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montrealais was on the radio today, and once again trounced the competition -- the only one who quote facts and figures on the spot. The Liberals brought out one of their biggest guns -- Marlene Jennings -- and she did well, but not as well as Matt :)
Meanwhile, Paul Martin is pretending to have a backbone. It's almost cute. Responding to words from the US ambassador that US's stance on Kyoto and Free Trade should not be election issues, Martin said, "I am not going to be dictated to as to the subjects that I should raise."
Funny. Anyone who's been watching politics since 1993 knows that Paul Martin first built a career as Finance Minister, then as Prime Minister, entirely on being dictated to by the US interests. He flip-flopped on free trade for that reason.
Meanwhile, Harper had to respond to a US editorial by an American far-rightwinger hoping Harper would get elected because he'd be "the most pro-American leader in the Western world." Harper notes in his letter that he has quite a few problems with the current US government, such as that they don't take free trade seriously enough -- in other words, they aren't right-wing enough in one area.
International politics. Oh well. Could be worse. China and Japan's relations are so frosty right now that the Chinese Premier would not loan the Japanese Prime Minister a pen. It doesn't get much worse than that, short of open warfare.
montrealais was on the radio today, and once again trounced the competition -- the only one who quote facts and figures on the spot. The Liberals brought out one of their biggest guns -- Marlene Jennings -- and she did well, but not as well as Matt :)Meanwhile, Paul Martin is pretending to have a backbone. It's almost cute. Responding to words from the US ambassador that US's stance on Kyoto and Free Trade should not be election issues, Martin said, "I am not going to be dictated to as to the subjects that I should raise."
Funny. Anyone who's been watching politics since 1993 knows that Paul Martin first built a career as Finance Minister, then as Prime Minister, entirely on being dictated to by the US interests. He flip-flopped on free trade for that reason.
Meanwhile, Harper had to respond to a US editorial by an American far-rightwinger hoping Harper would get elected because he'd be "the most pro-American leader in the Western world." Harper notes in his letter that he has quite a few problems with the current US government, such as that they don't take free trade seriously enough -- in other words, they aren't right-wing enough in one area.
International politics. Oh well. Could be worse. China and Japan's relations are so frosty right now that the Chinese Premier would not loan the Japanese Prime Minister a pen. It doesn't get much worse than that, short of open warfare.
