I have stated this before, but it came into sharper focus again today. There are some truly weird coalitions being built in this election campaign.
We all know about the buzz thing so I need not go into that.
And yet again we have the Chretienites coming out to support Stephen Harper (h/t NealeNews), it seems that Carolyn Parrish thinks he is alright by her.
..."I hate to be doom and gloom," she says. "I've been watching Harper and he's a whole different guy than he was in the last election.
"He had a short-fuse temper, a fanatical look about him, an edge, his lips were always pinched. He looks far more relaxed. Someone has gotten hold of him or he's decided to take it in his own hands."
She thinks Harper's promises to give parents $1,200 a year for each pre-school child and $600 a year for kids to play sports or other activities are timely.
And his pledge to reduce the GST by 2 per cent?
"It's about bloody time somebody did that," she says, recalling how she and other Liberal MPs unsuccessfully pitched the same idea to Prime Minister Paul Martin when he was finance minister.
But let's be clear here. This is a group that was (is) loyal to Jean Chretien is see an opportunity whereby their nemesis, Paul Martin, will be defeated. I sure they would love to hasten that defeat.
Update: I guess I should add this as well.
...Kilgour said Reid's weekend gaffe, in which he said parents will "blow'' a proposed Conservative child care allowance on "popcorn and beer,'' is symptomatic of Liberal arrogance. And he denounced Martin as "a prime minister who has no scruples at all. He's prepared to say anything, anything.''
In particular, Kilgour derided Martin for spending billions on "any bridge he thinks will bring him a few votes,'' while refusing to honour Canada's longstanding commitment to devote 0.7 per cent of GDP to foreign aid.
Given the separatist Bloc Quebecois' massive lead in Quebec, Kilgour also said it's "particularly imprudent'' for Martin to be casting the campaign in that province as a ''referendum'' on secession
Moreover, Kilgour said Martin has little credibility in promising to ban all handguns, weapons which "to all intents and purposes are already banned.''
"In terms of taking a tough stand on crime, that's an area where the Liberals are particularly vulnerable,'' Kilgour said.
