In his chat with Postmedia last week, the Prime Minister was directly asked about how the justifications for war in Iraq compare to the justifications for war with Iran.
Tag Archives: John Howard
Wooing the working class
Patrick Muttart, one of those often credited with bringing Stephen Harper to power, turns up in a bit of American election analysis, hailed in this case as “perhaps the world’s leading expert on working-class voters in English-speaking countries.”
And speaking of Australia
The Liberals made note this morning of the similarity between the title of today’s Throne Speech and the title of former Australian prime minister John Howard’s election platform in 2004. That similarity perhaps being noteworthy because of this. And this.
Harper’s model from down under
Abbott likes to be photographed in Speedos and called PM Kevin Rudd a ‘toxic bore’
His master’s voice: a foreign policy that is actually noticed
After a decade in power, John Howard landed himself a presidential invitation to Blair House in Washington, and left his country’s diplomatic apparatus to rot. The story. The report.
BTC: Before we move on
Just thinking this through.
BTC: Constructive criticism
Canada—in the loose, non-specific sense—generally tends to over-react when praised or criticized by other countries. (Remember how excited we got when the Economist said we were cool? Remember how crestfallen we were when they quickly had second thoughts?) Generally this is silly.
BTC: Are we over this?
Another allegation of plagiarism. Very little attention from the major outlets. Discuss.
So what if President McCain goes to war?
I’ve cornered three plagiarists in my time, and each defended him or herself very differently. The first denied any malfeasance had occurred despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary; the second reacted quite politely, resignedly; and the third went completely mental, threatening to sue me and leaving long recitations about defamation law on my answering machine. The only generalization I can offer is that plagiarists are prone to bizarre, self-defeating arguments, including the following:
Megapundit: What’s a little plagiarism here and there?
Must-reads: Rosie DiManno on the Ontario SIU; George Jonas on politicians; Dan Gardner on eight years of Bush; Lawrence Martin on Stephen Harper’s plagiarized speech.