COMMENT POSTED TO THE NATIONAL POST TO A CCOLUMN BY REX
MURPHY
What is Mr. Murphy on, medical marijuana?
An excellent speaker? Harper? The guy who addresses us as
"friends" much in the manner of a tent preacher?
Harper is only comfortable either giving a set speech on a topic
with which he is comfortable or in delivering a cheap, fast put-down in
Question Period.
Hardly the skill range of a good speaker.
Add to that his basic dislike of people and the kind of
stiff arrogance we saw in Ignatieff, and you do not have a winning combination.
Really great speakers always possess a kind of honesty in
wanting to communicate something - even if its selective in nature - and Harper
is likely the most dishonest personality ever to hold office in Canada.
Harper is driven by negatives.
He doesn't like Canada and its traditional way of doing
things. He said so himself.
He hates the Liberal Party and would love to destroy it.
Again he said so himself.
He admires the way things are done in the United States, a
country which today approaches no longer even being a democracy.
This is a man full of resentments with not a lot positive to
contribute.
I almost suspect he was bullied as a kid in Toronto and has
never forgiven his tormentors. He works hard to get back, possessing a
genuinely destructive personality.
He has little popular appeal, naturally enough, and I think
it fair to say his career is largely one of circumstances, of having lucked out
with the Liberals so divided.
His lack of genuine feeling - except for a warm feeling
about power - comes right through. He can't hide it.
I believe the Conservative Party associates who have left before
the election have done so for a generally unobserved reason: they are tired of
his private tyranny and relentless suppression of individuality. They've put up
with it long enough, likely believing he should have retired as leader and
given someone else a chance, but, no, his negative personality listens to no
one and his love of power has reached badly corrupt levels. Most of them will
return after he is defeated.
And he is going to lose and lose big, no matter what polls may
say.
