LIBERALS CONTINUE TO RUN INTO TROUBLES
While the federal Liberal party is in the midst of an important leadership race there continue to be blemishes appearing around every corner. After the Super Weekend a little while ago where all of the ridings chose their delegates that will be going to the leadership convention in December to vote for a new leader Michael Ignatieff appeared to have a solid grasp on over 30% of voters. There are eight candidates still left in the race and the only one close to Ignatieff is Bob Rae with 19% which is surprising seeing that the 4 people who have dropped out of the race since it began have thrown their support behind Rae. After these numbers were published Ignatieff felt that his numbers would continue to grow and he would end of as leader of the Liberal party. All I can say is that he's trying his hardest to prevent that from happening.
Since the weekend Ignatieff has pulled off the brilliant move of saying that Israel is guilty of war crimes in their attacks on Lebanon over the summer. I'm not even going to get into Stephen Harper's reactions to these comments yet. First, these comments have cost him many key supporters in his campaign to become the next leader of the Liberal party. The co-chair of his campaign has withdrew her support from Ignatieff along with a few others.
Harper has since stated that Ignatieff is anti-Israel along with many of the other Liberal leadership hopefuls for their comments. Ignatieff and other candidates have fought back against Harper about his comments but Harper is not backing down. Ignatieff has since retracted his comments by saying that if there were war crimes committed that is for the UN to decide, not him. Many Liberals have since said that they do not support Ignatieff's views on Israel. Harper has maintained that the only leadership candidates that have opposed Ignatieff's comment were Scott Brison and Joe Volpe and has commended them for it.
Michael Ignatieff has done a hell of a job of shooting himself in the foot following Super Weekend and has tried to regain support after his comments. Along with his statement that war crime were not for him to decide he has decided to go to the Canada-Israel Committee to learn more of the attacks and the reasons behind it. That's a pretty good idea he's got there... let's go and actually learn about the issue after I've charged a nation of war crimes. Maybe it's just me but I think learning about the issue before speaking out against it would have been a better idea.
It is inconceivable to me as to why he would say something like that after having such a huge following, unless he actually believes it which is an even bigger problem in my mind. So now, Ignatieff is faced with the challenge of rebuilding his support after these comments to become leader of the Liberal party. And then, if he is able to become leader of the Liberals he has the fun job of trying to rebuild support from the Canadian people after all of the scandal of when they were in office. Michael Ignatieff has received the right to be... BONEHEAD OF THE DAY.
- DM
Since the weekend Ignatieff has pulled off the brilliant move of saying that Israel is guilty of war crimes in their attacks on Lebanon over the summer. I'm not even going to get into Stephen Harper's reactions to these comments yet. First, these comments have cost him many key supporters in his campaign to become the next leader of the Liberal party. The co-chair of his campaign has withdrew her support from Ignatieff along with a few others.
Harper has since stated that Ignatieff is anti-Israel along with many of the other Liberal leadership hopefuls for their comments. Ignatieff and other candidates have fought back against Harper about his comments but Harper is not backing down. Ignatieff has since retracted his comments by saying that if there were war crimes committed that is for the UN to decide, not him. Many Liberals have since said that they do not support Ignatieff's views on Israel. Harper has maintained that the only leadership candidates that have opposed Ignatieff's comment were Scott Brison and Joe Volpe and has commended them for it.
Michael Ignatieff has done a hell of a job of shooting himself in the foot following Super Weekend and has tried to regain support after his comments. Along with his statement that war crime were not for him to decide he has decided to go to the Canada-Israel Committee to learn more of the attacks and the reasons behind it. That's a pretty good idea he's got there... let's go and actually learn about the issue after I've charged a nation of war crimes. Maybe it's just me but I think learning about the issue before speaking out against it would have been a better idea.
It is inconceivable to me as to why he would say something like that after having such a huge following, unless he actually believes it which is an even bigger problem in my mind. So now, Ignatieff is faced with the challenge of rebuilding his support after these comments to become leader of the Liberal party. And then, if he is able to become leader of the Liberals he has the fun job of trying to rebuild support from the Canadian people after all of the scandal of when they were in office. Michael Ignatieff has received the right to be... BONEHEAD OF THE DAY.
- DM
Comments
Canadians don't have to like Isreal or Isrealis. The government may do so for political reasons, but we don't have to agree with an invasion of a neighbor, murder of Canadians on a peace mission, or Isreal's strange thinking that they are special in the middle east - they're not. They are just as dangerous as the Hammas or Hezbollah not only because they have controlled these but make deals with them in the middle east.
The PM made a huge error using the Liberal Party race to say that Canadians must be pro Isreal. We don't have to be pro Issreal and he should worry about how long he'll be in office. He is this stupid?
I'm glad I read your journal because I hadn't heard of this previous to.
I'm also glad neither of us support the Liberal party.
... What a statement from this guy!!! He sounds like the kind of guy we'd be friends with, Darce, if only to laugh at him after he says stupid things (case in point - Ray!)
But - oh wow. I don't even think Ray could say something like this.
Yeah, good luck to him about the gaining support (that he will never gain back.)
We should see Scott Brison win this!!! A Nova Scotianer, graduated from Dal, and he's fairly young. And Stephen Harper proved to us that the young-ness is a good thing in our political system!