A Quick Update

So the Conservative Party of Canada, awash with cash as an incumbent government tends to be (just look at how much money the Grits had to spend when they were in power) have put out these fluff ads, because anything they spend now doesn't count as election spending. The new ads are so cheesy that they're truly enough to make anybody's stomach turn more than a bit. The ads feature Stephen Harper sitting in a room at the Prime Minister's summer home at Harrington Lake, talking about warm fuzzies like family and our veterans, as if to say that he and his ilk are the only ones who value them.

I know what the Tories are doing. Let's face it, a large chunk of the country looks at Stephen Harper and realizes that he is even less charismatic than his cardboard cutouts. They put out these ads to make Canadians think that he's just a regular guy, like anybody else. He spends time with his kids, plays the piano, honours our veterans, and as a result Canada is, in the eyes of the Tories, just better off with him in charge.

Frankly, Harper could use an image makeover, but it'll take more than a few ads. The reality is that if Stephen Harper wants to cultivate a more human image with the Canadian people, he should try to actually act like a human being, show some compassion, and stop being such an arrogant idiot. This is the man who took such pleasure in blasting the Liberals for being arrogant. At least they (until Paul Martin) had won majority governments. Harper is twice as arrogant, with half the accomplishments. If he really wants Canadians to start trusting him, maybe he should try something new, like being trustworthy. More to come.