tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20875584.post113931550763257483..comments2023-11-28T10:49:02.827-08:00Comments on Shmoo Report: David Emerson...A Question of IntentShmooreporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01176418104504336722noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20875584.post-1139391906424270152006-02-08T01:45:00.000-08:002006-02-08T01:45:00.000-08:00Very clear and very well put.... an excellent piec...Very clear and very well put.... an excellent pieceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20875584.post-1139351837925990402006-02-07T14:37:00.000-08:002006-02-07T14:37:00.000-08:00Interesting post.I've (indirectly) argued on my bl...Interesting post.<BR/><BR/>I've (indirectly) argued on my blog that Stronach's move to a different party is distinguishable from, and likely preferable to, Emerson's:<BR/><BR/>http://ididntgetwhereiamtoday.blogspot.com/2006/02/crossing-floor-disgraceful-or.html<BR/><BR/>Cheers.<BR/><BR/>-604 Plonkergfdgfdfdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475421154766155811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20875584.post-1139343625373866952006-02-07T12:20:00.000-08:002006-02-07T12:20:00.000-08:00Harper hubris, or Does Harper have a tin ear?The c...Harper hubris, or Does Harper have a tin ear?<BR/><BR/>The conventional wisdom now seems to be that Stephen Harper is a political genius, of the same ilk as Napoleon, or Churchill, or – pick your favourite. But what if Harper’s cabinet-making is not a politically astute move by at all, but simply a sign that he has a political tin ear? <BR/><BR/>After all, sometimes the past is predicator of the future: in 2004 he misread the electorate with some of his comments about the Liberals – especially Martin – and his premature triumph speeches about the West taking over. And in Parliament he has sounded a bit screechy and overly self-righteous. Then there are those stories about him being a one-man-band, who does not need a mentor because, one observer says he said, he never met anyone as smart as he is ....<BR/><BR/>So, perhaps this was just Harper being Harper, and marching to his own discordant band?<BR/><BR/>If so, wait until the second Act: gonna be a lot of fun for Libs and NDP, and a lot of buyer’s remorse by many voters in Ontario ....<BR/><BR/>And meanwhile, the Bloc will crouch in the wings, nursing its wounds, and waiting for the right time to take Harper down – when he is under a cloud of intolerance or stupidity, but before he cements himself into Quebec as Mulroney Junior. Best get rid of him soon, before he becomes a real threat to the Bloc ...<BR/><BR/>So wait for the right moment, and the ganging up by the three parties who each have good reasons for taking him out of his new digs at Sussex, and who – between them – hold the balance of power.<BR/><BR/>After all, Harper arranged a mob-lynching of Martin with all three parties deciding to put in the knife on that particular Ides of May. Having shown the way, I wonder if Harper fears that this time the other three parties will cooperate to bring him down?<BR/><BR/>Better than even chance, I think; and probably before summer ends, too.....<BR/><BR/>Maybe Harper should let those renovations take place at Sussex Drive before he moves in: might save him having to move twice, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20875584.post-1139339829405173982006-02-07T11:17:00.000-08:002006-02-07T11:17:00.000-08:00Well done stuff.Where have you been?Cogent, well w...Well done stuff.<BR/>Where have you been?<BR/>Cogent, well written plus strong content.<BR/>Thank youLemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958806770271996092noreply@blogger.com