Saturday, September 12, 2009

Jeff Jedras: On "Scary Stephen" and the Secret Harper Tapes

National Post contributor Jeff Jedras on the significance of the secret Harper videotapes:

No, what is damning about that tape, what will not be part of the public pitch the Conservatives will be making, is the foreshadowing of what a Conservative government would do with its majority. It was a brief re-emergence of the Scary Steve that Harper has largely managed to hide in government.

He ranted against socialists and separatists, he complained about left-wing ideologues on the courts and in the public service, he equated groups that fought for rights for minorities, for the disabled, for women, as left-wing fringe groups. He mocked multilateralism in foreign policy. He re-emphasized that he wants to get rid of the gun registry. He mocked government-sponsored child care programs.

And in addition to the message was the tone: angry, spiteful, negative. A very different message and tone then sweater-vest Steve.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

couldn't agree more

Marie said...

Are you saying that the NDP are not Socialists?
http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=931

And that the BLOC are not committed to separating from Canada? Therefore "Separtists"?

Northern PoV said...

No Marie, that is not what has been said. We are ignoring your talking points about the coalition-red-herring and instead focussing on the real import of the tape:

On this video Harper reals off his litany of “accomplishments” (and hence the evil coalition/impending threat to their continuation)
* killed court challenges funding (by decree)
* has been appointing right-wing ideologues to judge-ships at all levels, Senate & other bodies
* undermining gun registry while waiting for final chance to kill it
* undermines vulnerable minorities
* abandons Canandas’ traditional foreign policy

You can go back to reading more pleasant fare, perhaps at the Blogging Trolls.