Emperor/Clothes/Not
For anybody who follows Canadian politics - GET A LIFE!!! For anybody who doesn't - a few days (weeks? months??) ago Stephen Harper (the Prime Minister of the New Conservative Government of Canada) called Michael Ignatieff, one of the leadership candidates for the (New) Liberal Party of Canada (and I say "New" because he's new to Canada, the second runner-up is new to the Liberal Party of Canada, the third runner-up is new to Canadian Federal politics, while Miss Congeniality is supposed to possess a certain amount of integrity, etc., and is French and from Quebec - without being in the Mafia) "Anti-Israel" and all the other Liberal leadership candidates "Anti-Israel" because... well... I don't know, exactly. But he did. And I'm sure he has his reasons. None of them sincere.
Now, in my opinion, the aspiring leaders should sue the pants off the Prime Minister - instead of trying to "Beat the pants off him" as Bob Rae publicly and without shame claimed he wanted to do. And I say this because we all know what "Anti-Israel" means. And it doesn't mean "Anti-Israel". It means "You aren't a Bush Inc arse-licking toady like me, so I'm going to call you "Anti-Israel" because there isn't a body out there who doesn't know what that means and who isn't going to be repelled and disgusted by you from now on and forever. And since you're a politican - say goodbye to your career - Jean Chretien notwithstanding."
Sadly, the Liberal leadership candidates are a bunch of desperate Nancy Boys who are so fearful of losing to Buddy Iggy (the Silly Rabbit who I believe was smeared with the "Anti-Israel" slur by the Wiily Coyote Harper on account of he said - OUT LOUD!! - that he thought what happened at "Qana" was a War Crime) that they turtled - only to emerge during a leadership debate later to snap at each other. And boy, do they know how to snap at each other. Poor Michael Ignatieff, who thought he was Bob Rae's friend (not realizing, of course, since he's not really a politician, that politicians don't have friends) was shocked by Bob Rae accusing him of changing his mind. A lot. Ouch, baby. I haven't witnessed catty bitching like that since Beverly Hills 90210 went off the air.
Anyway, I don't really care what he said. I like his "Sayitedness". His honesty. His naive: "What? What'd I say?? Why's everybody looking at me like that???" In fact, I think that's what everybody is reacting to - his genuiness. That they're reacting in a vicious and blind panic is pretty telling, though, I must say: "What? What did he just say? SOMETHING?!"
"DESTROY HIM!!"
He said "something". He expressed his opinion. I don't pay enough attention to Middle East wars to know if he was right or not but Gawdammit - I defend his right to say it and I want him to say more of it. Heavens. He had B'nai Brith and the Canadian Jewish Congress and even Irwin Cotler's wife mad at him for saying "SOMETHING". Good for him. Keep doing it, Iggy. We need more politicians saying "SOMETHING" and standing by whatever it was they said and even saying it louder and more often next time. Enough of polite muteness. Not to mention - scaredy cat backstabbing running mates - but that's a different entry, I suppose...
As Nellie McClung so famously said, "Get It Done and Let 'em Howl". Although, I guess Nellie was a bit of a rascist, too, on occasion... (that being the style in those days, of course). Okay... how about as Mr. T. maybe would have said if he'd thought of it, "Missa T sue tha fooh Harper call me Anti-Israel".
