We're Not That Stupid

Well I fail to see the media's portrayal of Baird as Harper's "golden boy" but let's just say he is for argument's sake. Harper has an agenda, clear for all who care to look, of radically changing Canada, in my opinion of course for the very worst, but he knows this is not what Canadians want, so he proceeds one step at a time with his agenda, and at the same time, he tries to play the public with manipulative strategies. "OK Canadians you think you care about the environment and you like Mr. Dion's position, well I'll roll out my golden boy, aka pathetic pit bull, and he'll make mince meat of Dion and wow you guys. There won't be anything substantive but you're not really smart enough to figure that out. And the press, well they never do their homework anyway (most of them), so they'll never make an issue of it."

Now there are two problems with this strategy: 1. Canadians are not stupid 2. There are many issues Canadians care about and Dion will cover them all well - and Harper has only one "golden boy". What Harper needs is to actually care about Canada and Canadians and to develop policies that reflect their vision for Canada, not that of his American backroom strategists to whom he swears the greatest allegiance along with their imaginary right-wing god.