Robert Fife of CTV News!
"Huh?", you ask?
Well, like many Canadians, the boob tube in Cole Lake was turned on to see the sales pitches from the various leaders over the current crisis.
Even if I am biased, Harper looked professional and poised. He even indicated that he was open to input from the opposition parties. I see Jeffrey Simpson of the Globe and Mail characterized it as mean-spirited. I guess unless Harper is willing to lay down on the centre line of Rideau Street and let all manner of traffic run over him, he's not showing enough contrition for them.
Anyhoo, great move by Dion - air a grainy YouTube styled video that looks like it was produced by a Grade 9 student in their parents basement (my apologies, they would have had better production values) and have it sent to the networks at least 10-15 minutes late - lots of time for the various anchors and reporters to ad-lib until somebody finally mentions that this doesn't look very good on Dion.
They all said that, and it was painfully obvious to anyone exposed to it.
The award goes to Robert Fife because he was the first journalist to point out the thing that made my wife and I laugh...The spine of a book on the shelf to the upper left of Dion's head that read in bold letters "HOT AIR".
I wondered who would mention it, and indicate that it wasn't very smart to have that sitting within the gaze of the cameras.
Hat's off to you Bob. You said it loud, and you said it first!
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I guess I am lucky that I missed the television show, because I do not need any more evidence to support my already jaded impression of either M. Dion or a party that would present such a person as a leader. I like Mr. Harper as he represents a lot of the way I think, but at the same time I do not believe he has always acted in the best way to consolidate conservatism in this country. The issue that precipitated this should have waited till next year, until after other things had been put in place. Also some of his publicly stated positions have boxed him in, and prevented him from carefully "lining up his ducks", with out accusations of "flipflop" from the media.
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