We hear stories about great times spent with a neighbour who says he never did any of the things Dion so fondly remembers; and dead dog jokes (the latter to prove he has a sense of humour).
Is this the guy you want for your Prime Minister? I can just see it now:
"What terrorist attack? I didn't see one. I'm going to walk Kyoto now. Au revoir."
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Monday Update: Steffi is savaged by schoolyard bullies Ezra Levant (Dion Easy Target) and Paul Jackson (Dion Diaster Looms).
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39 comments:
I find it rather interesting that this appeared in the Globe and Mail. Anyone care to speculate about whether we'll ever see this gem of info in staunchly partisan Liberal blogs, like, oh say, for example, Jason Cherniak's blog?
Frankly, I'm surprised that the Globe went to these lengths. Maybe they're starting to realize that they'd better consider the possibility that the Natural Governing Party still needs a bit of adjustment.
it was a 12 page article and contained much more than the little fluffy bit that's amusing so many conservative types.
btw, what's with the "steffi" bit?
Joanne... you didn't mention the part where Steffi really went off the rails.
When he appeared on the Télé-Québec public affairs show Les Francs-tireurs last fall, interviewer Patrick Lagacé asked him to prove that he has a sense of humour.
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Steffi? That's the flip side of Crettin's line ":May I call you Steve, like your frind George W.?"
Dion's non-existent frineds all call him Steffi. Or are you out of the loop? Odd that, though, isn't it?
Crettin brought Steffi into government, as a Cabinet Minister (Unelected) if I recall.
Seems that Johnny Crettin talked to all sorts of "homeless types," that never exizted neither, as it turns out. And we saw what kind of government HE and Martin gave us, didn't we, babes?
Steffi? That's the flip side of Crettin's line ":May I call you Steve, like your frind George W.?"
Exactement. Merci, TJ.
Seems that Tango Juliette has been practicing his typos. He wants to be able to qualify for the upcoming Librano leadership race by dummying down, babes.
BTW: What's with this Volpe appointment? Opposition Critic of Transportation?
Just exactly what sort of transportation does Steffi think Joey can handle?
Oh yes. Childrens' School Busses!
And Hearses for the Deade Voters of Canada!
And Trucks for the transport of Cowboys, to round up all them Piggy Banks!
And Limo rides for $300 pizzas in Buffalo NY.
Uh-yupp! That'll be the winning ticket, all right !!
lmr(oyal)ao
tj
To jeff davidson - I for one never said that I found that bit of embaressing (to Mr Dion) info amusing (and I'm not now saying that I thought you WERE specifying anyone in particular), only that it is interesting. I rarely read the G&M, though, yes, it is available way out here in the sticks. But I do thank you for pointing out that the info was part of a 12 page article. To me, that just makes it all the more interesting that the G&M would include it. If they hadn't I doubt if too many people would been made wise about this little gem, excuse me, fluffy bit. I know I wouldn't. And, I do doubt if it will ever see the light of day on some of our friendly neighbourhood Liberal blogs.
tj:
OMG!!!
had to wipe off my monitor- I made the mistake of drinking water while reading that last comment!!!
TJ is red hot tonight!
Ah, Vicki, if I may call you Vicki:
I think that Sask stubble-jumpin' plow-boy idol, Ralphie Gee had to extricate his hand from out of the dummy's backside, so's farming ventriloquist Ralph, 1932 Stooking And Arrogance Champeen of Regina (Wascana Slough Div.), could actually use said hand to pick his nose with.
That's the only way I figger that Steffi Dee coulda got this piffle out past the GeeRolfster! I thimk that that's how this thing tinkled down, the way these things usually do. I think so, anyway.
BTW, & 4 whut it's worth: I call my pet sloth "Bam! - Lousy Joke of an Over Priced Useless Boondoggle of a Gormless Gun Registry."
HEY! I laugh at Beer Keg Scutt Greed's typically monotonous Sunday Harper-slam in the *Tor*Red*star*on-the-Don. He's slipping though. He left out the standard "...ah'murkin-style George Dubya kinda of whatever the heck sorta scares ya..." Guess that's the sort of fuzzee thinkin' what happens to you when you skip Guidance classes in High School.
AND I'm still on the floor about Red Tory flaking out, BUT I'm truly pumped about these fantasy friends the Libranos like to conjure up.
