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13 years ago @ Dealbreaker - Matt Taibbi Thinks It�... · 0 replies · +3 points

Levine,

I'm under the impression that in your desperate attempts to trash Taibbi, you missed the main point of the article and got key facts wrong. I'll let Felix Salmon explain:

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/08/18/...

And "squashed" investigations? Seriously?

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Looking north (II) · 0 replies · +1 points

The Walid Jumblatt for PM juggernaut starts here!

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Looking north (II) · 0 replies · +4 points

But it apparently it feels much better to beat ourselves up and call ourselves "small-minded" and "parochial".

I don't blame Ignattieff for not recognizing the futility of his candidacy.

Apps, Rossi, and Davey, on the other hand, have a lot to answer for.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Looking north (II) · 1 reply · +4 points

Well, duh.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Ch-ch-changes · 2 replies · +10 points

Can we still post poorly conceived, over-the top, borderline libelous, and pointless comments, anonymously? With atroooshus grammer und spellig? AND SOMETIMES IN ALL CAPS?

Good.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Looking north · 0 replies · +5 points

Yes, yes. US Republicans need to learn how to capture 40% of the electorate!

I kid.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - No country for good men · 1 reply · +5 points

Believe what you want to believe. Blaming the attack ads and the "Canadian small mindedness" is a convenient excuse, I guess.

You may also wish to blame the RCMP for Paul Martin's defeat, as I have heard David Herle do. I happen to think it had more to do with the "adscam" scandal, and Paul Martin's failures, and the general failure of the Liberals to face the challenge of a united right.

In this campaign the ads attack ads that were most effective, in my view, were the ones that featured Ignatieff speaking for himself. As an American. Were these "lying flying crap", or did the Conservatives merely identify and exploit a stupid and ultimately fatal mistake by the Liberals in recruiting Ignatieff?

I think that the answer is obvious.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - No country for good men · 0 replies · +8 points

Hear hear, CR.

I sensed the emptiness of AP's meandering argument without having read his earlier piece. Read side by side it's beyond empty, it's patently absurd.

Andrew Potter, please read Andrew Potter.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - No country for good men · 3 replies · +11 points

My point was that rejection of Mr. Ignatieff is not evidence of small-mindedness. Rather, it was in large part a rejection of a parachute candidate for PM who was unable to demonstrate a sufficient connection with the Canada he was absent from for 36 years.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - No country for good men · 6 replies · 0 points

His earlier essay suggested that we needed to be wary of philosopher kings, yet I read his piece as ruing the loss of one.

In any event, I reject the "Canadian small-mindedness" thesis, however presented.

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