Friday, September 11, 2015

It Couldn't Happen To A Nicer Guy

                                                               ipolitics.ca

The wheels are falling off the Harper campaign bus. Michael Harris writes:

No wonder Jenni Byrne is folding like a $3 dollar suitcase. Reform-style loons have broken out of their shallow graves and are once more shambling across the landscape.

And how did Stephen “He’s Not Perfect” Harper react? By insisting the Conservative Party of Canada runs only the best candidates. Given the exploits of Jerry “The Urinator” Bance, Ryan “The Enforcer” Leef and “Sgt.” Sue MacDonell, it was an odd thing for him to say.

The facts are simply catching up with Mr. Harper. And facts are what he has worked so hard to bury:

Confabulation has always been Harper’s reflex response whenever he doesn’t like what the facts have on offer. And so — with the economy in recession, unemployment on the rise, the oil patch in a shambles and the dollar at 75 cents — Harper says the economic news is good … that it proves his plan is working. Still, Steve insists he balanced the budget this time. Fiddling with the math and balancing the budget are not the same things, but it hardly matters. The man isn’t listening.

Steve also didn’t believe in the long form census. To him, facts are just another form of opposition. He didn’t believe at first that there was a recession in 2008. He didn’t think it mattered that he was found in contempt of Parliament. (It mattered. The man who found him in contempt, former speaker Peter Milliken, thinks he still is in contempt.) Steve didn’t think there was anything wrong with making an unconstitutional appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada. Put a girl in ermine and she gets uppity — it was all Beverley McLachlin’s fault, we were told.

Andrew Coyne writes that the Harper campaign is going nowhere. Even the inestimable Margaret Wente writes that Harper is toast. Others -- like John Baird, Peter Mackay and James Moore -- faced the facts before the election. Now it's Harper's turn.

It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.


12 comments:

Lorne said...

Glad you're back, Owen. As your post makes clear, nemesis seems to be finally making its presence felt on the Harper campaign. May the discord and deterioration continue.

Owen Gray said...

It has been well earned, Lorne. We'll see if there are any Macduffs to challenge he who thinks he's invincible.

The Mound of Sound said...

I'm a bit worried by this Australian guy, Owen. He's the one who supposedly engineered David Cameron's 'come from behind' majority win in the last Brit elections. I think the opposition parties should be relentless in attacking Harper for bringing in a hired gun from abroad, Canada's first Lee Atwater.

Owen Gray said...

I agree, Mound. The new hire shows desperation in the ranks. And, while the opposition questions the new hire, they should also focus on an old hire -- Bruce Carson.

Steve said...

welcome back Owen, like Shaksphere
http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2015/09/when-your-fears-consume-you-stephen.html

Owen Gray said...

Thanks for the link, Steve. "Paranoia strikes deep," sang the Buffalo Sringfield. That line describes Mr. Harper perfectly.

Mogs Moglio said...

Harper's agenda when all else is failing [oil, economy, loonie, candidates and campaign manager] beat the drums of fear loudly terrify your base with rantings of an imminent ISIS beheading in their community and... Super security harper to your rescue...

I'm getting sick of the delusional constant lying, his base exemplified by Earl Cowan; I believe have no capacity of higher thought reasoning rationalization or intelligence they are blind followers and believe every word uttered from steve's dishonest mouth, they hang on his every word as if he was a god, they can't think for themselves it seems.

https://youtu.be/o6kdi1UXxhY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU8-bgfR83Q&feature=youtu.be

Whats that again Mr. harper you encouraged and facilitated the training arming and funding of ISIS you were not an innocent bystander you and your NATO cronies have blood on your hands.

http://journal-neo.org/2014/06/13/nato-s-terror-hordes-in-iraq-a-pretext-for-syria-invasion/

http://www.mintpressnews.com/west-created-isis/196488/

Harper today: "The real threat to Canadians is ISIS, not CSIS, Stephen Harper told supporters on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks."

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/09/11/harper-promises-to-keep-canada-in-the-fight-against-isis

Here besides 911 is harper's blueprint:

http://landdestroyer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/france-armed-terrorists-that-struck.html

The two unrelated gunmen in Ottawa and Quebec were rehearsals wait till steve gets going fulfilling his prophesy he made today...

It will certainly upstage his political rivals if he pulls off the false flag event prior to the election, we will see. He is running scared has no morals and will cheat to succeed this we know...

Owen Gray said...

It really is remarkable, isn't it, Mogs? Harper repeats Goring's axiom. Scare the hell out of people and you're in.

Mogs Moglio said...

Yes Owen only its not remarkable its downright disgusting and shows how desperate he gets the lower he falls in polls...

Owen Gray said...

He's desperate, Mogs. And, with the help of his new campaign manager, he's going to get very ugly.

Anonymous said...

Which is why until I see him and his CPC defeated election night I am taking nothing for granted nor assuming Harper is in any position other than returning to government, because the issues are simple too serious not to. I've said it before and I'll say it again, take nothing for granted where Harper and power are concerned, no matter how it looks. I still recall how a week left in the 2008 election Harper looked like he was going down, then in the last five days one man, Duffy, changed all that and gave Harper to handle he needed to retain power with that Dion raw footage. It is clear that this incident had a major impact on the final outcome and swung an election outcome, and if anyone here does not think Harper took note of this and could be trying to game a similar event for this election then you haven't been paying enough attention to how he operates over the past decade, especially when he has access to the tools of government to corrupt.

Until he is formally gone act as if he is getting another majority, anything less is asking for trouble IMHO.

Scotian

Owen Gray said...

I agree, Scotian. Just because he's in third place in the polls, doesn't mean that Harper won't win. What matters is the number of MP's in his caucus. He's made it clear in the past that he will do anything -- legal or illegal -- to win.