Ignatieff v. Harper - Simply No Comparison

Submitted: 1:50am, PST, 26 Jan.'11 Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/927316--travers-attack-ads-expose-deepest-harper-fears?bn=1
Ottawa gearing up for spring election, By James Travers

If you put Ignatieff's Resume side-by-side with Harper's there is simply no comparison - Harper and the Con's know this.

If you put what Ignatieff has written side-by-side with Harper's there, again, is no comparison - Harper and the Con's know this.

If you put what Ignatieff and the Liberal stand for side-by-side with what Harper and the Con's stand for there is, once again, no comparison.

Travers makes a good point when he explains that the attack ads are revealing of Harper's fears. There is absolutely no doubt that the attack ads are an attempt to minimize Ignatieff and the Liberals strengths and distract Canadians from a cool, composed and rational comparison between Ignatieff and Harper, between the Liberals and the Con's and as a strategy not only does it makes sense, it is vital.

Ignatieff and the Liberals: "Reason Before Passion" (PierreTrudeau's motto)

Harper and the Con's "Emotion before All Else"

However, these attack ads serve a much greater function - arousing the (33%) die-hard core of right wing extremist supporters of Harper because from them flows the money and support and with them as long as the Moderate Majority don't consolidate Harper feels confident of at least remaining in power

And if the attack ads con a few more people in here and there, who knows, perhaps a majority - in which case: God save Canada


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