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| Our Beloved Prime Minister Has A New Nickname; Bestowed by the British "Economist" Mag | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 19 2005, 04:58 PM (78 Views) | |
| brewster | Feb 19 2005, 04:58 PM Post #1 |
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Our Prime Minister's gaining a reputation for doing nothing. At least until the situations's so bad he has to bribe someone to patch up the issue. Now that reputation's spreading internationally... The Economist Magazine in Britain has decided to call him "Mr. Dithers"...
The Whole Article Where do we get these clowns??? Why can't we elect a decent Prime Minister? I don't believe we've had a really good one in my lifetime! And I'm OLD! |
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| pentax | Feb 19 2005, 05:03 PM Post #2 |
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Yeah, it's sad that the only one who showed moments of Decisiveness was Trudeau. (much as I hate to say anything good about him, he didnt take any crap from the FLQ and brought in the Army) But overall, "it weren't much of a trade". |
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| cmoehle | Feb 19 2005, 05:06 PM Post #3 |
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I'll take that as a rhetorical question--I mean, you wouldn't be asking US, would you?
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| brewster | Feb 19 2005, 05:09 PM Post #4 |
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Hey, Chris, your guys are usually decisive... They make a lot of stupid decisions, but at least they DECIDE!
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| cmoehle | Feb 19 2005, 05:12 PM Post #5 |
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Kerry dithers deciding, Bush dithers justifying. |
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Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order. --Barry Goldwater | |
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| brewster | Feb 19 2005, 05:24 PM Post #6 |
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The Globe & Mail, usually pro-liberal, added this:
Polspy. an irreverent Commentary site, finished its article with this:
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| pentax | Feb 19 2005, 05:55 PM Post #7 |
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| jackd | Feb 19 2005, 06:34 PM Post #8 |
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Mr. Dithers, Martin ??? Naaaaahhh who's able to make a decision while being on borrowed time and life support??? One little faux pas and he's history. The opposition parties won't let him decide anything unless they agree. Wanna bet on the date of the next election? My guess:. June 2005 at the latest. |
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| pentax | Feb 19 2005, 06:45 PM Post #9 |
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As I recall, the early 60's had two or maybe three elections within about 3 or 4 years, back and forth between Pearson and Dief minorities - I was just a kid, but it seems to me people got pretty fed up with it. |
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| brewster | Feb 19 2005, 07:25 PM Post #10 |
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Jack, Mr. Dithers is history anyway, especially by your dates. He should be trying to get things done... Remember, he did nothing while he was sitting on a majority as well. |
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| jackd | Feb 19 2005, 07:34 PM Post #11 |
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Martin was a half good Minister of Finance. Under his tenure (not saying he did it alone) the budget deficits were tackled and major surplusses were made available to pay back part of the debt. As a Prime Minister, he does not have the liberal balls to do the job
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