Two Quick Hits
Both courtesy of Kinsella,
1. Some scary musings about Harper considering constitutional reform and a massive decentralization of power.
2. Howard Dean will be the keynote speaker Wednesday night at the Liberal convention. Since I'm a day late, the obvious "we're going to Regina, then Calgary, then Quebec...YEEHAW!" and "third straight American speaker" jokes have already been taken. Personally, I'm looking forward to listening to Dean and a party which has constantly used a "2 province strategy" could probably learn something from his "50 state strategy".
And it's not a bad move by Dean himself considering what's happened to the last two keynote speakers before him. Bono spoke in 2003 and went on to win Person of the Year. In 2005, this Harvard professor who had never held political office spoke and a year later he was the frontrunner to be leader of the Liberal Party. So there might be good things on the horizon for Doctor Dean.
1. Some scary musings about Harper considering constitutional reform and a massive decentralization of power.
2. Howard Dean will be the keynote speaker Wednesday night at the Liberal convention. Since I'm a day late, the obvious "we're going to Regina, then Calgary, then Quebec...YEEHAW!" and "third straight American speaker" jokes have already been taken. Personally, I'm looking forward to listening to Dean and a party which has constantly used a "2 province strategy" could probably learn something from his "50 state strategy".
And it's not a bad move by Dean himself considering what's happened to the last two keynote speakers before him. Bono spoke in 2003 and went on to win Person of the Year. In 2005, this Harvard professor who had never held political office spoke and a year later he was the frontrunner to be leader of the Liberal Party. So there might be good things on the horizon for Doctor Dean.
posted by calgarygrit at
1:26 p.m.
11 Comments:
a party which has constantly used a "2 province strategy" could probably learn something from his "50 state strategy".
So true.
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KC, at 1:59 p.m.
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Brad, at 2:30 p.m.
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Brad, at 2:30 p.m.
Bono isn't an american. isn't he irish?
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Concerned Albertan, at 12:12 a.m.
Bono is Irish - CG means Carville, I expect.
The last two keynote speakers are not "the last two speakers", in other words.
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Jacques Beau Vert, at 12:18 a.m.
I still believe, strongly, that Dean was the best man to choose for nominee. I really don't know what they were thinking. Imperfect, flawed, sure - but who isn't? I'm an idiot, but I called Kerry from the beginning. "Reporting for duty"??? Ugh. Way too self-impressed.
Now that Carville is seeking to boot Dean and replace him, just days after the election, I think it's time Dean moved to Canada - hopefully he'd get some appreciation at last. Although he's never lived here, I'd take him over Ignatieff. Or Layton. Or Day. Or Martin. Or...
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Jacques Beau Vert, at 12:22 a.m.
I don't think the OLP convention counts as one of the last three.
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Concerned Albertan, at 1:23 a.m.
JBG: The reason that Dean is being booted is because he was an absolute embarassment anytime that he opened his mouth.
Why do you think they kept him and Kerry practically silent the entire campaign?
Pelosi was the one really running the campaign and keeping everyone on focus. I was reading an article about her and the Dem's campaign a while back and I think she took some lessons from Harper. Rigid control, strict discipline, and plenty of threats. People with embarassing mouths were either kept away from cameras, duct taped in the back room, or intimidated by threats.
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Eric, at 2:37 a.m.
Hm, interesting SO - I didn't know that. No tv, so I don't hear people speak too often. I don't doubt you. But couldn't they have killed Kerry???
Interesting about Pelosi - maybe she is better than I give her credit for being.
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Jacques Beau Vert, at 12:19 p.m.
Right CG, lets see if I get this:
compelling all future governments of this country to remain within their roles as defined by the constitution and thereby 'stick to their knitting' is scarry??
Perhaps its terrifying to think that as a result of this ammendment no future government will be allowed to stomp around in provincial jurisdictions for their own political gain, making promises that get them the votes but make the provinces pay for most of the programming.
Or maybe we're scarred of missing out on watching all that great intergovernmental fingerpointing from our whinny, wimpery, bleating premiers.
Personally, it sounds like a fantastic idea. Reason being that by the nature of our constitution our country is decentralized in its governance, and the constant attempts to centralize it have only made a mosh of things, allowing different levels of gov/t to squabble, bicker and fingerpoint while avoiding responsibility and actually dealing the issues.
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just a guy..., at 2:32 p.m.
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