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A conservative OPINION blog --with bite. OPINION by Joel Johannesen.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Liberals & their media demand Harper show panic; then denounce panic; then question if he’s panicky

Written by Joel Johannesen on Thursday October 09 2008 at 12:22 PM


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The National Post, in one of the most bizarre questions I’ve ever seen or heard in the midst of a crisis which demands precisely that we don’t panic, uses their front page today to ask if our Prime Minister Harper shouldn’t be “more panicked”.

Meanwhile, overseas, the British magazine The Economist (which is no conservative-luvin’ magazine) suggests today that Stephen Harper and the Conservatives should be re-elected by Canadians precisely because in a zoo full of panic-ridden freak-out monkeys (Dion, Layton, Duceppe, May), Harper alone demonstrates much needed calm and sound, “prudent” policies to get Canada through the mess. 

It’s a tepid endorsement at best, but still, here’s a tidbit…

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Why Stephen Harper does not deserve to be dumped

... If the voters go further and eject Mr Harper, that, sadly, will not be because they have been convinced by the cerebral Mr Dion’s worthy carbon tax. It will be because the opposition—a gang of four, comprising the socialist New Democrats, the separatist Bloc Québécois and the rising Green Party as well as the Liberals—has succeeded in panicking the voters on the economy (see article). And yet, in a sinking world, Canada is something of a cork. Its well-regulated banks are solid. Growth has slowed but not stopped. The big worry is the fear that an American recession will drag Canada down with it.

Mr Harper says, rightly enough, that his government has taken prudent measures to help Canada weather a storm it cannot duck: he has offered tax cuts and selective aid to help vulnerable manufacturing towns. But it is his seeming non-reaction to what is so far a non-crisis that looks likely to deny him the majority he was seeking, and could even let in the opposition. In what is the first credit-crunch election in a big Western country, Mr Harper’s ejection would set a dispiriting precedent that panic plays better politically than prudence.

Clearly, it’s actually a precedent that all the liberal media in Canada would be well served to avoid, perhaps starting by recognizing that they still drive elections in this country, and that they therefore still occupy a position of national responsibility, and that they have been instrumental in all but instructing Canadians to panic. 

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  1. Dacre says:

    Our news media is disgusting and will be for a long time to come. The way the left and their media are trying to panic people tells you just what kind of scum they are. They have people on the verge of suicide. They have no doubt succeeded in some cases. I had a woman at work tell me her best friend is worried about her husband because he is so distraught. To use peoples lives and well being as a political tool to try to win an election or gain political advantage is just about as low as you can go. So that’s what we expect and that’s what we get from our left and their media. Do they have the well being of Canadians and the country at heart? Ya right. And the mindless fools continue to follow these idiots of the edge.

    Posted by Dacre  from   on  Thu, October 09, 2008 at 3:24:43 PM
  1. webster says:

    From 1993 to 1999, Peter Donolo served Jean Chretien as Director of Communications and chief communications strategist for Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his government.

    The Strategic Counsel is a dedicated team of market-research professionals. Our passion is to turn information into strategic plans that get dynamic results.

    Allan Gregg Former Chairman of The Strategic Counsel, one of Canada’s leading market research and polling firms 1995 until 2007

    CTV Newsnet Live: Allan Gregg from The Strategic Counsel, Mike Duffy and Lawrence Martin

    Allan Gregg returns to CBC National At Issue panel Mon 18 Jun 2007

    The Strategic Council is the exclusive supplier of public opinion research for the Globe and Mail and CTV.

    “He (Stephen Harper)  has gone from hero to zero in just a matter of weeks,” pollster Peter Donolo told CTV.ca. Wed. Oct. 8 2008

    Trusted Canadian Connected

    Posted by webster  from   on  Thu, October 09, 2008 at 5:20:22 PM
  1. Dacre says:

    What are you saying Webster? It’s an inside job?

    Posted by Dacre  from   on  Thu, October 09, 2008 at 6:24:16 PM
  1. webster says:

    Everything else is cockeyed,warped and coming out of left field, why are polls and pole stirs sacred, especially when you don’t see or know how they’re put together?

    You can listen to DeeYawn and then read in the Canuck Times Howler how he didn’t say what you just heard.Thats evidence!

    AND, what business does any pole stir have identifying the trips and falls and strategy of candidates over the public media.Give us the screwy numbers and go back to your cubicle.

    “Liberals win elections when they have the edge with women voters,” said Peter Donolo, a pollster with the Strategic Counsel. “Right now, they’re not enjoying that edge.”

    So a monkey gets on the CTV news and in front of everyone, issues an coded edict!

    Yeah, I know, my phone’s bugged too and the letter carrier sure spends a lot of time at my door.

    Posted by webster  from   on  Thu, October 09, 2008 at 7:43:07 PM
  1. webster says:

    Panic, you want panic?
    DeeYawn wants to run a country?

    http://watch.ctv.ca/news/mike-duffy-live/thursday-oct-9/#clip101442 

    And from camera 2
    http://dailybayonet.blogs.com/the_daily_bayonet/2008/10/stephane-dion-do-overs.html

    Posted by webster  from   on  Thu, October 09, 2008 at 8:14:09 PM
  1. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    The Economist headline is a puzzlier - “Why Stephen Harper does not deserve to be dumped”.  I don’t know how you can get any more negative and still emerge with a positive.  Isn’t the Economist an international publication?
    I believe it is.  They must have trolled thru Canada for a headline writer at some time.

    CRB

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Edmonton  on  Thu, October 09, 2008 at 11:28:48 PM
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