Comments on: Feel this speech

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:22:40 +0000

Surely Wherry’s being critical – Trudeau’s evil twin, etc.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:20:30 +0000

The old line of Marx’s comes to mind – “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.”

By: BCer in Toronto

BCer in Toronto — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:11:20 +0000

It was a BC wine, Olaf. We Libeals believe in supporting Canadian businesses. Just make sure that beer you’re swilling is a microbrew, and not a band of a big US-owned brewing giant…

By: cwe

cwe — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:32:20 +0000

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=63

By: JMD

JMD — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:43:13 +0000

Thank you, thank you Macleans. It has been too long since the empty suit graced this blog. He makes a good Liberal.

By: Jarrid

Jarrid — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:14:33 +0000

…I should add, if Margaret Trudeau had ever gone into politics, this is undoubtedly the kind of speech she would have given.

By: peter

peter — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:50:58 +0000

Aaron is a ridiculous Liberal hack with this blog.
Justin Trudeau is not a good public speaker. He says nothing here, just rhetoric, no substance.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:26:05 +0000

Wasn’t George W. Bush a male cheerleader? (A quick Google search shows that he was indeed).

By: Chas

Chas — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:49:18 +0000

I know it’s hard to imagine Wherry being an even bigger partisan hack than he is at present, but can you imagine what he’ll be like when Justin becomes Liberal leader?

By: Dot

Dot — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:41:00 +0000

And here I was thinking he might switch back and forth into mandarin mid sentence.

By: herringchoker

herringchoker — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:26:02 +0000

Apparentlly the dauphin likes to lead with his chin.

From the threnches in WWI, to the beaches of WWII (otherwise known in Trudeau family lore as the “polo fields of Harvard”).

By: Jarrid

Jarrid — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:39:20 +0000

You want to know why Michael Ignatieff kept him off his list of opposition critics – just watch this video.

A 5.35 second video clip and not a single meaningful utterance. Just vapid claptrap, 5 minutes and thirty-five second’s worth. If there was such a thing as a male cheerleader, Justin would fit the bill.

Other than the 12 year old pubescent girl demographic I honestly can’t think of anyone who, to quote Aaron, could “feel this speech” without wanting to run to the closest exit.

By: BigDaveS

BigDaveS — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:10:43 +0000

Insinuating that he’s a smug ponce juuuuuust isn’t gonna fly.

By: Martin Levenson

Martin Levenson — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:25:20 +0000

Boilerplate platitudes. Anyone could have given that speech. Oratorical excess in the cause of …what?
“That’s the kind of Canada we’re building here, this weekend”. Uh-huh. Get the man a decent speechwriter.

By: bettie

bettie — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:32:41 +0000

No it’s not just you. I had the same impression… “sound and fury, signifying nothing”, as says our friend the bard.

By: Olaf

Olaf — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:44:10 +0000

Real Canadians drink beer, Jeff. Liberal elitist! Get ‘im!

By: BCer in Toronto

BCer in Toronto — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:50:35 +0000

Sorry Jim, my arrm was sore. And, like a good Liberal, I also had a glass of wine in the other hand.

By: Sean Stokholm

Sean Stokholm — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:09:38 +0000

Think of it as oratorial jazz, if it helps…

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:04:20 +0000

Must be a good speech, the camera man was certainly trembling.

Is it just me, or does Trudeau just take a bunch of platitudes and then sing them out loud?