Taking on Truthiness in the Information Battlespace
Friday, August 3, 2007
Out on the Barbecue Circuit
Back real soon. Had to drum up some policy in Charlottetown. My Ottawa operatives tell me Backpack Boy and his weenies have been busy and he plans to take this Leader of the Opposition job seriously.
Hi, I'm the Prime Minister of Canada, not. The staff wanted me to spend hours every day managing my Facebook account to show how cool I am, but I told them to set it up themseves, and give it a high puff quotient. This blog is a better use of my time, and people can see the real me.
Over the next few years I'm going to use this space for Harpernomics classes and lessons in legitimacy. So get ready to learn. God Bless Canada.
•“Look, this is America and you have to decide what kind of country you want. This is your country as much as it is mine.” - 2004 *"Look, if I lose, I'll just move back to Massachusetts." - to the Harvard Crimson newspaper - 2006 *“If you mess with me, I’ll mess with you until I’m done.” • "You're looking at someone who turned down the chance to become Prime Minister of Canada, and I did so, in part, because I felt it would divide the country." • “I don’t need any lessons in legitimacy from Harper.” • “He knows where to find me.” • "He's creating a parliamentary crisis and dividing the country." • "It’s his budget, not mine." • "It's up to Harper to make the right decision and up to me to decide if he made it." • "We're putting the government on probation." •"Mr. Harper, your time is up.” *"This is a prime minister who a year ago was trying to make you embarrassed if you liked opera or classical music or the ballet or poetry. I mean, come on, let's get over this. You can like hockey, you can like classical music. Let's stop playing Canadian against Canadian and taste against taste."