learned quickly.But PM Harper is 2 questions ahead of Mansbridge or any other reporter who thinks they can fool him.If your honest with him,you will come out looking good.If you try to be dishonest with him,he will make you look like a fool.ThE CORRUPTION IS OVER TED….NEVER AGAIN….So go rebuild your party and say your sorry for ever voting Liberal.
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Alberta Girl | December 9, 2008 at 7:59 pm
“We tried to work with the Conservatives. You shut down Parliament.”
Ted – please explain HOW the opposition parties tried to work with the Conservatives.
Micheal Ignatiaff snarling “There is no way we are giving him any ideas, he is going to wear this recession”
Harper extended the invitation for the opps to give ideas – neither the Libs or the NDP took him up on it – yet they complain that he is not being cooperative.
Please explain what else he can do Ted!!!!!!
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bob | December 9, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Did CBC ever report its own Ekos poll showing Canadians support Harper?
If it had gone the other way, no doubt Mansbridge, Don Newman and CBC’ers would mention it endlessly.
Ted is a troll.
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MrEd | December 9, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Ted and his like are all too common but that’s how a free and open society is suppose to work… It’s unfortunate they speak before they think or as many cases show they are the “repeaters” or people that take spoon fed garbage in and just spit it back out… I watched the feed live and counted no less then 5 attempts by a “reporter” to “wag the dog”…
Drawbridge didn’t have a real question throughout the entire interview that was original, or not already posed by the opposition party at some point in the last 2 weeks and answered… hmmm, maybe that’s why iggy’s been quiet so long…he was writing up the interview questions…
I digress…
The last time I checked there was no non-confidence vote in parliament…
The last time I checked our rightfully elected PM was SH…
SH has not gone off target in placing Canada and Canadians first … As we’ve seen the Coalition hasn’t lasted 8 days let alone the timeout of 8 weeks… what would have happened to Canada and our economy if they had taken power with a separatist/sovereignist Party holding the balance of power propped up with the Socialist No Damn Plan party who’s ideals and ecconomic brilliance damn near bank rupted Ontario and BC…
The last time I checked Dion had already resigned today officially and stepped down to pave the way for Iggy…so no democratically selected Liberal leader although there is president for the selection process they used without taking it to party members outside the house…
Ted needs to take an anger management course… or a few deep breaths away from the computer… look at the bigger picture… and cut the cord from his beloved CBC broadcasting corporation and look at Canada from the world perspective…
I get most of my news from either the BBC or online where I can sift through the crap and get to the facts rather then be spoon fed the drivel that comes out of people like Mansbridge, Robertson, and Oliver on the CBC
28.
Mark S | December 9, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Haha — Ted’s head is about to explode! Typical liberal emotionalism.
Hey Ted, how’s 51% support hit ya?
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Ted | December 9, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I see you learn well from your autocratic antidemocratic leader.
And no one here responds to the substance of any argument made. Harper lied about the recession, but no one here cares. He lied about deficits but no one here cares. He said we weren’t going to have a recession or a deficit only a month or so ago, but no one here cares. He has basically shut down Parliament since the spring, it will be almost a year before he allows Parliament to try to help Canadians, but no one here cares. He broke his promise and his law on fixed date elections, but one here cares. He reluctantly introduced his election platform just a mere couple of days before we were supposed to vote for him, but one here cares.He cancelled an opposition day to avoid a confidence vote, but one here cares. HE CANCELLED PARLIAMENT TO AVOID A CONFIDENCE VOTE, but one here cares.
But boy, they sure care about what Pierre Elliot Trudeau did in 1974!
It’s a good campaign strategy. Go for it. But make sure you put on a blue sweater first.
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MrEd | December 9, 2008 at 8:49 pm
sorry for the double post above…my browser froze up…
here ya go Teddy
Ted said…
- accountability for you but none from us
Please provide specific examples Ted…
- transparency for you but none from us
as above… but don’t count maters of national security, military spending or troop deployment…Having no transparency in those matters really shouldn’t need explanation unless you’re really thick.
- working with the separatists are bad if you do it but not if we do it
At the time Harper spoke to the Separatists but if you watched the same interview we all did you’ll have seen at no point did Harper enter into any written agreement or long term concessions with the bloc to gain their vote “Any PM doing so would be seriously crippled in managing Canada”
- asking the Governor General to install you as government is bad, but asking the Governor General to install us as government is good
see my previous post above…and further to that, throwing Canada into that type of turmoil regarding the uncertain of a gov’t comprised by group containing both socialist and separatist ideology’s at a time of economic uncertainty is not in the best interests of any Canadian.
