Stephen Harper

[Glacier]

There's a big difference between legitimate criticisms and coo coo hair brained conspiracy theorist garbage. Criticizing Harper on real things such as the wisdom of lowering the HST is what a rational critic would do, however, polluting the airwaves with a cacophony of accusations not fit for human consumption outside of the Conspiracies section is what Rex Murphy is talking about.

It's unfortunate that so many of Harper's critics can't seem to stop with the legitimate criticisms, and blindly support any and every criticism no matter how little merit the argument holds.

[SurplusElect]

There's a big difference between legitimate criticisms and coo coo hair brained conspiracy theorist garbage. Criticizing Harper on real things such as the wisdom of lowering the HST is what a rational critic would do, however, polluting the airwaves with a cacophony of accusations not fit for human consumption outside of the Conspiracies section is what Rex Murphy is talking about.

It's unfortunate that so many of Harper's critics can't seem to stop with the legitimate criticisms, and blindly support any and every criticism no matter how little merit the argument holds.

Rex talking about how Mr Harper "would help you shovel your driveway" is a legitimate compliment ?

There is a single paragraph on how he is a good Canadian and neighbor. Based on what exactly? Hence my point about being shown what they want us to see.

[hobbyguy]

The hard part about Mr. Harper is that he doe not seem to show his cards. When he does, such as suppoting pipelines across BC, he softens away very quickly in public...but carries on with his agenda.

Connect the dots and you see a master strategist, with very few of the individual moves seeming to be interconnected, and very few of them really seeing the light of day as controversy.

http://www.watershedsentinel.ca/content/pipeline-safety-dilbit-captive-regulators-and-smart-pigs

This one could be dismissed as starting to fall into the "conspiracy theory" category, but when you also look at cuts to DFO, cuts to Coast Guard, approval of the tar sands sales to China and Malaysia, and FIPA, it is hard to see anything but a quietly studious chess master setting up any opposition for a quick checkmate.

He's definitely very good at what he does. But I'm starting to like him about as much Mulroney - which runs right off the charts.