Canada’s Nasty Little Man
Cats: Canada, politics|Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Now we finally have a glimpse of the hateful, spiteful, hidden agenda so many of us feared.
After cleverly hiding his NeoCon ideology from centrist Canadians, Stephen Harper finally blew the lid of the thing this week. And it’s ugly.
He plunged the ideological dagger the backs of those he despises: small-l liberal opposition parties and those small-l liberals who denied Harper his coveted majority.
Canada’s Nastiest Little Man wants to kill off his opposition by starving them of voter subsidies. This measure will mean bankruptcy for the opposition Liberals. Other non-Conservative parties will suffer life-threatening injuries. Only one party will not suffer by this measure: Harper’s Conservatives.
What’s worse is that there was no economic stimulous package announced in his supposed “economic update.” There was no promise to help Canada’s faltering manufacturing sector, no plan to invest in innovation or infrastructure, no commitment to use deficit financing to get the economy going again.
No, just pure political spite and hatred. In the middle of an economic crisis.
Nice work, Mr. Harper.
But as sad and scary as this seems, at least he’s finally unveiled – whether deliberately or not – the much-feared Harper hidden agenda.
Now the question is, will Canadians be able to swallow it.
November 29th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
From the pictures I’ve seen he has kind of a smug look to him, kinda reminds me of our outgoing president. Hasn’t he switched parties two or three times in his adult life? From what I’ve seen of him, he seems more opportunist than idealogue.
November 29th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Well, you accurately called that one, Gifted. I’m not going to look this guy up on Google, lest I suckerpunch him and wind up in jail.
November 30th, 2008 at 10:28 am
He’s definitely a creep but I place little faith in the other probably just as nasty little men. I’m hoping we can have an election every friggin’ month for the rest of my life. I hate politicians so much.
November 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
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November 30th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Bubs, yup, smug is corrected. Smug is one of the less attractive Canadian characteristics.
Cormac, go on. He could do with one of your sucker punches. I bet you could take him down with some of your wicked words!
Dale, I’m with you. I’m looking forward to seeing the self-destruction of Stephen Harper. It will be a pleasure to watch him go down.
November 30th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
That son of a bitch is going down!
November 30th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
While I’m don’t think you will be able to swallow it, at least try to wash it down with some of your excellent Canadian beer.
Doc
December 1st, 2008 at 9:40 am
Barbara, ohhhh! I love hearing a Calgarian say that about Calgary-Boy.
Doc, there is always the beer and thank god you have the piece of mind to remind us of that.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:29 pm
He’s not very likeable. I feel wronged on both sides. On the one hand we have a minority government that thinks without committing to spending, and on the the other a coalition in the making who wants to spend without thinking.
It reaks of personal agendas on both sides.
Just think if we could all vote non-confidence, we wouldn’t have any polititians!
December 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Dick, yup it’s pretty toxic at the moment.
Harper’s v. bad for this fractured country.
He polarizes people and regions and he uses bullying tactics to wedge open the cracks – a la Karl Rove and the Neocons.
Sadly, no one seems to have told Harper that the divisive Neocon project is over.
Now that he’s revealed himself, his political career is over. Canadians aren’t like that.
As for the others, I agree that political ambitions are often personal in politics. Otherwise, why would anyone do it?