- you have an economic plan; that is bad. We have no economic plan, that is good.
The Economic moves Harper has done for the last 3 years+ , in a parliament that has done everything it could to delay and stall him, have placed Canada in relative calm waters in this time of economic upheaval. To release an economic plan without consulting with the USA (85% trading partner despite how much most Liberals hate them) is shear folly
- balancing the budgets are bad if you do (means we’re taxed too much), but deficits are good when we do it
WTF are you talking about??? Gov’t should not be a “for profit” organization…knowingly running surplus budgets and spinning this to look good is ridiculous to say the least…even the globe has an article today where they’ve finally realized taxing people into poverty doesn’t stimulate the economy.
- spending by Liberals is bad, but historic record-breaking spending by Conservatives is good
ummm…the reason you have had historic spending by conservative gov’t is because the successive Liberal gov’t of what amounts to the last generation never budgeted any moneys for inflation, up keep, and they cut our military to the point that 2000 troops in Afghanistan are costing us billions to maintain in the field between standard supply lines and actual modern equipment and needed upgrading costs…we can’t even fly them home without chartering planes because we have next to no transport aircraft
- spending for polling by Martin is bad and a sign of weak leadership, spending twice as much on polling and almost $1B of taxpayer money on consulting by Conservatives is good leadership…
Where are you finding your figures from and in regards to consultants…I’d rather have consultants formulating a plan then polling to see when we have popular public opinion and could potentially win a majority or to create any sort of actual policy or belief structure for the party…what does the LPC actually stand for that can be quantified Ted?
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MrEd | December 9, 2008 at 9:00 pm
as for coments about a PM “lies” about economic down turn… the fastest way to stall and economy is to say it’s stalling…
look at the history of the stock market in the last 3 months…
What Harper did was the same thing any responsible PM would do…he didn’t commit, He stated the numbers at the time….and we’re still close to jobs created vs. lost despite the negatives this last month.
and regarding
He broke his promise and his law on fixed date elections…
any non-majority gov’t can fold or fall at any time… Harper called the election because Parliament simply no longer was working…no doubt because these back room deals between the NDP, Block, and Liberals were already well underway…hence the professionally printed signs at their rally’s vs. home made signs at the Anti collision demonstrations …
If there was a vote of non-confidence in Parlament we’d be looking at the collition taking power….as we see it’s already falling apart…so then we’d be into another general election…another 300 million in tax dollars blown …
Harper Prorogued Parliament which is within his right to do as PM until the date of the budget and confidence vote… He has been able to tell all Canada he’s open to working with the opposition and has been told to his face in parliment by your newly anointed lader that in effect it will be a cold day in hell before they share any of their ideas with him…
now who’s not willing to play nice in the sand box…
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Bec | December 9, 2008 at 9:01 pm
AND TED…what part of “the fix was in and he smoked the losers out” do you not understand?
Just because parliament is not sitting does not mean that the government is not at work.
Bailout package progressing…infrastructure money moving…these things were all monies from the LAST budget….they are still in their offices working.
BTW not in front of a flippin camera for a month spouting crap. When was the last time you watched a DAY of Conservative MP”S be interviewed…..NOT in your last 2 weeks but your boys have sure been spinning the spit! GMAB!
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MrEd | December 9, 2008 at 9:23 pm
OMG….LMAO at Ted…
Ted Said…
“You managed to eke out a minority government with the weakest leader possible in opposition, with the benefit of being left with a good economy and in a great fiscal situation and lowest unemployment rates from the Liberals, a compliant media regurgitating your talking points, a divided left, a bankrupt Liberal Party… and you still only managed a minority. And even then you had to cancel Parliament to save your hold on power.”
yep…an increased mandate is eking it out…
The longest run minority gov’t in Canadian history… 3 years of PMSH forcing economic bills through despite having a minority gov’t and where were the Liberals during those 48+ votes where they could have shut the Conservatives down…
Compliant media!!!…were you watching the same 1000 cold cuts confidential conference call and puffin poop as the rest of us?!?
lowest unemployment rates from the Liberals…
umm…the PM who was running the show in Canada during the preceding 3 years when unemployment hit it’s lowest levels in history last spring was PMSH…the Liberals lost the last 2 elections…comnig to the next speaking point…
a bankrupt Liberal Party…
do you mean financially or morally… there are so many levels to talk on that one…
and finally…”cancel Parliament to save your hold on power”
so you’d go for the coalition idea, have it implode, and spend 300 million more on another election….right…good plan….are you thinking of applying to be an NDP finance minister by chance???
