has any reporter asked Stephane Dion if he voted in the French election?
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Gotta love our media, supposedly being like sharks in the water whenever they smell blood. Ya, right. Any self-respecting “shark” of a reporter would have devoured the inept Dion ages ago. Here’s an easy attack on him … If you voted, well who did you vote for ? If you didn’t vote, then why aren’t you practicing your civic duty ?
And meanwhile there’s all kinds of other un-answered questions. The biggest ones revolving around Bill C30, Bill C288, and what are ya gonna do about them saviour-of-the-planet-Kaptain-Kyoto ? And don’t give us no crap about “Canadians don’t want an election right now”. How many over-the-top quotes did Dion make in Dec and Jan that haven’t been followed up by the media ?
Posted by Calgary Junkie | May 7, 2007 10:18 AM
Posted on May 7, 2007 10:18
Cheap shot.
Sorry, Greg, but I gotta say that was a cheap shot coming from you.
Posted by Ted | May 7, 2007 11:56 AM
Posted on May 7, 2007 11:56
Might be a cheap shot but,… a damned good one!
I Love it.
Did he vote?
MSM’s to ignore urgently,
Posted by DrWright | May 7, 2007 12:12 PM
Posted on May 7, 2007 12:12
A “cheap shot”? Oh, you must mean like, “Mr. Harper, Do you love Canda?” You mean a cheap shot like that? Oh wait, I forgot. That wasn’t a cheap shot that was a legitimate question wasn’t it? Funny how these embarrassing questions always become “cheap shots” when they are directed at Liberals. Don’t hold your breath waiting for this question to be asked. (But there’s no Liberal bias in the news media, oh noooooooo.)
Posted by john | May 7, 2007 12:33 PM
Posted on May 7, 2007 12:33
Actually, “Do you love Canada?” was a cheap shot. The reporter lowered the bar with that question.
Greg here usually raises the bar.
Posted by Ted | May 7, 2007 12:38 PM
Posted on May 7, 2007 12:38
“Oh certainly yes” (‘cough’ B.S! ‘cough’). The “news” media in Canda cerainly showed (with their usual [snicker] “professionalism” of course how much they disapproved of this cheap shot and “lowering of the bar” by letting the public know the NAME of the journalist who actually asked the question so the public could decide for themselves whether to trust this reporter again. Now, hmm, what WAS the name of that reporter again? Oh wait that’s right. WE WERE NEVER TOLD. Circle the wagons kids journalists must never be held accountable by the knuckle dragging public.
Posted by john | May 7, 2007 12:46 PM
Posted on May 7, 2007 12:46
Cheap shot, well i guess this would be one to,eh?I don’t think so. Dion is just another bigot from Quebec.
“The separatists’ Bill 101 is a brilliant piece of legislation” - Stéphane Dion, Federal Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2001), President of the Queen’s Privy Council and newly appointed watchdog over official bilingualism (2001
Posted by Anthony Silvestro | May 7, 2007 1:31 PM
Posted on May 7, 2007 13:31
Anthony:
Depends whose rules you go by.
If you go by mine, then if it was a public verifiable statement, then the public figure seaking public office should be accountable for it. Not necessarily held to it - people do change their views - but answerable for it.
If you go by Conservative rules, then any statement made by the party leader prior to the last election doesn’t matter, particularly if it has the word “firewall” in it or if it was a speech made to an American audience or appears anywhere online.
Of course, there is a Rider to the Conservative rule: it only applies to Conservatives and their leader, not to anyone else.
Posted by Ted | May 7, 2007 1:59 PM
Posted on May 7, 2007 13:59
“Not necessarily held to it - people do change their views - but answerable for it.”
I don’t know what you mean.
Am neither do you.
Posted by Alan | May 7, 2007 2:32 PM
Posted on May 7, 2007 14:32
Mental note: electronically conveyed insults would be enhanced by corekt speling.
Posted by Alan | May 7, 2007 3:16 PM
Posted on May 7, 2007 15:16
Alan: Just mean that it is perfectly acceptable to ask that a politician answer questions and explain prior statements. If their views have evolved, that’s one thing. But if they refuse to answer then that is quite another. Harper, for example, continues to refuse to explain how he can oppose distinct society but support “nation”. If his views have changed, let’s hear that and why. Otherwise it seems like he’s playing us all for fools and trying to have it both ways/all ways.
Posted by Ted | May 7, 2007 3:57 PM
Posted on May 7, 2007 15:57
You know what’s worse than this cheap, childish shot - thinking about poor Harper not being able to vote in the U.S. - must tear him apart inside because he so devoted to the U.S., the republicans and the great American way of right wing Conservatism that is crashing all around them.
Posted by Amy | May 8, 2007 12:46 AM
Posted on May 8, 2007 00:46
Amy:
Please do enlarge upon this intriguing concept of the “great American way of right wing Conservatism”. We’re all anxious to hear your well thought out views.
Posted by Alan | May 8, 2007 7:46 AM
Posted on May 8, 2007 07:46
I’m not sure how he voted, but apparently John Baird wondered the same thing in the HofC the other day:
“I want to congratulate the new president of France. I don’t know whether the leader of the opposition voted for him, but we’re looking forward to working with him.”
Posted by Damian | May 8, 2007 5:27 PM
Posted on May 8, 2007 17:27
It’s already been reported that Stephane Dion has never participated in a single French election. This was a cheap shot, Greg.
Posted by James Bow | May 10, 2007 10:48 AM
Posted on May 10, 2007 10:48
Obviously I did not know that or I would not have written the post. But it begs the question, if he does not vote why is it so important for him to keep the citizenship? This meme that he got it because his mother is French is not true, he would have had to seek it out. And he did so he tuition would be cheaper. Good for him, work within the system for your advantage. But why is he being stubborn now?
Posted by Greg Staples | May 11, 2007 4:59 PM
Posted on May 11, 2007 16:59