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Darrel Stinson, Myron Thompson and Stephen Harper |
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Reform to betray Harper's |
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Hamilton, Ontario, - Monday, May 17, 2004 by : Rob Shanahan | |||||||
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Hard core Conservative leader Harper has been Sunday joy riding over the past month. His game plan: | ||||||
“let Liberals bear the brunt from their scandals. We’ll bide our time, wait with cradled arms for peeved-off Liberals.” |
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The Reform-Conservatives’ only major chore is keeping Alberta rednecks at bay. The Party masterfully curbed MP Darrel Stinson from his frowning invites — to a bare-knuckled bruising. Conservatives cagily muzzled Myron Thompson, their ten-gallon-hatted Hoss Cartwright, and brother yahoos. | ||||||
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The CEOs’ "toe the line," neoCon job: "Play ball, boys. We’re only weeks from an election. Conservatives stand to bag a minority government. Once the people have spoken, we can trot out our Reform colors -- private health choice, pro-business welfare, a combat-destined Canadian Armed Forces, our old-time (Christian!) religion --all neatly dovetailing with Reform 3’s ultra Right doxy. So fall in, boys!" | ||||||
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The blushing crimp in neoCon’s campaign game will be unscripted riding forums. Liberals will shotgun Western Conservatives’ soft underbelly — their deep-rooted intolerance. Some Reformers will bull the Liberal’s red cape. With the press circling, we'll see blue exposure surges. -- Pronto, grand duke Harper will gallop out to guard his charade. | ||||||
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Conservatives fatal flaw: the party can purge the Progressive name and culture, but it will never wash Reform’s Flintstones from neoCon’s hybrid graft. (Not while diehard Albertans keep recycling ‘em.) | ||||||
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All this Alberta Reform spectacle should give Martin’s chosen ones a cozy ride. Moderate, social justice - embracing Canadians will recoup their Liberal confidence. The big losers: centrist Progressive Canadians, craving an alternative. These enlightened voters pine for a viable humanitarian recourse to the Liberal’s promiscuous dynasty. Pitifully, by his fast, PC sell-out, Deputy MacKay short-changed (-shrifted) cultured “PC” Canadians. Come June, when the Western Prairie dust settles around him, mercenary MacKay will repay his mad, mortal myopia. | ||||||
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Mueller, Bernd, Peter MacKay met by angry protesters in Mississauga, May 14, 2004, Joe Hueglin's Daily Digest | |||||||
Stinson, Darrel, Quotes from Darrel Stinson, as seen on the web May 17, 2004, Rogues Gallery | |||||||
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