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MaryT | December 9, 2008 at 9:27 pm
There was a set day for the HofC to recess for the Christmas Break. It was going to recess Dec 12, so all this fiasco means is a one week extension of the holiday. Layton talks jobs and his coalitions first job loss is Dion, and all his staff. That wasn’t in the plan. Dion is being evicted from his home just before Christmas, how cruel.
Re a deficit, we will not know until March 31st and the books are closed for the current year.
Tried to call the cbc talkback line re the interview. Get thru to -leave message at the tone, and then get- Your call can’t be completed at this time. Wonder if they are getting too many nasty calls.
Try it, 1-800-565-1422 and see if you get thru. I never leave my name, just my Province.
And to Ted, it is all those things that the reign of quebec PMs did to the west so many years ago that still leave scars and libs will never win here . Our kids and grandkids have lived thru them and heard the stories.
Re who watches. My daughter never watched any news, but after this crap broke she got involved in a big way. Her first call to me was, is the cbc and Newman always so biased, guess I have to watch now and object when they lie. I think many uninvolved prior to this are now watching and getting madder by the day.
I wonder how many others wrote leaders of other countries telling them not to recognize the coup d’etat. She also wrote, e-mailed and faxed all the leaders, the GG, senators and even the Queen. She attended the rally in Edmonton, and she ives several hours away. She has taken out a membership and sent a donation.
Putting Iggy in as leader will not change peoples minds, cause he still has all those other lib mps (most past their best before date) in his caucus who lied, stole, cheated and covered up for their leader.
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Bec | December 9, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Well, well well, CR, I think that the Prime Minister, still has his grass roots support! Good post, kiddo..we all still need this apparently.
Thank gosh for Ontario….right now, the big brother that saved the day.
I hope it holds for a long while…this may get nastier yet!
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Conservative Reporter | December 9, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I am awestruck…as other blog owners are…from the talent pool that arrives to type in the comments section…and I am so grateful.
Welcome back Bert…wondered where you had gotten too….
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Conservative Reporter | December 9, 2008 at 10:10 pm
MrEd… you have slayed me….I admit it… with “drawbridge” – could not
stop giggling… still am.
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Conservative Reporter | December 9, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Bec…I couldn’t get up the stairs fast enough after the end of the interview…(supper went on hold) – we all need these “vent” avenues.
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Conservative Reporter | December 9, 2008 at 10:27 pm
here I am again…
I just visited Blue Like You and find out that pmsh has just received an award…
I expect many of you have already read about it…but let’s place it here for all to see.
Awesome !!!
http://www.international.gc.ca/ministers-ministres/Prix_leadership_international_Leadership_Award.aspx?menu_id=5&menu=R
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Voca | December 9, 2008 at 10:29 pm
If you go to Kinsella’s blog you’ll find Ted there doing much the same as he’s doing here and elsewhere.
I quite like the guy’s fantasies. Each name he calls us and the PM, each time he twists the truth reminds me of why I support Harper. It’s doing the exact opposite of what he wants.
Same with the MSM and their worn out blaming of Harper. They’ve seriously misread the mood of the public. Harper knows it too.
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Agent Smith | December 9, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Just caught the PM interview on CBC. Harper was superb.
Mansbridge was lost meandering obsessively, ineffectually searching for his little gotcha moment.
Harper has complete command of himself and the facts.
By the way I didn’t think Harper looked bad at all despite the flue.
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Mac | December 9, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I’m still amazed at how the coalition (and their apologists like Ted) keep trying to blame the crisis they provoked on PMSH.
Keep in mind that Mansbridge was awarded the Order of Canada for his years of unwavering support of the Liberal Party. It would be unseemly for him to try to change his stripes now.
I want to see what kind of avatar I get assigned…
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Mac | December 9, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Nice!!
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Voca | December 9, 2008 at 11:12 pm
p.s. – Tim’s also been educating the folks over at Calgary Grit with his “I’m a dedicated Ignatieff supporter” stuff.
We better be careful….don’t want to give away OUR hidden agenda, but hey, now that the only guy at the party without a hidden agenda is good old Stephen Harper perhaps we could oblige the troll with one or two?
Mr. Harper totally rocked that CBC interview. He’s got nothing at all to apologize for. I’d like to have turned the tables on Mansbridge though and asked HIM just what he’s done to help reach out to help our country?
Certainly journalists have a part to play too, outside of the usual.
