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Saturday, May 23, 2009
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I can say one thing about Jean Chretien. Never once did he charge the taxpayers for the upkeep of his moat.
Public opinion is divided on Brian Mulroney. About two-thirds believe him to be corrupt, and one-third believe him to be corrupt and stupid.
Wow, isn't Ruby Dhalla hot. Did you see the cover of the Macleans? Those poor Filipinas being mistreated. What's on TSN?
Whenever you think of what Stephen Harper is doing, just keep saying to yourself: "It could be worse, it would be worse if the Liberals were in charge." As this is true, just about, it might help dull the anger and pain. Might.
There is now a small, but reasonable, glimmer of hope that Conrad Black might be completely vindicated. If that happens, any takers on when the Toronto Star will apologize? I didn't think so.
The bad news is that Randy Hillier is not going to win the leadership of the Ontario Tories. The good news is that he has gone a lot further than most people expected. The better news is that Hillier's defeat will have far more to do with a lack of experience than a lack of principle. The former can be improved, the latter never can.
The one province in Canada where Brian Mulroney's reputation is not "tarnished" is Quebec.
Once upon a time William F. Buckley Jr. debated John Kenneth Galbraith on national television. Along with the three barrel names and sartorial style, an enormous amount of civility and intelligence has vanished from the public discourse. I'm reminded of WFB and JKG every time I see a Tory attack ad or The Hour on CBC. Not that I watch the CBC that often.
I watch the CBC for the same reason other people slow down when passing an accident on the highway.
When I was ten, about twenty years ago, even my paranoid mother allowed me to travel, to the other end of the city, on the TTC alone. How many mothers would do that today? I don't see too many unaccompanied ten year olds on the TTC.
What is it about being partly right that people don't get? I agree with someone, or some group, on a set a ideas but not on another set of ideas. When did intellectual debate become a package deal? Either you're a right-winger or a left-winger. I'm a classical liberal, more than that I'm Publius.
Posted by Richard Anderson on May 23, 2009 in Canadian Politics | Permalink
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