The Secret Diary of Stephen Harper: Puffins Max Out their Amex Cards

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Puffins Max Out their Amex Cards

Sandra just pointed out that Backpack Boy is claiming to have enough funding to fight an election, cause it only takes $18 million, and they have set up a line of credit for exactly that amount.

It really saddens me to see the once great Puffin Party of Canada forced to grovel before hard-hearted bank managers. My heart goes out to my esteemed Parliamentary colleagues just across the floor of the House of Commons. And bravo Senator Smith and John Rae for getting this train wreck off the ground and producing some really cool demonization of Yours Truly - "NAFTAgate" and "CADSCAM" were really triumphs of political black art.

Doug made a tasteless joke about the collateral for the loan being "Stéphane's ass," but I am urging everybody to calm down and take the high road here.

Yes We Can.

(Hey, maybe they can dig up some of that sponsorship loot - Ed.)

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."

The Susan Delacarte Stephen Harper Attack Thesaurus (Under Construction)