The Ottawa Citizen:
But even the mayor couldn't help Public Works Minister Michael Fortier, Harper's Quebec lieutenant and stand-in for the event. Fortier's remarks were swallowed up in a rising tide of boos, which then grew more deafening as much of the crowd began slamming their folding seats up and down. Harper has promised to revisit the issue of same-sex marriage in Parliament."Shame! Shame! Shame!" spectators cried, wagging their upraised fingers in unison.
Does anybody think that had Stephen Harper shown up for this wankfest that he wouldn't have been treated to the exact same infantile tantrum? Or that the CBC wouldn't have run with it as their top story?
Maybe he should have gone, and shown them for the oafs they are.
Via Nealenews
Comments (1)
Cbc isn't running the story at all (or at least not as five minutes ago when I checked). If you want to critique the CBC at least put some effort into it ;)
Harper's decision to revisit the same-sex marriage debate, while it may make his consituents happy, makes the rest of us either 1) angry that he's willing the threaten a minority's civil liberties, or 2) that he's willing to drag the country through that meaningless and resolved debate all over again. I'm on the side of number 2.
Posted by Pete | July 30, 2006 8:36 PM
Posted on July 30, 2006 20:36