{"id":452,"date":"2008-09-02T04:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?p=452"},"modified":"2008-10-24T22:34:22","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T05:34:22","slug":"harper-no-ideas-no-vision-no-integrity-no-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"Harper: No Ideas, No vision, No Integrity, No Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Harper No Vision, No Ideas Trick. Everyone sees through it.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is the thought the attack ads of Mr. Harper and his Conservatives raised in my head. Every ad is an attack ad. There are no ideas for dealing with the issues of importance to Canadians; no leadership on what we need to do address the challenges facing Canada; just attacks on others.<\/p>\n

Mr. Harper wants to call an election so he will have a \u201cmandate\u201d from the Canadian people. A mandate to do what? To continue attack ads to misdirect Canadian\u2019s attentions from his and his party\u2019s lack of ideas, vision and any understanding of what Canada is about and what it means to be Canadian?<\/p>\n

Or perhaps he is seeking a mandate to continue to publish directives that instruct Conservative MP\u2019s in how to obstruct the business of parliament? Although you do have to admire his gall in complaining he needs an election because parliament is \u201cnot working\u201d when he is instructing his MPs in how to prevent parliament from working.<\/p>\n

Of course this behaviour does suggest Mr. Harper is somewhat lacking in integrity. This lack probably explains his \u201cwannabe American\u201d behaviour and his lack of understanding of what the statement \u201cI Am Canadian\u201d embodies.<\/p>\n

That Harper has No Ideas, No Vision and his questionable behaviours are not any surprise in light of his insistence on seeing the world through his ideology, failing to understand that Reality does not give a damn about your Beliefs.<\/p>\n

Harper and the Conservatives passed a fixed election date law to prevent politicians and political parties from calling elections at their convenience and perceived advantage. Apparently this only applies to the other leaders and parties not Harper and his conservatives.<\/p>\n

What does it say about Harper\u2019s leadership and integrity when he will ignore a law his own party passed and when he cannot even inspire himself to follow a law he was responsible for enacting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Harper No Vision, No Ideas Trick. Everyone sees through it. That is the thought the attack ads of Mr. Harper and his Conservatives raised in my head. Every ad is an attack ad. There are no ideas for dealing with the issues of importance to Canadians; no leadership on what we need to do address the challenges facing Canada; just attacks on others. Mr. Harper wants to call an election so he will have a \u201cmandate\u201d from the Canadian people. A mandate to do what? To continue attack ads to misdirect Canadian\u2019s attentions from his and his party\u2019s lack of ideas, vision and any understanding of what Canada is about and what it means to be Canadian? Or perhaps he is seeking a mandate to continue to publish directives that instruct Conservative MP\u2019s in how to obstruct the business of parliament? Although you do have to admire his gall in complaining he needs an election because parliament is \u201cnot working\u201d when he is instructing his MPs in how to prevent parliament from working. Of course this behaviour does suggest Mr. Harper is somewhat lacking in integrity. This lack probably explains his \u201cwannabe American\u201d behaviour and his lack of understanding of what the statement \u201cI Am Canadian\u201d embodies. That Harper has No Ideas, No Vision and his questionable behaviours are not any surprise in light of his insistence on seeing the world through his ideology, failing to understand that Reality does not give a damn about your Beliefs. Harper and the Conservatives passed a fixed election date law to prevent politicians and political parties from calling elections at their convenience and perceived advantage. Apparently this only applies to the other leaders and parties not Harper and his conservatives. What does it say about Harper\u2019s leadership and integrity when he will ignore a law his own party passed and when he cannot even inspire himself to follow a law he was responsible for enacting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal"],"yoast_head":"\nHarper: No Ideas, No vision, No Integrity, No Leadership - James W. 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