Well, He Did Say He’d Put Us On The Map
Harper’s plagiarized speech makes worldwide headlines
The most recent election campaign drama to unfold in Canada is getting international airtime on news websites from the United States to Australia.
Media outlets including ABC, CNN, MSNBC, FOXNews, the BBC, International Herald Tribune and the International Business Times have all picked up on a story detailing how an aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper plagiarized a speech in 2003 from then Australian leader John Howard.
Yeah. The last time we were this hot at Reuters was in the midst of puffingate.
“Prime Minister Stephen Harper plagiarized a speech..”
Big deal, so some lazy speech writer cut corners. It would be really newsworthy if Harper actually knew it was plagiarized when he gave it.
You mean he wasn’t paying any attention to what any other world leader was saying at the time…. tut tut tut…. that doesn’t sound very on top of things at all does it now?
Oh it’s newsworthy CG. It’s fine example of the really limited talent pool in the CPC as if most of Harper’s Privy Council wasn’t the first clue. Plagiarizing a speech this blatantly is purely amateur; just about the dumbest stunt ever for a speechwriter in such a high profile role.
You have a point but the bottom line is that it’s really going to stick in your craws when Harper get a majority, huh, Tree-left ?
“it’s really going to stick in your craws when Harper get a majority, huh, Tree-left ?”
Did you want to add a “nyah-nyah” to that sophisticated observation, CG?
Well Balbul, it was the best I could come up with. The talent pool is not deep.
From my viewpoint, Harper is the lesser of all the evils. You really did not expect me to root for the likes of Dion, Layton or Lizzie, surely.
“You have a point but the bottom line is that it’s really going to stick in your craws when Harper get a majority, huh, Tree-left ?”
Now you can do better than that CG. Describing me as left is akin to stating that the moon is made of cheese.
I don’t care who wins and will not be voting. All of these clowns are the same. Harper will have his majority; put forth his agenda; there will be a scandal of some sort involving our money; Liberals get back in; repeat the cycle endlessly.
Yes sir, Treehugger has it.
But remember the golden rule TH – if you don’t agree with them lock-step, you are a “lefty” a socialist and possibly homosexual. Its like a reflex of the unthinking Con…
According the CBC this morning, the Conservatives have lost some support, and after last nights debate Dion managed to flip 1 in 5 voters to reconsider voting Liberal.
My professor this morning (who knows Mr. Lippert personally) was talking about how Lippert’s admission of guilt and subsequent resignation was such a load of crap, and how if any of us tried anything like that we would be promptly expelled.
And to suggest Harper wasn’t aware of his dear friend Mr. Howards speech only 2 days prior is another load of crap – Harper would have been monitoring the Australian Parliament closely if only to get a sense of how they would vote on the matter.
The Aussies were smart enough to give Howard the boot – it’s our turn at the plate.
Treehugger:
–I was not implying you were a barking dog leftist, I was responding to the two of you at once, I just combined your and Stageleft’s name, Tree-left, which is close to Tree-leaf, a bad pun or whatever.
Throbbin:
– I only suggested that if it can be shown that Harper was ‘aware’ of the copying of the Aussie’s speech, that would be newsworthy. Just because you feel “Harper wasn’t aware of his dear friend Mr. Howards speech only 2 days prior is another load of crap”, does not make it so.
Canuckguy – on behalf of Throbbin I refer you to my question of yesterday
Dare I say it…. it doesn’t sound very Prime Ministerial does it?
CG – no smoking gun, but as SL pointed out – to think a national leader did not pay attention to a fellow commonwealth nation, led by ideological brethren, on the exact same issue, with the exact same position just doesn’t wash.
Lippert took one for the team – but most Canadians understand that Harper, in all likelihood, knew what was going on.
Without the smoking gun, I agree that “it does not make it so” – but realistically we know he plagiarized.
As for Mr. Lippert – thanks to his admission, he’ll never teach again, and the youth of Canada are better off for it.
Ahhhhhh, I am being boxed in.
“–I was not implying you were a barking dog leftist, I was responding to the two of you at once, I just combined your and Stageleft’s name, Tree-left, which is close to Tree-leaf, a bad pun or whatever.”
Thanks for the clarification CG. I missed that entirely. But no worries, I have been called much worse in these four walls.