Bob Rae is, of course, absolutely right here.
What Ignatieff is showing us now is what a very close twin to Harper he is.
Secretiveness is a basic Harper characteristic, as is being an angry control-freak behind the scenes.
We already understood Ignatieff was a divisive man. We already knew he supported the state-terror of the Iraq invasion. We already knew he was arrogant and aggressive. We already knew he had little of what honestly can be called ethics.
With this behavior, he proves he cannot be distinguished from Harper. The only differences are style.
Which monster do you like? A Frankenstein-like creature who smiles with a two-second delay to any stimulus (Harper) or do you like a low, cunning were-wolf type (Ignatieff)?
With Ignatieff, the Liberal Party becomes an irrelevant copy of the Conservatives.
I would not vote for the one over the other under any circumstances.
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Ignatieff unquestionably represents a watershed in Canadian national politics.
It will be the end of the coalition of interests we have called the Liberal Party for decades.
There is no reason on earth to vote for this unethical man over Harper.
Any success he could hope to achieve would only reflect old sentiments and associations people have in their minds concerning the party.
But these emotional connections are already frayed.
They will snap altogether with the emergence of this dark, unpleasant man as leader.
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M. LeBlanc is actually the Liberals' greatest prospect.
He is altogether an energetic, intelligent, informed, and likeable man.
He has the French name and language so important in Quebec.
He could create some real excitement.
But no, the boundless, unwarranted personal ambition of Ignatieff will prevent that happening.
It is a very troubling set of circumstances.
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"...but Iggy is the better liberal."
A ridiculous statement.
The traditions of the modern Liberal Party - the party of Pearson, Trudeau, and Chretien - are violated in almost every aspect by what Ignatieff represents.
There is no connection whatever, anymore than there is between Harper and that tradition.
