The Secret Diary of Stephen Harper: "This is BRANDING!"

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

"This is BRANDING!"

This just in. Sandra pointed out that the esteemed Puffin Senator David Smith is quoted this morning as saying, "I could hardly believe it. I can't recall anything like this... This can be defining. This is branding."

Not so fast, sir, this really is unseemly near-orgiastic behaviour. My advice is, pay attention to your own flagging brand, not ours.

Anyway, heartiest congratulations to your Dirty Tricks Team, and the media tipoff was classic Grit, but please restrain yourself in future, and we'll see you in court.

Keep on Puffin.

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)