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Mulroney slams Trudeau as lacking moral fibre to lead
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 | 11:40 PM ET
CBC News (nameless journalist?) fisked by Mac...
Brian Mulroney has stepped back into the public spotlight to promote his memoirs — and accuse former archrival Pierre Trudeau of having lacked the moral fibre to lead.
Archrival? That’s pretty strong language considering Trudeau retired in June 1984 and Mulroney was elected for the first time in Aug 1983. Mulroney's rival was John Turner.
In an interview with CTV on Wednesday, the former Conservative prime minister reached back over 60 years to chide Trudeau for his antiwar activism as a university student, saying his refusal to serve in the Second World War rendered him unfit to provide moral leadership.
So 60 years have passed. Does that mean we should forgive Hitler as well?
Mulroney's memoirs are to be released Monday.
I expect it’ll be an interesting book... Maybe I’ll leave a few hints for Mrs. Mac to make Christmas shopping easy for her?
When he retired in 1993, Mulroney was one of the most reviled prime ministers in Canadian history. The late Trudeau, who retired as Liberal prime minister in 1984, is accorded more respect and admiration than Mulroney by Canadians in opinion polls.
This is the paragraph which I object to the most. Talk about revisionist history! Trudeau was also one of the most reviled prime ministers in Canadian history. Trudeau retired because he knew he would never be re-elected. Since the day he retired, the Liberal propaganda machine has working overtime, trying to beatify Trudeau. Despite this, Trudeau was chosen #1 on the Beaver’s 10 Worst Canadians of all time list. Mulroney was #4.
In the interview, Mulroney blamed Trudeau for scuttling the Meech Lake accord, a 1990 pact aimed at securing Quebec's signature on the Constitution. He then launched into a diatribe about what he called a lack of moral fibre shown in Trudeau's opposition to the Second World War.
With the Meech Lake Accord, Mulroney was trying clean up the horrid Constitutional mess Trudeau left behind... and Trudeau did scuttle Meech.
"[Trudeau] is far from a perfect man," Mulroney said.
You’re absolutely right, Mulroney... Trudeau did more damage to this country than any other Prime Minister and we’re still recovering from his “Just Society” which was patently unjust!
'Cheap and shoddy' shot at Trudeau
Well, if anyone would know cheap and shoddy shots, it’s the CBC...
"This is a man who questioned the Allies when the Jews were being sacrificed and, when the great extermination program was on, he was marching around Outremont [Montreal] on the other side of the issue."
'
Yet Canadians elected this wanna-be communist and allowed him to warp our Canadian values, even to the point of repatriating our Constitution so he could screw it up as well.
Mulroney acknowledged that many Quebecers were opposed to the war and that Trudeau was a rebellious young man at the time. But he noted that one million young Canadians chose to fight the Nazis, knowing that theirs was "the most evil machine ever known to man, trying to exterminate the Jews, everybody knew that.
As a fellow Quebecer, Mulroney understands the nature of the Quebecois and although he was but a child during WWII, many of the political figures who he befriended during his younger years (like John Diefenbaker and Daniel Johnson) were there during WWII and I expect they influenced him.
"Pierre Trudeau was not among them. That's a decision he made. He's entitled to make that kind of decision, but it doesn't qualify him for any position of moral leadership in our society."
Exactly... but Trudeau’s pacifism and his socialism exactly suited the counter-cultural backlash which followed WWII. His carefully crafted charisma wooed the “Me Generation” and they voted for him en masse.
Trudeau's eldest son, Justin, declined to comment on Mulroney's assessment of his father, who died seven years ago this month.
I should care what another Trudeau thinks? Meh!
Historian and Trudeau chronicler Stephen Clarkson was surprised that Mulroney dredged up the old complaint about Trudeau, whose refusal to serve in the war was used against him during the 1967 Liberal leadership contest.
Let me get this straight... a historian is surprised someone mentioned historical facts in a memoir? Does that make sense to anyone??
