Listening to the CBC At Issue panel last night, I was dismayed how quickly Coyne (and, shamefully, Hebert) fell in line with recent Ref-Con move towards unabashed patriotism as a political tool.
They scathingly criticized the leaders of the opposition parties for not supporting Harper vs. China. Seems that to them, when the PM goes overseas, politics is supposed to stop at the water's edge.
What?
You mean Harper is not supposed to play politics while abroad?
Like he did at the G8 meetings in Italy?
Like he did when he went "patriotic" in the Caribbean?
Like he did when he released his stimulus update "over Siberia."
Should I go on?
After his "trash" piece earlier this week, I thought Coyne had started to see through the fog of Harper's so-called patriotism.
Guess not...
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Thank you!
I watched it as well and found it uncanny that neither of the other participants - including Peter Mansbridge - breathed a word about Harper's repeated salvos from foreign soil.
I mean, it screamed to be at least mentioned. The irony of Harper being slighted on foreign soil. Oh, the Horror!
Watching them step all around the pile of crap Coyne laid was one of the best, "they really are playing a game, aren't they?" moments I've experienced watching a "news" program in some time. I'd expect this kind of chortling on Faux News, but still had some illusion CBC or even CTV could retain some objectivity.
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