tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917457418053046748.post5598587409133678119..comments2023-11-05T07:15:12.693-05:00Comments on blogging a dead horse: Down on the Count: Ignatieff “naive, egotistical”: UK paperBlogging Horsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07814673326602261801noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917457418053046748.post-22841537552908638292009-02-24T09:02:00.000-05:002009-02-24T09:02:00.000-05:00I respectfully disagree, oneeyepecker. Iggy was ju...I respectfully disagree, oneeyepecker. Iggy was just playing a political game - pretending he and his crew were going to vote against the budget. Remember that magical moment on the common's floor when Harper met Iggy half way to shake his hand, for thanking him for keeping Canada in Afghanistan - priceless.<BR/>Iggy didn't give two hoots about the vulnerable - it was just liberal talk - his big deal was 3 update reports. There was nothing there.<BR/>The NDP is not about making the liberals look good. The NDP just took a huge risk to partner with the libs - and the libs instead partnered with the Harper neocon agenda - again. That is the side of the fence they are on, no matter "what sweet words" liberals speak.susansmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573558646874765432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917457418053046748.post-90152027806884575142009-02-24T01:22:00.000-05:002009-02-24T01:22:00.000-05:00Gotta dissent on this one. While I agree Iggy has...Gotta dissent on this one. While I agree Iggy has serious shortcomings - I'm not sure I give two wits about what churlish commentators from the UK have to say on the subject. In his new job for only eight weeks, I think even a partisan observer has to admit that, on one level, he has been much more successful than we would of assumed at the outset. <BR/><BR/>Am I an Iggy supporter? Not yet. But it would sure help if I was seeing some positive PR come out of Layton's office. I am not. <BR/><BR/>Yes the death of the coalition was a hard bullet to bite- but his subsequent petulant act before the media over the liberal decision to back the Budget was poor form. My problem with Jack is rooted in his failure to reach out in a constructive manner - and on that count I lay the blame firmly at his and his counsels feet. <BR/><BR/>Sorry guys, but as a long time supporter I believe this party needs a new leader. One that places his party's fortunes above his own personal ambitions. <BR/><BR/>What Jack should have said after the Budget was that he didn't agree with the LPC decision but that he would not allow it to preclude a future coalition scenario down the road. He could have even attributed it to a case of rookie nerves on Iggy's part? But he choose not to - he choose to launch a polarizing attack instead. Further, he miscalculated by saying in advance that he would vote against the Budget. This had the effect of diminishing his cache days later when he tried to then (justifiably) critique many of its flawed features. Once he said he was voting against it sight unseen - his ensuing criticism lost their relevance in the eyes of the media. This played very badly in some places (yes the media is biased - but he had two choices that day - he choose wrongly). He will be hard pressed to regain credibility with soft Dippers. <BR/><BR/>Eight out of nine federal elections I have cast my vote for the NDP. However, I regret to say that I'm not sure I will be able to do so again until a change in leader occurs.1eyedpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13744215369129685337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917457418053046748.post-58696777113572941332009-02-24T00:00:00.000-05:002009-02-24T00:00:00.000-05:00You guys should post at CIF America in the Guardia...You guys should post at CIF America in the Guardian. It tends to be very international . Halgeel84, for example, is from Toronto area.<BR/><BR/>I do alot.<BR/><BR/>gryff :)gryffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10482786231833784439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917457418053046748.post-34416481053164031792009-02-23T21:10:00.000-05:002009-02-23T21:10:00.000-05:00The comments are great. But I did note that the au...The comments are great. But I did note that the author of the article is actually a Canadian blogger.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917457418053046748.post-50294216842817626252009-02-23T20:37:00.000-05:002009-02-23T20:37:00.000-05:00Well beyond the ego he is a known warmonger, and l...Well beyond the ego he is a known warmonger, and labeling Iggy - neocon lite - priceless!<BR/><BR/>One poster wrote: <I>Throughout the 1970's and 80's Ignatieff was marketed on UK television as the iconic intellectual who provided agonised explanations to philosophical and political questions that always seemed to <B>harbour the "evils of communism" </B>at their core. His minders flew him into the UK <B>to promote Western military interventions in the Balkans and Iraq on the UK media.</B> One wonders what they intend he should promote in Canada.</I><BR/><BR/>On that last thought - war, invasion, and more killing of working class young men and women. I think that it's time for young liberals to enlist for Iggy's army.susansmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573558646874765432noreply@blogger.com