The Secret Diary of Stephen Harper: Kinsella's Back in the Game

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Kinsella's Back in the Game

I hate to admit it, but Créton-era brandmaster Kinsella sometimes has some pretty decent political smarts, if you can read between the spin. See his Weblog at WarrenKinsella.com.

I appreciate one of his latest spins,

"Anyone who knows me knows what I think of judicial inquiries. They are mostly self-mandating, self-financing, self-aggrandizing monstrosities - they end up costing the treasury millions, they solve nothing, and they corrode the public's already-corroded faith in public institutions. The Starr Inquiry, the Gomery Inquiry, all of them are the same. They make things worse, not better."

Yeah, but worse for whom?

Kinsella even suspects he's "getting soft on Muldoon*..." This from a head-banging punk? Must be the jet lag.

Anyhoo, I would advise all interested parties to check out Ian Macdonald in the Gazette today for clarification about what is at stake.

Kevin, please keep me informed about the progress of this farce. I have a country to run.

*the person who must not be named...

Talk Tough Like Mike

•“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."

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