CTV brought Mike Duffy in yesterday to discuss the Cabinet shakeup. Among those commenting on Gordon O'Connor's removal from Defence were the NDP's Dawn "Big Guns! HUGE GUNS!!!" Black and Opposition Labour critic Denis Coderre. Black's take on things was, as usual, too stupid to merit exploration, but I had greater hopes for Coderre, who exhibits a small, dim, ferretish intelligence twinkling behind his pig-like eyes. He did not disappoint.
At first I thought it a mistake, but then he repeated it a minute later. Coderre's bold retitling of Prime Minister Harper as President Harper is a sure sign that the Liberals have hit upon a strategy that will devastate the Conservatives and restore the rightful rulers of Canada to power. Either that, or they're angling for a spot on Barack Obama's team.
Just when we were starting to worry that the Liberals had no new ideas, they come up with this. It's frightening, it is.
Update: Whoops. M. Coderre (yes, it does seem to be genuine) informs me in the comments that he is indeed the Opposition critic for National Defence. Which is what I initially thought. But then I had to follow my rigorous fact-checking routine -- for which this blog is justly famous -- and went to his site to read this:
He [h]as been appointed as official critic for Labour and Quebec Regional Economic Development. He [h]as also completed with success his Executive MBA from the Ottawa University.
and somehow missed the next sentence:
In January 18, 2007, M. Coderre was appointed as official critic for National Defence.
The hell with this research stuff. I'm going with my gut from now on.
Comments (2)
The Liberals are practicing. Bush won't be around after Nov. 09 so they won't be able to refer to PM Harper as "Bush" like. Gotta change the vocabulary. So now it's "President" Harper. LoL.
Coderre is one slippery eel. Sometimes he also reminds of a rat terrier snapping at your ankles. The Libs actually agree with the Conservatives on the Afghan mission but the spin goes on.
I hope we have an election this spring. The Libs need to mount a major multi-year rebuilding mission, that is, to become an effective opposition.
Posted by Louise M. | August 15, 2007 11:16 PM
Posted on August 15, 2007 23:16
To: The BlogQuébécois
Thanks for the comment.
just a little correction if I may, I am the Liberal Defense critic
Hon. Denis Coderre,mp,pc,MBA
Bourassa
Posted by Denis Coderre | August 16, 2007 3:05 PM
Posted on August 16, 2007 15:05