Martin argues that Harper should step down soon, in order to avoid falling from grace, like many other Conservative prime ministers have before him. He "points out" dissension in the ranks, though no one will publicly denounce him. He also says that by any standard, Harper has been a political success, and that he should be satisfied with what he has accomplished and call it a day.
But as has been noted many times, all that seems to count with this leader — it being one of his prevailing infirmities — is political vindication. That being the case, he could step away contentedly this year and enjoy his soda pop.I think this shows a complete misunderstanding of our Prime Minister. I may be naive, but when I look at Harper and see what he is doing, I see a man with genuine concern over the direction of our country, and whose incrementalist work is far from over. Another attempt at framing our Prime Minister in a poor light, shame on you Lawrence Martin.
He proceeds to add:
No one wants to govern in a deep recession. The sudden ebbing of the age of abundance is another reason he's likely considering his options. He may recall the early 1990s and what that recession did to Brian Mulroney's government and Bob Rae's in Ontario. He may recall the 1930s and R.B. Bennett.A real leader takes his country by the hand no matter the circumstances. This is what Canadians will remember, once this is all said and done, it's that Harper fought against poor odds to keep Canada on track. To give up in a recession context, to give up power at such a time, causing further instability in our considerably strong economy would damage the relative calm we have managed to sustain. Only a weak leader would run and hide.
I think Harper would rather die standing than live on his knees.
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One of my children gave me the Time Obama in Pictures book, tons of pictures and quotes. When Mrs Obama was asked about the turning point in the primary's she promptly replied...."when we stopped reading the pundits and what the experts had to say and started to listen and react to what real Americans were saying".
Honestly...why any Con or Lib would give a rats ass what Martin, Riley, Travers et all had to say is beyond me, and, the CBC for that matter...they live and comment from a bubble and have very little influence on most thinking people's opinion. billg
Harper is just getting started...he truly is seriously mis-understood, mis-represented and completely and utterly underestimated. I pray that in my lifetime Canadians will give this man an opportunity to fulfill his vision for our incredible country. Those who fear him are simply uninformed and easily duped.
"Those who fear him are simply uninformed and easily duped.
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Isn't this what the Liberals run on every campaign?
Seriously, has anyone tried having a discussion with a liberal and all they can say is that Harper has scary eyes? Duped indeed.
''No one wants to govern in a deep recession. The sudden ebbing of the age of abundance is another reason he's likely considering his options.''
LOL, 'buying votes with goodies' is soooooo Liberal.
PMSH gets to advance conservative policy, fast,
cutting the fat in response to the economic downturn
is a dream come true.
We Canadians will come out of this in great shape.
With the cover of a recession:
special interest groups funding will be cut;
innovative solutions to the cost of healthcare and wait lists will be tried;
white elephant assets will be sold or traded at a gain;
immigration preferenced to workers and costly 'red tape' slashed to move workers between provinces,
jobs jobs jobs.
Unions will no longer set the rates for non-union industry, the reverse will happen, Canadian productivity will improve in leaps and bounds.
If it hurts the economy, the program will be delayed or dropped.
I am very optomistic that Canadians are going to be very pleased when the dust settles.
Why anyone would read "Martin's column" is beyond me!... He is a card-carrying liberal that tries in all his columns to bash our Prime Minister in any way he can, as well, when he comments on TV he is always negative against PM Harper. If you notice, he got so many negative comments, the Globe and Mail took him off the front page in a few hours so hopefully no one would read them. I gave him a piece of my mind, and told him, it was wishful thinking.. If the Globe gets a lot of negative comments against Harper - they will leave that article on their front page for days... or if they can get a piece written positive towards Iggy - which is hard for them to do - other than to say - he worked all his good life in the US supporting George Bush's ideas - and we all know how liberals hate the U.S. so it is hard to find articles, but if they do, they leave it there for days... negatives against the liberals - and it is gone in hours...
Martin like most in the MSM needs to start writing obituaries about the MSM in the coming years. He needs to start worrying about his own job. First off, tell the truth shyster, maybe people will pay to read it and then you can keep your job? But a commie has no respect for the truth right Martin? (real conservative)
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