POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN BY PRESTON MANNING IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL
Political gravity has shifted in the country?
Harper through years of work has increased his support from about 30% to 39.6%.
Almost two-thirds of Canadians still reject this man and his party.
The only real lessons from the election are three.
One, we have a serious democratic deficit in Canada when less than 40% of votes turns into a majority.
Honest and conscientious men concerned with our affairs would work towards correcting the situation, not crow about it.
Two, dirty and unethical tactics do achieve some success in politics. The United States is rife with them. Now Harper has introduced them to Canada, debasing the decency of our politics.
As an interesting sidelight here, we get a hint here of how little a role religion - both Harper and Manning being religious - actually plays in genuine ethics.
Three, leadership matters, and the Liberals did not have any.
They appointed a weak man who missed almost every opportunity to respond forcefully to Harper's half-truths, evasions, and outright dishonesty.
This weak man also sneered at a coalition which would have long ago stopped Harper, and he was inept enough to end up being accused of plotting to have one. Pathetic.
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"Preston just keeps looking better and younger every time his photo appears..."
Preston had a complete make-over at some point, maybe as part of his initiation as president and CEO of the one-man institute founded by himself.
Hair dyed.
Eyebrows skillfully dyed to match.
Dumped the granny glasses and fit-up with contact lens
New wardrobe.
Possibly a few needle-loads of botox.
Coaching on how to look at the camera without making people laugh at the results.
I do think he missed the chance to turn up the back collar of his jacket, a la 1959 rockers. That would be in keeping with his newly-learned smile, rather suggestive of an early Elvis snarl.
Bet with his self-appointed institute job he has a shiny car, maybe something sporty like a pink and black convertible.
The guy's clearly now a regular chick-magnet.
But when he opens his mouth or takes his quill pen from the inkstand, we hear or read the same old crotchety noises.
What was it Obama said during the campaign about putting lipstick on a pig...?
