- Harper: "Not All Snake Oil" - Maybe, But, Just How Much Of You Is Not "All Snake Oil"

Submitted: 7:28am, PDT, 28 Apr.'11 CBC
Final campaign push before royal wedding, CBC News Posted: Apr 28, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/28/cv-election-day34.html#

'not all snake oil'???

Talk about a Freudian slip

Harper subconscious contacting voters directly to warn us of just who we might be voting for.

Something like the release of the Harper quotations the other day

There is some force at work in the Universe trying to warn Canadians about Harper.

Perhaps Harper could specify just how much of what he says or does is 'snake oil'

That would be good to know when you're deciding who to vote for.

- my estimate is pretty much 100% - except the part about refusing to co-operate with the duly elected representatives of the Moderate Majority of Canadians

One of Harper's fundamental plays is to take a weakness and try to make it a strength.

The results is some of the most ironic, to say the least, and hypocritical to be a bit more blunt, statements in the annals of Canadian political history

This is right up there with Harper's Fundamental Principle of Con'ism:

"it doesn't have to be true, it only has to sound plausible"

Something like Harper referring to Trudeau, one of the greatest supporters of Democracy and individuals freedoms in Canadian history

Mr. Harper, The Charter of Rights And Freedoms is not something that has taken a generation to dig out of - unless you are a right wing extremist, contemptuous of Canadian Democracy.

Only Harper and the Con's could show such contempt for basic Democracy in Canada.

A favorite of mine is Harper commenting on Democracy and how the media should shine its light on the dark corners of government.

Hay Stevo, how about releasing the Afghan Detainee Transfer Scandal Report or the have the Summit Spending Scandal Report released.

Or, how about releasing what you know about the real costs of the 65 F-35's and the real costs of implementing your criminal legislation.

Of course, we all know the reason Harper doesn't want the light of Democracy shining on these matters
- he would lose the election.

It's just that simple.

However,

"not all snake oil"???

- my estimate is pretty much 100% - except that part about refusing to work with the other Parties, if there is no majority. Harper and the Con's didn't work with the other Parties before the election, if fact to such an extent that he was manifestly in contempt of our most important of Democracy institutions and the only one for which we have a direct input and represents us.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html