Maybe, and this could probably save a lot of grief in Canada, just maybe, if these Librano Phantasias up and went on over to Af'stan, and smacked a coupla real good ones on those Taliban pals of Jack-Ohboy!
Wowee! That idea's just so fine and gene-yuss that I recon I think I'll go on up to Bytown and apply for the future post of Liebranoid Minister of Spectral Hallucinatory Defence.
And now -- eh bien, les enfants ~ maintenant - fait une bon do-do,pour mois, h'okay-la?
And by the way, you-all. Thanks for the 'encouraging words.'
Y'all jes' too danged fine, and kind, and kinda jes' fine, sorta.
tj
I think Dion was one of those kids that had their glass' held together by a bandaid, was teased a lot, and now he figures he's on the cusp of revenge.
Like all good little meglomaniacs, he'll be just inch's from power, and someone will pop a balloon at a public event he's attending, and he'll be so startled the press will catch him wetting his pants on national TV.
JC - Yeah. I don't see him being a deceptive person, but he sure does lack something. Perhaps it is the lack of emotional intelligence, which is mentioned in the article.
He is highly intelligent, but if he doesn't have the ability to assess and relate to his audience, then he may very well be doomed.
You see this type of person so often in business. They are eggheads, usually just out of university with all these idealistic points of view, but can't relate at all to the business world. In particular they don't have a clue how to manage people.
Usually a person will acquire some kind of emotional intelligence as time goes on, but I don't know about Steffi. I can see him more as a professor.
The dude is over 40 Joanne... if he hasn't got a bead on the mass' now, which helps him relate to them... I doubt he'll suddenly find himself in the near future.
New post up... Freedom of Speech stuff.
Thanks, JC. I'll go check it out. BTW, my last remark should be that I can see him more as a professor again, i.e. he should get out of politics and go back to teaching.
Maybe the Canadian public will make that decision for him.
Congrats Joanne, you're on Page 20 of today's Toronto Sun, in Best of the Blogs, for your "Rant Aggregator" from last Tuesday.
Yes, this is really a stretch, but that was funny, all the remarks about bandaids on glasses and bookworm and stuff and I thought it wasn't a tory blog at all, I didn't know which party leader yous were talking about! Ah to have old 'punch protestors in the face' Chretien back again! Face it people, if you're looking for charisma you won't find it in the political arena. Just wait til the debates, I wonder which bookworm will start growing mold first. They should have Elizabeth May there just for some interest.
But go read the article, the 'meeting' was on January 26, that's TWO DAYS before the election. Now how much notice do you think a running candidate who is two days from an election going to know about this?
Besides, 'Department of the Environment' at a meeting to discuss increasing oil exports? Are you kidding me? Part of the deal with the oil sands is the feds keep there hands off. Canada has a worse environmental record than the US. The feds keep out of the environment and keep the Lubicons jumping through hoops and distract the UN when it calls canada a human rights abuser.
Get with the game people.
Anon... I happen to think that Paul Martin was a very personalbe guy... Course he turned out to be a putz, but then my mother always told me I had poor choice in friends.
Then I found Harper, and I found God... just kidding.
I actually like Harper though, I've met him on several occasions, being my MP, and he's actually funny as hell. His humor is just dry.
Maybe if Stephane Dion could speak English, I'd find him funny too. Oh wait, I already find him funny cause' of his english.
When Harper does it, you call him calculating....
What is the difference here?
What specifically are you referring to with the word "it"?
Virtually all politicians are likeable, that's their job. My local used car salesman is just the friendliest guy, funny and considerate, I just don't know why he doesn't run for office! But boy my chevy has been breaking down a lot lately!
It will be truly astounding if the fiberal party and leftstream media manage to sell this guy DiDi as a serious leader!
IMO Dion is already overdone toast on his way to the kitchen trash bag.
An embarrassment even the likes of Kinsella will be hard pressed to support. Actually WK already seems to be reaching for ways to spin this guy.
DiDi "Expects and election this year" !!
http://start.shaw.ca/start/enCA/News/NationalNewsArticle.htm?src=n012233A.xml
PLease!
It's true, how do you spin a liberal leader like Dion when Harper is doing such a great job as the liberal leader.
Anon... so your saying your MP is Jack Layton?
At least Dion isn't dumb, he's smart enough to know that Quebecers are smart enough to know they'll want Alberta's oil money. And to know that there isn't a hope in hell of winning a seat out west. Those comments are all for the folks back east.
