The Secret Diary of Stephen Harper: Liar Liar Pants on Fire

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Liar Liar Pants on Fire

As you know, I am a tremendous fan of US politics, which is more like CULTURE WARS.

Our neighbours to the south don't mess around when it comes to presidential elections. As their campaign moves forward, both sides are amassing lists of lies by the other candidate. Here are some of my favourites:

• Obama WTF - documents Obama's lies - 124 and counting...

• The Democratic Party have just launched a McCainpedia to counter these allegations. No entries just yet.

• I also like Real Clear Politics - check out the George Will article.

What I find very interesting is the defection of some major Hillary supporters toward McCain-Palin. Check out this video of Lynn Forester De Rothschild, a self made woman who also happened to marry a Baron. She's talking with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:

I love her comments on wedge issues, for example, "the Democratic Party puts the choice issue around women's necks like a noose... Stop using that issue to scare people into voting for the Democratic Party."

Sound familiar?

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)