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Excellent heads-up. Since the term "creepy" is acceptable in some quarters for Brown (and I tend to agree), then the same applies to a number of women in high places. And that includes Raitt. After all, she did mix the concept of "sexy" with dirty politics. Must be a pervert...
I don’t know how I feel about a reluctant newbie going straight to becomig Premier just because of her last name.
I’m sure Mulroney has great qualities, is very smart, is a fantastic lawyer, etc etc etc... but this just seems like a coronation of Brian Mulroney’s daughter. We know virtually nothing about Caroline Mulroney.
I guess that’ll get straightened out in a campaign but this is all so rushed that I’m worried that we’re just crowning someone with no political background who didn’t work her way to the top, simply because she’s a former prime minister’s daughter. Am I being too harsh? This just doesn’t feel right.
Pffft. I'm currently half way through Manchester's epic biography of the man and have yet to find any evidence for Churchill being anything more than a megolomaniac and a bit of a racist who was quite awkward with the ladies because he talked too much about grand things, one of which was himself. He sure as hell wasn't a greasy womaniser.He was. Remember, history is written by the victors.
I guess that’ll get straightened out in a campaign but this is all so rushed that I’m worried that we’re just crowning someone with no political background who didn’t work her way to the top, simply because she’s a former prime minister’s daughter. Am I being too harsh? This just doesn’t feel right.
Couldn't you essentially make the exact same criticisms of Trudeau?
Elizabeth May can't possibly be worse than me at work in how I speak to my colleagues at times. We usually yell it out and get on with the day and are still friends at the end of it. I must admit, stress does get to me at times. I truly think some people are too soft for their own good and feel bad for them as they try to navigate a world that they believe should be made up of smiles, rainbows and rooms full of blankies and pillows.J'Accuse Aussi!
Ah, but I'm afraid this isn't salacious enough! How can the voracious hordes do their lynching when the peccadillo is so small? Eat your Greens!
I mean, I am willing to give Caroline the benefit of the doubt that the daughter is not the father.Yes, and not just a former PM's offspring, but that particular PM. Does anyone think that might not be an advantage for her?
Is Caroline Mulroney really all that popular on her own merits? I'm not a Tory, so I'm hardly in her target audience, but a lot of people are rather suspicious of political dynasties. And if her family name's going to be a selling point for her, then it's fair to point out that her scumbag daddy was one of the principle architects of the neoliberal/austerity school that's done so much for making the entire world into the sh*thole that we're all basically struggling in right now. Indeed, the most notable thing about Pa Mulroney's reign is that he saw the writing on the wall towards the end, and gutlessly slithered out of office to avoid the very public ass-kicking the country was ready to deliver to him in 1993.
(And he then had the sheer bloody nerve to later claim that if he'd still been the PM in that election, he thought the Tories would have won! This lead to my favorite cartoon by Terry Aislin, which depicted a slime-covered Mulroney leaning out of a garbage can, with a caption underneath that read, "Oh Shut Up!")
Of course, but there are people who dislike Trudeau for that very reason. That's the point.
yes - and Trudeau had zero educational experience for the job as well.Couldn't you essentially make the exact same criticisms of Trudeau?
The key word is "electability".I mean, I am willing to give Caroline the benefit of the doubt that the daughter is not the father.
If we held Justin to the same standard as Pierre, then Justin would have been utterly unelectable in Quebec.
He had scads of "educational" experience. What he lacked was *practical experience* in politics.yes - and Trudeau had zero educational experience for the job as well.
yes - and Trudeau had zero educational experience for the job as well.
Couldn't you essentially make the exact same criticisms of Trudeau?
Excellent heads-up. Since the term "creepy" is acceptable in some quarters for Brown (and I tend to agree), then the same applies to a number of women in high places. And that includes Raitt. After all, she did mix the concept of "sexy" with dirty politics. Must be a pervert...
In all seriousness, she's not the face of tomorrow, let alone today. There's something rather irksome and abrasive about her. Ditto all the Harperites.
I see only one viable possible candidate who could win the election, and do so with a clear majority: Mulroney. Ostensibly, Raitt, who actually was and is a cut above the bible-thumpers in Harper's Magazine, will support her.
Elizabeth May can't possibly be worse than me at work in how I speak to my colleagues at times. We usually yell it out and get on with the day and are still friends at the end of it. I must admit, stress does get to me at times. I truly think some people are too soft for their own good and feel bad for them as they try to navigate a world that they believe should be made up of smiles, rainbows and rooms full of blankies and pillows.