At Home in Hespeler

OK, we’ve all seen the Stephen Harper assassination picture and can all agree it’s harmless: not like they had a bird pooping on him or any such major indignity. It was stupid, and the collective MSM yawn in lieu of howls of indignity, as they do every time a Conservative speaks ill of a Liberal, was embarrassing for them. Pity they don’t have the common sense anymore to realize they’re embarrassed.

Remember this picture next time you hear howls of Stephen Harper being a mean spirited, nasty bully.

But the Stephen Harper assassination fantasy/crime, and the Stephen Harper arming a cow (in the not with a gun context) picture aren’t the only graven images in the Liberal Party Stephen Harper Photoshop contest and hate-athon currently underway at Liberanos.ca. There are six finalists now showing and they range from the childish (Harper as Waldo, Harper in a bunny suit) to reasonably clever (Something rotten in the state of Denmark), to the dammed racist if a Republican did it with their President (the monkeys) to the disturbing: one with Harper riding a bomb, and this one

Seeing as Hitler pictures are so darned hard to find and David in Ottawa only had 45 or 50 seconds to do his entry, a quick slice of Harper into the Communist Party poster, because we all know how vile the communists are. Isn’t that clever? Why there’s Lenin. And Stalin and Mao, the two worst mass murderers in the history of the world. Oh, and look, there’s Uncle Fidel in the back…

Uncle Fidel?

Wait a minute, that uncle Fidel? Virtually the only world leader to make an appearance at the last Michael Ignatieff’s funeral? I thought the Liberals liked him. As for Mao, wasn’t last weeks big scandal that Harper can’t get along with Chinese Communists? In fact, if we imagine a party like the one pictured above, wouldn’t MM Chrétien and Trudeau be the Canadians most likely to RSVP in the affirmative?

What exactly is the message the Liberal Party is trying to send with this picture? That Stephen Harper is really a closet Liberal? Well, he did jack up the deficit, increase spending and stuff the senate? But it seems an odd message for the Liberals to be putting out none the less.

Maybe the message is they didn’t think this contest through very well.

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I had the opportunity yesterday to sit and have lunch with Gerry Nicholls, whom I’ve met only once previously but have had a very amicable on-line relationship for a few of years now.

Loyal to the Core

Gerry’s promoting his book, Loyal To The Core: Stephen Harper, Me And The NCC, and I was pleased to be able to purchase a copy direct from the author, who signed it:

To Brian. A friend of freedom and a friend of mine.

Aww gee, I blush.

The talk revolved around politics, covering both political philosophy and some people involved. I won’t repeat anything here except to say I was surprised that Gerry thought the one cabinet minister I like to replace Stephen Harper might be a better fit for Provincial leadership (I am still chewing on that, by the way Gerry), and that Gerry was surprised I am not a fan of Randy Hillier, which tells me I might have to give Hillier a second look.

I am off for a few days in the chilly wilds of Parry Sound, where I plan on reading my book under the nose of my Trudeaupean mother-in-law. If I don’t get my tail cut off with a carving knife I will review the book early next week.

Meanwhile, you can get your own copy of  Loyal To The Core: Stephen Harper, Me And The NCC.

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