Hope You're Right, Steve
'Long Liberal era' over: PM
We gotta do more than just maintain the status quo. There's a lot of rollback to do, and I don't see you doing any.
Maybe this speech you gave is just a softening up in preparation signal, but if it's true that liberalism is done for and conservatism in on a roll, do you really have to soften us up? If anything, I think you have to calm us down and help us be patient.
I think you're wrong about the Conservative Party "leading" the people. I think the people are ahead of you. We're like the Tea Partiers and the Conservatives are like the Republicans. You keep harping about the recession not being over yet, but there's lots of things you can do that have nothing to do with the economy, other than shrinking the civil service payroll and thereby the Federal budget. Those are the kind of signals we need. Start with the Human Rights Act and the CBC. Now that will send a bolt of lightning across the country. Although you have mentioned some good things in your speech, the long-gun registry, for example, isn't much of a hot button issue in the cities, or with non-gun owners.
Although I don't think conservatives are inclined to behave this way, but going too softly and waiting too long, might just keep too many of us away from the polls four years from now. Do you really want to risk that?
No, a couple of bold steps right away will light a fire under the Conservative movement. So do it!
It might be time for me to write another letter.
(Oh. And did you notice the article says the Liberal Party held their own meeting earlier in the day at the Calgary Zoo. He, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he. Good choice of venue.)
Harper's speech highlights:
""We are moving Canada in a Conservative direction, and Canadians are moving in that direction with us," Harper told an audience that included more than two dozen Tory MPs. "Conservative values are Canadian values. Canadian values are Conservative values.""[---]
""Canadians have found through a costly 40-year experiment with liberalism that big government is not an instant answer to everything.""
We gotta do more than just maintain the status quo. There's a lot of rollback to do, and I don't see you doing any.
Maybe this speech you gave is just a softening up in preparation signal, but if it's true that liberalism is done for and conservatism in on a roll, do you really have to soften us up? If anything, I think you have to calm us down and help us be patient.
I think you're wrong about the Conservative Party "leading" the people. I think the people are ahead of you. We're like the Tea Partiers and the Conservatives are like the Republicans. You keep harping about the recession not being over yet, but there's lots of things you can do that have nothing to do with the economy, other than shrinking the civil service payroll and thereby the Federal budget. Those are the kind of signals we need. Start with the Human Rights Act and the CBC. Now that will send a bolt of lightning across the country. Although you have mentioned some good things in your speech, the long-gun registry, for example, isn't much of a hot button issue in the cities, or with non-gun owners.
Although I don't think conservatives are inclined to behave this way, but going too softly and waiting too long, might just keep too many of us away from the polls four years from now. Do you really want to risk that?
No, a couple of bold steps right away will light a fire under the Conservative movement. So do it!
It might be time for me to write another letter.
(Oh. And did you notice the article says the Liberal Party held their own meeting earlier in the day at the Calgary Zoo. He, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he. Good choice of venue.)
Harper's speech highlights:
Labels: Canada, Canadian politics, Capital "L" Liberalism, CBC, Human Rights Commissions, Stephen Harper
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