The Secret Diary of Stephen Harper: Who You Gonna Call?

Friday, May 9, 2008

Who You Gonna Call?

I'm humbled. Nik Nanos, one of Canada's smartest and most trusted pollsters, says Canadians think the best person to serve in the post of Prime Minister of this beautiful country is, of course, moi.

And this, in spite of two years of ferocious demonization by the Puffin Party of Canada, and certain of their sleazier friends, who shall go nameless.

Puffins, doesn't this tell you something? Forget Bobama Rae. Forget Count Ignatula or Gerry F. Kennedy or even Darth Turncoat or Martha Hall Monitor.

The numbers don't lie: there is no promised land unless you Bring on the Justin Child!

Nik on the Numbers: Leadership Tracking - Harper personal image untouched by controversy

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)