I just finished watching the Prime Minister's address tonight, and if anything is clear, it's that he hasn't learned his lesson. Not a moment of contrition, not a moment spent reaching out to the opposition. Not a moment spent acknowledging the fact that the Tories bear some measure of responsibility for this situation.
The address, which was supposed to be about 10 minutes long, was barely 5 minutes in length. In the midst of a massive crisis, the Prime Minister decided that the future of Canada was only worth 5 minutes of his time. This could have been an opportunity to cool things down, to reach out to other MP's, and calm things down. Instead, more attacks, however muted, and no solutions, nor any leadership.
This is simply insufficient for a man who says he can lead us through the current economic crisis. It's insufficient for a man who says that he has the judgment to lead. It's insufficient for a man whose job it is to reach out to others to pass an agenda.
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Well put. Craig Oliver (I think it was) on CTV went so far as to say that the talk was so unconciliatory and so ineffective that PM may be trying to lose power, perhaps to wait till the recession is really bad and win his majority then. Oliver was quickly poo-poo'ed, but I was wondering too... what the heck was he thinking?
Yeah, it is hard to determine what that was about. Perhaps Harper changed his mind on what he was going to do after he had already gotten the the time-slot?
In my dreams, I hope the GG and he actually already spoke . . . they have phones in Europe don't they? (or he spoke to his own real experts) and essentially got the message, "You're already gone, Fella".
So he decided to do a sweater ad instead.
But I know that's just a dream.
The flip-side is he has already been assured some type of prorogation, of course.
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