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Re: For the record: Harper's misguided attack on Ignatieff
by Anonymous
It's notable that the rest of the media, and the article you link to, are calling it a criticism of Iggy, not an "attack". Oops, I just criticized you, guess you're going to think I "attacked" you. You're a white male, and not a young one, David. You tacitly - and let's get real here, you do - support a profoundly anti-white male coalition which is likely to take power. I've looked at the HR policies of Canadian Press, to name one, and they explicitly are trying to get rid of white males as fast as they can and replace them with minorities and women. I suspect Canwest is of similar mind. Parenthetically, your industry really is quite male and white; the rest of us have to contend with race and gender quotas and it's going to look good on you when you get the "9 O'Clock box"; you actually agitate for running yourself out of your own job. You need to be better, man. Harper got bad info and this was a rare misstep and an honest mistake. Reading what he said, it was cool calm collected criticism based on the info he had - that's our Stephen Harper and I am proud to have him representing my country, a country with the best economy in the G8. He's the most well spoken, forthright PM in my lifetime and maybe yours. Come on - Stephane Dion? Ignatieff has a shoe factory lodged in his mouth, as a Conservative I love knowing he can barely utter a sentence without a gaffe, and there have been many. It just isn't logical what you are doing. You're better than this. We all praised you when you - once, and only once - gave Harper a fair shake when Taber took an unfair shot at him. You've got millions who will have your back if you do the right thing and play it fair and square. Consider it. I'm embarrassed to be a Canadian - do you think investors and potential immigrants are impressed with our media, which unfortunately does influence how and what people think? I sure wouldn't invest in Canada, and if I were a new grad I'd get the hell out of here. I still might. How can you stand it, David? How?
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