The Secret Diary of Stephen Harper: Stéphane Dion Plagiarizes John McCain Conference Speech

Monday, October 6, 2008

Stéphane Dion Plagiarizes John McCain Conference Speech

Trusty Tory reports that over a quarter of Stéphane Dion’s speech at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2005 was plagiarized directly from a 2004 speech given to the U.S. Senate committee chaired by none other than John McCain.

Bobama Rae comments: "This isn't just deeply embarrassing for Mr. Stéphane Dion — he would have been expelled from l'Université de Montréal for pulling such a stunt — but it speaks to the heart of what is deeply wrong with the old Naturist Governing Party. And that's why I am the odds on choice to become next leader of the New Puffin Party of Canada".

Canadians want to know: Can Backpack Boy deep six his speechwriter, or did he assemble the speech himself? And will this shame never end?

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)