"He's sort of scraping the barrel if that's the worst he can say.… It's kind of cheap and shoddy."
Evidently, this historian isn’t getting the latest Liberal bulletins. The “buzz word” to describe Conservatives these days is “mean-spirited”.
Clarkson said Mulroney appears to be unaware of more damning revelations about the young Trudeau, uncovered in a recent book by Monique and Max Nemni. According to the book, the youthful Trudeau admired fascist dictators, including Hitler, held anti-Semitic views and supported Quebec independence.
Knowing how long it takes to publish a book, chances are these recent revelations hadn’t been reveals when Mulroney wrote his memoirs.
Moreover, Mulroney's charge is not strictly accurate, Clarkson said, pointing out that most people did not know about the Nazis' systematic extermination of millions of Jews until after the war.
I’m sure over a million Canadians volunteered for WWII for no reason whatsoever. For a historian, Clarkson seems rather "liberal" with his facts.
Trudeau "haunted" Mulroney throughout his years as prime minister, Clarkson said, and Mulroney always seemed to be trying to prove he could do better than Trudeau on the unity and constitutional files, the economy and foreign relations.
Ahhh... so not only is Clarkson a historian, apparently he’s also a political expert! Guess what, Clarkson? Quick history review of Trudeau’s record:
*on unity (hello FLQ and the War Measures Act)
*on the Constitution (replaced Diefenbaker’s excellent Bill of Rights with his flawed Charter)
*on the economy (first PM to used deficit spending)
*on foreign relations (Reagan hated Trudeau as did most world leaders)
I doubt Mulroney could have done worse than Trudeau!! Perhaps instead of saying Trudeau “haunted” Mulroney, it would be more accurate to say Trudeau “cursed” Mulroney by leaving the country teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, top-loaded with Liberal appointees and in the midst of a full-blown Constitutional crisis. The current pack of Liberals don't hold a candle to Trudeau... but they worship him and that's frightening.
-Mac
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 | 11:40 PM ET
CBC News (nameless journalist?) fisked by Mac...
Brian Mulroney has stepped back into the public spotlight to promote his memoirs — and accuse former archrival Pierre Trudeau of having lacked the moral fibre to lead.
Archrival? That’s pretty strong language considering Trudeau retired in June 1984 and Mulroney was elected for the first time in Aug 1983. Mulroney's rival was John Turner.
In an interview with CTV on Wednesday, the former Conservative prime minister reached back over 60 years to chide Trudeau for his antiwar activism as a university student, saying his refusal to serve in the Second World War rendered him unfit to provide moral leadership.
So 60 years have passed. Does that mean we should forgive Hitler as well?
Mulroney's memoirs are to be released Monday.
I expect it’ll be an interesting book... Maybe I’ll leave a few hints for Mrs. Mac to make Christmas shopping easy for her?
When he retired in 1993, Mulroney was one of the most reviled prime ministers in Canadian history. The late Trudeau, who retired as Liberal prime minister in 1984, is accorded more respect and admiration than Mulroney by Canadians in opinion polls.
This is the paragraph which I object to the most. Talk about revisionist history! Trudeau was also one of the most reviled prime ministers in Canadian history. Trudeau retired because he knew he would never be re-elected. Since the day he retired, the Liberal propaganda machine has working overtime, trying to beatify Trudeau. Despite this, Trudeau was chosen #1 on the Beaver’s 10 Worst Canadians of all time list. Mulroney was #4.
In the interview, Mulroney blamed Trudeau for scuttling the Meech Lake accord, a 1990 pact aimed at securing Quebec's signature on the Constitution. He then launched into a diatribe about what he called a lack of moral fibre shown in Trudeau's opposition to the Second World War.
With the Meech Lake Accord, Mulroney was trying clean up the horrid Constitutional mess Trudeau left behind... and Trudeau did scuttle Meech.
"[Trudeau] is far from a perfect man," Mulroney said.
