The Secret Diary of Stephen Harper: McLuhan's Right

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

McLuhan's Right - Let's Chat Instead

Look, I don't want to stand before a podium and tear Elizabeth May apart with my irrefutable logic. I like the woman. She's got spunk and spirit, even though her understanding of economics generally ~~sucks~~ needs correction.

Hey Steve Paikin. Are you listening? Why don't we all go over to 24 Sussex and have a pool party in Pierre's Piscine? We can send out for pizza, crack open a few brewskis, and just chat to the cameras about policy, and what's best for Canada (yes, and Québec, too). I'm buying.

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)