The Secret Diary of Stephen Harper: CTV Spin Reversal

Monday, June 2, 2008

CTV Spin Reversal

I'm BACK, and really looking forward to feeding the zoo animals during Question Period. To save you the trouble, here are the answers.
1) Maxime Bernier took the honourable course and resigned. No he is not leaving to take over the reins at Vachon cakes.
2) OK, I admit it, we made a mistake made during a press briefing over Italian participation in the war in Afghanistan. There may be other mistakes in future. After all, we are only human.
3) No, the Member for Halton, Ontario, is not a Conservative plant in the Puffin caucus.

In other news, Sandra pointed out an hilarious spin reversal by CTV yesterday:

And here's another one from last year.

My heart goes out the the editor who caught these gaffes. Can you see, dear diary, why we have to be so careful with the boys and girls toiling for Canada's mainstream media? Mister Dithers never got this kind of consideration.

Pix: Steve Janke and SDA.

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)