You’re absolutely right, Mulroney... Trudeau did more damage to this country than any other Prime Minister and we’re still recovering from his “Just Society” which was patently unjust!
'Cheap and shoddy' shot at Trudeau
Well, if anyone would know cheap and shoddy shots, it’s the CBC...
"This is a man who questioned the Allies when the Jews were being sacrificed and, when the great extermination program was on, he was marching around Outremont [Montreal] on the other side of the issue."
'
Yet Canadians elected this wanna-be communist and allowed him to warp our Canadian values, even to the point of repatriating our Constitution so he could screw it up as well.
Mulroney acknowledged that many Quebecers were opposed to the war and that Trudeau was a rebellious young man at the time. But he noted that one million young Canadians chose to fight the Nazis, knowing that theirs was "the most evil machine ever known to man, trying to exterminate the Jews, everybody knew that.
As a fellow Quebecer, Mulroney understands the nature of the Quebecois and although he was but a child during WWII, many of the political figures who he befriended during his younger years (like John Diefenbaker and Daniel Johnson) were there during WWII and I expect they influenced him.
"Pierre Trudeau was not among them. That's a decision he made. He's entitled to make that kind of decision, but it doesn't qualify him for any position of moral leadership in our society."
Exactly... but Trudeau’s pacifism and his socialism exactly suited the counter-cultural backlash which followed WWII. His carefully crafted charisma wooed the “Me Generation” and they voted for him en masse.
Trudeau's eldest son, Justin, declined to comment on Mulroney's assessment of his father, who died seven years ago this month.
I should care what another Trudeau thinks? Meh!
Historian and Trudeau chronicler Stephen Clarkson was surprised that Mulroney dredged up the old complaint about Trudeau, whose refusal to serve in the war was used against him during the 1967 Liberal leadership contest.
Let me get this straight... a historian is surprised someone mentioned historical facts in a memoir? Does that make sense to anyone??
"He's sort of scraping the barrel if that's the worst he can say.… It's kind of cheap and shoddy."
Evidently, this historian isn’t getting the latest Liberal bulletins. The “buzz word” to describe Conservatives these days is “mean-spirited”.
Clarkson said Mulroney appears to be unaware of more damning revelations about the young Trudeau, uncovered in a recent book by Monique and Max Nemni. According to the book, the youthful Trudeau admired fascist dictators, including Hitler, held anti-Semitic views and supported Quebec independence.
Knowing how long it takes to publish a book, chances are these recent revelations hadn’t been reveals when Mulroney wrote his memoirs.
Moreover, Mulroney's charge is not strictly accurate, Clarkson said, pointing out that most people did not know about the Nazis' systematic extermination of millions of Jews until after the war.
I’m sure over a million Canadians volunteered for WWII for no reason whatsoever. For a historian, Clarkson seems rather "liberal" with his facts.
Trudeau "haunted" Mulroney throughout his years as prime minister, Clarkson said, and Mulroney always seemed to be trying to prove he could do better than Trudeau on the unity and constitutional files, the economy and foreign relations.
Ahhh... so not only is Clarkson a historian, apparently he’s also a political expert! Guess what, Clarkson? Quick history review of Trudeau’s record:
*on unity (hello FLQ and the War Measures Act)
*on the Constitution (replaced Diefenbaker’s excellent Bill of Rights with his flawed Charter)
*on the economy (first PM to used deficit spending)
*on foreign relations (Reagan hated Trudeau as did most world leaders)
I doubt Mulroney could have done worse than Trudeau!! Perhaps instead of saying Trudeau “haunted” Mulroney, it would be more accurate to say Trudeau “cursed” Mulroney by leaving the country teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, top-loaded with Liberal appointees and in the midst of a full-blown Constitutional crisis. The current pack of Liberals don't hold a candle to Trudeau... but they worship him and that's frightening.
-Mac
Labels: Brian Mulroney, Liberalism is a mental disorder, memoirs, Pierre Trudeau
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