... or, Harper is well read. True, that would be a long shot given the nature of Canadian politics, but it just might be possible that we have a PM who reads books and not just briefing papers.

How 'bout when Barack used the the line "what is seen and unseen" thursday night in Denver. A little Libertarian magic from Basiat maybe?

I have always said there is a lot more in common between Obama and Harper than there is between Dion and Obama. If you look at Afghanistan, taxes and the environment; Obama sounds very similar to Harper.

"If you look at Afghanistan, taxes and the environment; Obama sounds very similar to Harper."

You're right. While listening to Obama's acceptance speech yesterday the very same thought crossed my mind. Of course, a major difference on delivery.

And as for "channeling" vs "plagiarizing" the similarity in speeches shows that politicians, despite some people's expectations for government to do everything for them including wipe their nose and perhaps other parts of their anatomy, cannot and will not be reinventing the wheel.

Isn't there a difference between "channeling" and plagiarizing?

Oh the distance the Liberals and their apologists will veer from the facts , hoping some of their falsehoods will stick.
It's the Liberals who are close to paupers and it's all of their own design, can't blame anyone else. They are the ones who will be begging "Woofus" for money.

The Liberals and their "grass roots" supporters are not accustomed to donating money. They're used to relying on the big corporations which in turn got rewarded. Worked well until Johnny Chretien changed things, but not before he was on his way to being pressed out by the man of failed expectations, Paul Martin. It was another method by which they presented themselves as the party for the little guy and just as phony as Chretien presenting himself as The Little Guy from Shawinigan.

You mean, have the PM's speechwriters been plagiarizing feel-good throw-away lines from old presidents' speeches? Probably. There's only so many ways you can say "Daddy wuvs you".

If the PM is channeling anyone it's Karl Marx. Pay attention to the substance of his speeches. It's all Big Government, all the time.

Note also that Brian Mulroney also used the Reagan recession/depression/recovery line in the '80s, but swapping Jimmy Carter for Pierre Trudeau.

woofus (did I get the first letter right?): "Now back to work, slaves, the Conservative Party needs your money!"

EXCUSE ME? COME AGAIN?

The Conservative Party, contrary to your assertion, doesn't actually need Canadians' money. Canadians have already willingly and voluntarily donated money to the Conservatives because they are happy with the way the CPC is conducting the nation's business. Is freely donating money to a political party something that slaves do?

Do you know, woofus, which party does need Canadians' money and which party looks upon the Canadian electorate as "slaves"? That would be the political party I suspect you support: the Liberal Party of Canada. They have been able to raise only 1/3 of what the Conservatives have raised through grass roots' donations. The LPC raised $5-million from their supporters to the $15-million raised by the CPC.

So, it's actually the LPC that "needs Canadians' money" to fund their incessant obsession for power. It helps to get your facts straight.

woof, woof

It's pretty clear from the above quote that it's your tax money the Conservatives covet, not your donations.

Not that they're sad to see your cheques come rolling in, but the most generous (legal) political donations are but chump change compared to the vast amounts of money that accrue to those in and connected to a party once they have achieved power.

Anyone who thinks that a vast, octopus-like government is crooked when run by Liberals but clean and wholesome when run by "their guys" is either a dissembling partisan who hopes to participate in the division of the loot, or if not benefiting from the redistribution, is a silly ass who doesn't know what's good for them.

The most painful part about federal politics is that this so-called Conservative party actually dared at one time, to say that government was too big and that people need more freedom and fewer nannies. Now the most dedicated cheerleaders for the party (cough, hacks) won't spend a single jot or tittle of their blog space or column inches discussing Conservative policies as such. That's because the policies are nothing but a massive dose of the same socialist crapola they once claimed to despise. This blog for example - Harper was up north rambling on like an old-time commie about how his government is going to continue to do everything for (to) the northerners as before, and much, much more. Real conservatives know damn well that the more government money is poured into an area the more useless, dissolute and debauched the people become. So partisan supporters don't say a damned thing about that part of his speech. Too painful, for anyone with a shred of commonsense (and morals). Instead, let's focus on the ridiculous, meaningless feel-good quotes that some hack plagiarized 'cause he wanted to hurry up and finish the speech and get out to the cottage to enjoy the last summer weekend of the year. Way to go guys - you're keeping these guys in clover. And if they can score enough corporate board memberships, jobs at government contractors, thinktanks, senate seats and permanent civil service jobs (implementing the bogus policies they invented when they were in power) then you're going to set them up for life. All because you think that Big Government works when the right people are running it.

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Ron's fiscal priorities included running up the biggest debt in US history.

But Harper is no Ronald Reagan. "Work hard [for us] pay taxes [to us] and obey the rules [made by us]."

Now back to work, slaves, the Conservative Party needs your money!

Would rather give the CPC my money over power corp any day.

PM Harper is very much the average Joe Canadian, Canada will do rather well with Harper at the helm for the next 10 to 12 years.

No-More Liberal/Socialist elites, they're only goal is to get rich at our expense!

Long live truth, justice and the Stephen Harper way!

We could do worse than a middle ground between Ron Regan and Bill Clinton.. Bill's brains, with Ron's fiscal priorities.