- Harper v. Ignatieff = The devil you know v. the angel you don't know

[. . . continued]

Submitted: 7:10am, PDT, 6 May '10 The National Post
Don Martin: Chretien says nothing, speaks volumes, May 05, 2010, 3:44 PM, Don Martin
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/05/05/don-martin-chretien-says-nothing-speaks-volumes.aspx

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Part of Ignatieff's problems stem from his under-abundance of political experience another is the 'no holds barred, street fighter' instinct. After all he's no Chrétien, but then who now-a-days is. He is also no Lester B. Pearson and no Pierre Elliott Trudeau, but then they too might have been too 'intellectual' for today's politics. On the other hand, he is no John Diefenbaker, Brian Mulroney or Stephen Harper, thank God for small favours.


The key to Chrétien's success and the basic difference from Ignatieff, is contained in Don Martin's observation "as the no-nonsense streetfighter who survived a scrappy parliamentary career spanning 40 years" - vis.: 'streetfighter ' & ' parliamentary career spanning 40 years'. And, with Chrétien definitely no holds were barred - vis.: ' his legendary Shawinigan handshake'

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PS: apparently the Toronto Star didn't post my submissions on this yesterday (see 5 May '10). It may be I used the word 'Hell'. Unbelievable, I would hate to think what they would do if I tried to post actual excerpts from the Bible. Or, perhaps they didn't want the juxtaposition with their work.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html