tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post1652867016092707775..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Will Stephen Harper Resign Before 2015?Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-78696178567921192312013-07-16T14:19:24.978-04:002013-07-16T14:19:24.978-04:00Brilliant analysis saying the CPC will never pick ...Brilliant analysis saying the CPC will never pick a female leader.... seeing as they're the only federal party who's elected a female leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2376949979405925262013-06-12T04:51:11.592-04:002013-06-12T04:51:11.592-04:00hi webs...don't worry I haven't forgotten ...hi webs...don't worry I haven't forgotten how he is selling us out to China and is planning to do the same with the Europeans and his much hoped for free trade sellout.<br />Right now the Senate scandal is battering his government, but when we combine all the horrible things he has done into a series of attack ads, their effect should be DRVASTATING... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-24067854615664215482013-06-12T04:46:40.103-04:002013-06-12T04:46:40.103-04:00hi Steve... yes but remember....chastity makes it ...hi Steve... yes but remember....chastity makes it easier. AAAAAAAAAAH !!!! ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-39403945919199342702013-06-12T04:43:38.377-04:002013-06-12T04:43:38.377-04:00hi Kirby...yes I agree with you, it is hard to pre...hi Kirby...yes I agree with you, it is hard to predict when a leader will fall. And even harder to predict what a man like Harper might do. He will pull out all the stops in the fall and see if he can boost his polls. But if it doesn't work, and the scandals keep coming, and the revolt in his caucus grows, he is the kind of person who could quit very suddenly. At any rate I'm feeling hopeful enough to go out on a limb and predict that he will quit in the spring of 2014... :)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-51318465412457322082013-06-12T04:36:47.761-04:002013-06-12T04:36:47.761-04:00hi Mercedes...until recently I believed that Harpe...hi Mercedes...until recently I believed that Harper would try to win the next election and then hand over the party to his chosen sucessor. And I still think he will try to do that. But I have been surprised to see that Jason Kenney and others in the party are making their move already,so now I really wonder whether he can hang on. But I'm not at all afraid of Jason Kenney becoming Prime Minister BEFORE the next election. For he won't have time to do must damage before he leads the Cons to complete disaster. I know Kenney has delusions of grandeur but if he thinks he can win an election he must be out of his mind... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-5064617036040147092013-06-11T18:19:54.476-04:002013-06-11T18:19:54.476-04:00Harper's own Caucus named him a control freak....Harper's own Caucus named him a control freak. Many of the so called Conservatives refused to send out, Harper's hate ads towards Trudeau. They also resent being, trained seals. Harper dictates what is said in Parliament. Harper also dictates outside of Parliament.<br /><br />Scores of Canadians are furious with Harper for handing Canada, resources and resource jobs to China. They detest Harper's Omnibus Bill that permits China to sue Canada if, anyone tries to block China's huge intrusions into our country. Therefore, China sued to take the 200 mine jobs, away from BC miners.<br /><br />Harper's absolutely horrible FIPA deal with China means? China will take Canada over for, a minimum of 31 years. China will also take, the timber and the mines on, Vancouver Island. Harper is bringing China, into the rich resources of the High Arctic.<br /><br />This is the country Harper is handing Canada to. Read about, China's blood diamonds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-7303726082678692312013-06-11T15:52:24.738-04:002013-06-11T15:52:24.738-04:00it tough to run inside a closet.it tough to run inside a closet.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2955731260658020572013-06-11T15:51:44.197-04:002013-06-11T15:51:44.197-04:00He seems to have lost his mind, or he is going for...He seems to have lost his mind, or he is going for a big fat severance. The Pickering Airport never made sense, its going to cost a fortune, but fortunes will also be made. Politically it will cost him at least two seats, maybe more. So cahing, they are building the dam airport.<br />http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2011/07/crazy-airport-scheming.htmlStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42346546754052478412013-06-11T11:24:41.522-04:002013-06-11T11:24:41.522-04:00If I have learned anything about politics it is th...If I have learned anything about politics it is that the fall of leaders is very hard to predict. It sometimes happens suddenly and without warning, as it did with Thatcher. More often it is a gradual corrosion of power within the party and and the decline of popularity with those vital swing voters. This happened with John Major in England (the guy who took over from Thatcher). Less than a year into his mandate Major was forced to take the Pound out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism and this lost him many of the traditional finance-types. From there it was a gradual decline into oblivion. I think Harper's decline the week that he announced the extension of the retirement age. You can see his polling decline slowly but steadily from that week. But I don't see a caucus revolt being the end of Harper. His caucus has been far too week and cowardly in the face of his autocracy for that. I think he will either go into the next election with all guns blazing or surprise us and suddenly bow out quietly. Kirbycairohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-16640572268725709932013-06-11T08:48:28.167-04:002013-06-11T08:48:28.167-04:00Prior to the scandals, it was my belief that he wo...Prior to the scandals, it was my belief that he would retire before the next election -- with just enough time for an interim leader to ingratiate himself (face it, the Cons won't pick a female leader) with the Canadian public, but not enough time for the royal heir to completely f#$@ it up. There were already signs that King Harper was grooming someone, which wouldn't happen if he wasn't already planning his exit.<br /><br />Since the scandals, I don't know. It will depend on two things, I think: whether he thinks he's needed to keep the Cons together, and whether the Cons become convinced that they need to dump him to maintain success. And the longer the scandals remain in the spotlight, the more likely the latter will happen.<br /><br />I'll leave you with five frightening words, though: "Interim Prime Minister Jason Kenney."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com