tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667867.post113764139013136669..comments2023-10-22T10:46:18.594-04:00Comments on Cardinal47/Politics and living in the world: The Election: Day 51/Conservative minority or majority?cardinal47http://www.blogger.com/profile/15686583132311235803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667867.post-1137883629652846842006-01-21T17:47:00.000-05:002006-01-21T17:47:00.000-05:00The Gregg midweek poll was obviously off-base in r...The Gregg midweek poll was obviously off-base in retrospect. Most other polls have been consistently showing Conservatives with a 9-12 point lead. SC by end of week had dropped back to that range.cardinal47https://www.blogger.com/profile/15686583132311235803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667867.post-1137681445638379922006-01-19T09:37:00.000-05:002006-01-19T09:37:00.000-05:00The Conversion of Stephen Harper:To change from vo...The Conversion of Stephen Harper:<BR/><BR/>To change from voting Liberal to voting Conservative on Monday would mean accepting that Stephen Harper had undergone a conversion from the rightwing Saul of Canadian politics, to the middle-of-the-road Paul. Voters asked to believe this conversion need to satisfy themselves that the Harper who stood in front of a gathering of neocons in the USA in 1997 and lauded them as examples to be followed, praised their philosophy, denigrated Maritimers, decried Canada as a welfare state not to be emulated, has, in the course of the past 18 months, suddenly seen the light, and changed.<BR/><BR/>How credible is this Harper conversion? Well, let the man speak for himself: he said he has become more realistic, but his fundamental beliefs have not changed. Oh, and his comments were really in jest.<BR/><BR/>If so, how much stock can a voter place today on his program, on his statements that there will not be serious cuts, that he will not introduce legislation to take away rights entrenched by the Supreme Court? What assurance does a voter have that Harper will not turn around in six months time and tell the country: Sorry, folks – I was only joking when I said those things ....<BR/><BR/>Sorry, Mr Harper, I for one do not believe a leopard can change its spots. Not even a very smart leopard. But I do believe a leopard just might dress up in sheep’s clothing ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com