I had to laugh at the article though, where it says 'next story' is a story called "liberal kills feminism" at a site that next to it has a big picture of a chick in a bikini calling her the 'sunshine girl'. Oh the irony.
Is it just me or is the word 'promulgate' getting thrown around way too much nowadays by writers? Are we supposed to believe they didn't get it from their word of the day calendar?
L.S. - Thanks! My comments are coming in all mixed up so I just saw this now.
Vicki - lol! puts you right up there in the company of DBT an RT!!! ;)
Should I take that as a compliment? ;)
Hey, but thanks. It was a pleasant surprise. Always nice to get some recognition.
Dion is already overdone toast
Milquetoast.
Milquetoast is actually untoasted, but don't let facts get in the way of a snarky insult. Sorry to interrupt your Wurlitzer session.
Actually, Red, that was an oblique reference to the Best of the Blogs in the Sun today.
why is red tory back?
Florence
why is red tory back?
He doesn't know how to quit me.
I thought it was pretty obvious. If a politician is nice to you, they want your vote. If they aren't nice to you, its because they want somebody else's vote.
Joanne, Red may not be blogging but tell me where it's written that he can't post comments anymore?
I understand that you may wish he would disappear...
We had agreed not to darken each other's door ever again.
"Is this the guy you want for your Prime Minister?"
Hey nothing like a true citizen of France running Canada with his new found American sidekick Michael.
If that does not bring unity to the country I don't know what else will? ;)
Quebec also gets more than many other places, more importantly, they also get the political perks mentioned at this blog- hands off their agricultural markets, and plenty of funding for R&D and pharmaceuticals and universities.
Most the maritimes gets 'money', but unlike the rest of canada, they don't get 'investment'. They get enough to educate kids who will then have to move to other places to find work in provinces that enjoy the labour without the expense of paying for it's education, and then they move back home to retire and sponge off the medicare system.
Quebec gets both, the best of both worlds. That's no shame on them, hell, anybody would do it if they could get away with it. I'm no political....anything, but it seems fairly obvious that Harper is kissing Quebec's ass for the same reason he kisses everybody's ass-he wants their vote.
Strategically they probably know they aren't going to make any further inroads in Ontario, and Quebec is the only other place that has representation in any numbers.
Dion may be saying those agricultural markets in Quebec are sacrosanct, but I certainly don't remember Harper ever mentioning them either, but maybe he did. I hear lots about tearing down the wheat board, that's because they know they have the numbers in those provinces, a few thousand farmers won't make any difference, and if anything they'd vote NDP, and not in enough numbers to win ridings.
If he's mentioned tearing down Quebec's supply management system I've never seen it, you KNOW that he's going to, but he'll wait for the WTO to do that and he's certainly not going to talk about it any more than absolutely necessary. For the same reason they're trying to ignore Caledonia-as Kim Campbell's only famous quote says "an election is no time to talk about the issues".
"...Milquetoast is actually untoasted, but don't let facts get in the way of a snarky insult. Sorry to interrupt your Wurlitzer session..." quothe Retreating Red Tory.
Sadly, due to limited knowledge on his part, Rat Hoary is obviously totally NOT at all GETTING the deep and profound humour in "joanne (true blue)'s original brilliant put-down posting about Dion being toast.
As for that Wurlitzer dear Red-Flake Tory, I pressed Z-29, just for your benefit.
Recognize that Funereal Dirge, do you?
Slither on back into your hole for keeps pal, 'cause my dictionary, and my memory, both cite Mr.Milquetoast as a Cartoon Character; a wee and timid mousey creature. The longer you keep your head down RT, the less the world will learn of your absolute lack of knowledge on oh so many issues, and the less we shall have to laugh at what is clearly your totally unwarranted, delusional and ill-founded sense of false snotty aloofness, unsubstantiated arrogance and undeserved sense superiority.
Jest don't make no sense to bother with the struttin', if'n you jest all blow, an' you really ain't got nuttin'.
You and your idol Dion, combined, I say COMBINED, make the Milquetoast cartoon dude appear to be Superman.
Boy! Maybe you should be praying for Gagleeanno to be making a comeback, instead of comin' 'round here, showin' yo'self to be a little shy in the "knows," ya knows whut I mean, eh?
ciao, chooch!
lol! TJ, I'm so glad some folks picked up on the nuance there. ;)
j(tb)
de rien. mon plaisir.
tj
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