[GordieCanuk]

Harper on Canada:

“First, facts about Canada. Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it”.

Harper on the unemployed:

"In terms of the unemployed, of which we have over a million-and-a-half, don't feel particularly bad for many of these people. They don't feel bad about it themselves, as long as they're receiving generous social assistance and unemployment insurance".

Harper on the NDP:

"The NDP could be described as basically a party of liberal Democrats, but it's actually worse than that, I have to say. And forgive me jesting again, but the NDP is kind of proof that the Devil lives and interferes in the affairs of men".

On the LPC and their policies:

"It's not what you would call conservative Democrat; I think that's a disappearing kind of breed. But it's certainly moderate Democrat, a type of Clinton-pragmatic Democrat. It's moved in the last few years very much to the right on fiscal and economic concerns, but still believes in government intrusion in the economy where possible, and does, in its majority, believe in fairly liberal social values".

On the old PC Party:

"They were in favour of gay rights officially, officially for abortion on demand. Officially -- what else can I say about them? Officially for the entrenchment of our universal, collectivized, health-care system and multicultural policies in the constitution of the country".

[commanderkai]

I'm not sure how those are scary, to be honest.

[mtbr]

scary if you're a bleeding heart Liberal living in Toronto.

[Biblesmasher]

Whats the source of this? And the context...

[EyeBrock]

GordieCanuk wrote:

Harper on Canada:

“First, facts about Canada. Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it”.

Harper on the unemployed:

"In terms of the unemployed, of which we have over a million-and-a-half, don't feel particularly bad for many of these people. They don't feel bad about it themselves, as long as they're receiving generous social assistance and unemployment insurance".

Harper on the NDP:

"The NDP could be described as basically a party of liberal Democrats, but it's actually worse than that, I have to say. And forgive me jesting again, but the NDP is kind of proof that the Devil lives and interferes in the affairs of men".

On the LPC and their policies:

"It's not what you would call conservative Democrat; I think that's a disappearing kind of breed. But it's certainly moderate Democrat, a type of Clinton-pragmatic Democrat. It's moved in the last few years very much to the right on fiscal and economic concerns, but still believes in government intrusion in the economy where possible, and does, in its majority, believe in fairly liberal social values".

On the old PC Party:

"They were in favour of gay rights officially, officially for abortion on demand. Officially -- what else can I say about them? Officially for the entrenchment of our universal, collectivized, health-care system and multicultural policies in the constitution of the country".

Yawn. This guy is really boring.

Yea, we get you hate the Tories.

[mtbr]

Biblesmasher wrote:

Whats the source of this? And the context...

[RUEZ]

Biblesmasher wrote:

Whats the source of this? And the context...

That's what I was wondering as well.

[ridenrain]

Desperate or what? What was Iggy saying 12 years ago?
Wouldn't matter because he was still living in America back then.

[RUEZ]

I guess if we are supposed to be worried about things people have said in the past, didn't Iggy support the Iraq war?

[mtbr]

RUEZ wrote:

I guess if we are supposed to be worried about things people have said in the past, didn't Iggy support the Iraq war?

shhhhh that's not important anymore all video and printed evidence of those comments are being destroyed by the CBC as we speak.

[Biblesmasher]

RUEZ wrote:

I guess if we are supposed to be worried about things people have said in the past, didn't Iggy support the Iraq war?

I think if you asked him hed still support the Iraq war. Maybe not the management of it...

[GordieCanuk]

Biblesmasher wrote:

Whats the source of this? And the context...

1997, to a US Conservative think tank, from CTV's website. If you don't like EI, Health Care, and want to see abortion criminalized and same sex marriage abolished...then probably not scary at all.

[RUEZ]

GordieCanuk wrote:

Biblesmasher wrote:

Whats the source of this? And the context...

1997, to a US Conservative think tank, from CTV's website. If you don't like EI, Health Care, and want to see abortion criminalized and same sex marriage abolished...then probably not scary at all.

I think EI is important, as is a functional health care system, and I don't care for abortion but I'm not crazy about making it illegal, and yet these quotes don't scare me in the least. In fact I can't wait to vote for Steven Harper again.

[Biblesmasher]

GordieCanuk wrote:

Biblesmasher wrote:

Whats the source of this? And the context...

1997, to a US Conservative think tank, from CTV's website. If you don't like EI, Health Care, and want to see abortion criminalized and same sex marriage abolished...then probably not scary at all.

Aah during his nutty ass Alliance days. Hopefully he doesnt hate his country as much as he used to.

[GordieCanuk]

RUEZ wrote:

I think EI is important, as is a functional health care system, and I don't care for abortion but I'm not crazy about making it illegal, and yet these quotes don't scare me in the least. In fact I can't wait to vote for Steven Harper again.

No worries, that's democracy....

We get the choice
Of which party to vote with
Or choose which brand of razor blade
We'd rather cut our throats with