What a difference 2 weeks, a bunch of Liberal missteps and gaffes, an "evolved" Stephen Harper, another RCMP investigation and a Mike Duffy explosion can make. The Conservatives are in the lead...........double digit lead no less. Who'd a thunk it? Bring on the negative ads boys.........too bad it's a bit too late. Unless of course one of those right-wing redneck Candidates starts mouthing off like they did in the last election, which would tip the lead back to the Liberals, the Conservatives are poised to win this thing. The gaffes are NOT going to happen this time. Harper's crew purchased some duct tape and closed those embarrassing traps, I think.
Heck, Harper may even win a couple of seats in Quebec. Quel surprise!
So what happens if the Conservatives pull this one off? Will the duct-taped rednecks be free to espouse their off colour beliefs, or will they be relegated to the back of the backbench? Let's hope so. There are several well respected, perceived level headed types that will most likely take on Cabinet positions. Tony Clement, Monte Solberg, Chuck Strahl (are we seeing any female names in and around this crew??) and maybe even Peter McKay, if he can stop from falling into another blinding lovenest, will most definately be invited into the inner circle. I could live with that. Where things get all queasy and wobbly for me is when I wonder what the heck Harper will do with Stockwell Day.
Remember him? Has anyone spoken to him recently? Does he still believe that Man and Dinosaurs hung out together?
Not a darn thing in the papers about him as he quietly campaigns on the other end of the country. Stockwell Day, External Affairs Critic for the Conservative Opposition............is he pegged to become the next Minister of External Affairs? Can Harper maintain the duct tape over the mouth of Stockwell/Doris Day? The thought of this man representing our country in international boardrooms is mind boggling. Given the comments and concerns of his fellow Conservatives, I think I'm in pretty good company with respect to my concerns.
"How can anybody when their track record has been completely contrary to a building exercise, driving people apart, driving wedges, have any credibility or be believable that he can bring people together?"- Conservative MP Peter MacKay reacting to Stockwell Day's proposal to merge the Conservative and Alliance Parties, June 14th, 2001.
"Mr. Day is a past master of reducing complex arguments to bill boards... I'm not sure if he's running for Prime Minister or game show host."- Joe Clark on Stockwell Day during the 2000 leaders debate.
Stock doesn't need any help shooting himself in the foot. He's a master at that. A few neanderthal comments from the guy in the wetsuit:
"Homosexuality is a choice, in my view."- Stockwell Day on a Vancouver radio talk show, July 2000.
"Women who become pregnant through rape or incest should not qualify for government-funded abortions unless their pregnancy is life-threatening."- Stockwell Day, 1995, at an Alberta Conservative party convention.
"Homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be cured through counselling."- Stockwell Day, February of 1992, quoted in Alberta Report.
"I would expect the support of the party no matter what happens... even if I were to kill my grandmother with an axe."- Then-Alliance leader Stockwell Day, according to various MPs, June 2001.
"I want to know how many women in Alberta are physically battered and not just insulted by their husbands... If we talk insulted by their husbands, then I'm afraid that I'm guilty from time to time of abusing my wife."- Stockwell Day, 1987, disputing a poll indicating one million women had been abused physically, emotionally, sexually or economically.
Those last two comments.........were they supposed to be funny? Hardee har har har!
The front page of the Globe and Mail yesterday quoted Stephen Harper saying that he has evolved. Will Stock evolve too, or is that evolutionary process longer than the 4 year political window?
“The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an organ which it does not know how to use” Arthur Koestler
1 comment:
I've always liked Mr Day because the media hated him so much, mostly because he is an unapologetic Christian.
Your list of quotes might be valuable if not for the fact that the past two prime ministers of Canada have said dumbers things and have gotten away with it.
In my professional life, it is the people that watch everything they say who say nothing at all.
Stockwell Day lost the leadership, move on. What do you think og Paul Martin? Now, that's a moron......
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