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Conservative Reporter | December 9, 2008 at 11:16 pm
The avatars are priceless…and really add to the blog…
teee heee …
Bec…don’t hold back now girl…you go !!! heheheheh
good to hear from all of you…
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Hunter | December 9, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Good post CR!
I wonder why the CBC went with the interview when most people were working? Tried to download it at their site, but it has some sort of weird extension that real video will not recognize.
Hidden agenda CBC??
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Cicero | December 10, 2008 at 1:22 am
Poor Ted, he’s awfully bitter isn’t he? Like most of his ilk(and they seem to be legion within the Liberal and NDP ranks) he constantly makes vitriolic persional attacks on the PM and engages in petty name calling. This seems to be their main strategy since Harper became leader in 2003. Gee, I wonder when its going to dawn on Ted and the rest of the left that it’s a tactic that’s not working with regular, hard working and sensible Canadians.
The Liberals tried to pull a fast one on the Canadian people with their Coaliton stunt. The Prime Minister used the authority and legitimate powers of his office to ask for prorogation ( Look it up in the manuel of Offical Procedures of Parliament “The Governor General accepts the Prime Minister’s Advice on summoning and proroguing Parliament.”
It goes on to state that “The Governor General does not retain any discretion in the matter of summoning or proroguing Parliament, but acts directly on the advice of the PM.”)
We were being told repeatedly by the press and the opposition that the G-G could refuse the PM when she clearly could not. Canadian convention,parliamentary practice and the regulations all support the PM’s decision to prorogue.
The Prime Minister showed leadership in thwarting this unethical attempt to subvert the will of the Canadian electorate as expressed only a few weeks ago.
Mr. Ignatieff is another elitist, entiltled academic like the one he is replacing. He’s also wishy-washy and a bit of a bore. A 60’s Trudeau Liberal. Harper will beat him too. Sorry, Ted, no quick fix this time for the Liberals.
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MaryT | December 10, 2008 at 1:24 am
Comment at the National Post were very nasty regarding the PM asking Peter to let him finish. You don’t do that to Peter.
Must watch tomorrow for Iggy and Layton. Why Layton, a coalition only has one leader.
I wish just once that the PM was allowed to ask a question.
I wonder if Ted knows that Iggy supported the Iraq war and agrees with torture.
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Candace | December 10, 2008 at 2:15 am
HA! I just watched the Jon Stewart clip from last night – you know, the one everyone on the left was talking about making us “the laughing stock of the world” etc.
Yeah. Go watch. See the protests (and read the signs) – oops, they were anti-coalition. Listen to Jon compare Harper’s approval ratings to… wait for it… Bill Clinton’s.
Did Harper & the gov’t take a few hits (jokes)? Yes. But, somehow, I got the sense that Jon has a bit of a cleeewww shall we say?
Yup. Laughingstocks. Yup Yup.
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Jen | December 10, 2008 at 11:46 am
Didn’t I tell you he puts Canada first! When all around him are throwing darts, he carries on and sails the ship. That is what a Captain does.
This piece interests me. Most definitely the prime minister is the Captain – the international leaders know that very well-they like people who show concern for his country flag and military. That’s why the prime minister was given awards and standing ovations.
The captains of the liberals -JUMP SHIP- took passengers’ $$$millions got into row boats with their MSM to row the boat into the sunset into darkness.
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Soccermom | December 10, 2008 at 1:56 pm
The Liberals have proven, for decades, that they always put their needs ahead of their country’s. And if they do not consult with PM Harper on the budget, it’s more “da proof is da proof” of that.
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Jen | December 10, 2008 at 4:59 pm
If I was a reporter working for the G/M,CBC or any left-wing Media, I think eventually I would feel sick to my stomach upon hearing and seeing what blogs are saying about me and my job as a reporter. But what will injure my pride my credentials is when I read good reviews and excellent articles about the prime minister of canada and how he the prime minister is badly neglected by the canadian MSM- meaning me.
How can foreign reporters know the works of our prime minister to report it-yet I as a reporter in canada will go so far as to insult the prime minister of canada. I am deeply ashamed.
This is what I will do as a reporter not as a manipulator- is to feel proud of a prime minister who is highly regarded and respected in the International scene. I would feel proud that foreign writers are writing highly about the PM. and show in photos and write about the awards and standing ovations the prime minister recieved. These events should be proudly displayed on my paper television scene. I will tell canadians the accomplishments which the prime minister did; the respect he has for our military, country and Nation’s flag. I will feel proud that my readers will respect more.