Posted on 06/07/2004 11:07:27 PM PDT by kyd_ident
I don't believe the invitations have been sent out, what makes Canada think they are going to be invited?
Perhaps he's sore that the American-based Tampa Bay Lightning just defeated the Canadian-based Calgary Flames for the Stanley Cup.
who cares... much rather have Mulroney represent Cananda. If I am reading these polls correctly, Martin might not be in office much longer...
Mulroney is supposed to be a pall bearer, from what I have read.
Fascinating.
It will be interesting to see if this move costs him in the polls. The Canadian people might think that Canada would do well to honor a former president of their ONLY neighbor. But then again maybe not.
I'm not buying anything from Canada while he's PM ! These lefties are making me sick. I knew Reagans death would let us know who are friends really are !
Prime Minister Martin's Liberals are neck and neck with the Conservatives in the most recent polls. If the trend continues, the Conservatives will pass the Liberals pretty soon.
So why is Prime Minister Martin 1) leaving the G-8 summit a day early to go campaigning and 2) sending the Governor General (who I was told on another thread is the Queen's representative to Canada, not even head of state) to President Reagan's funeral, instead of a minister from his cabinet, which seems to be in line with past practice?
Leaving the summit early to go campaigning makes it appear that he's not doing his job; not sending a deputy prime minister or foreign minister to a former president's funeral seems a bit disrespectful in a country that prides itself on being polite.
Is Martin a stupid politician, or is my Yankee analysis of Canadian politics incorrect?
The power-house of the free world may not attend President Reagan's funeral. Oh, my!
Who cares? Former PM Mulroney will be there and is the only Canadian PM worthy of attending the funeral.
Now THAT's interesting. The same thing could have come out of the mouth of any scumbag Democrat in the United States. At least in Canada the scumbag liberals ADMIT they have no balls and prefer communism.
You must be reading my mind. I was thinking that the State Department should issue the invitation to Mulroney anyway since he and Reagan were such good friends.
Sounds like a good time to shut the border down for temporary repairs, should take about a month to repaint all the signs.
Those amongst us who believe America stands alone, that even if the whole world falls into slavery we intend to live free or die, those who long for tasting of the undiluted Declaration of Independence, those who want a land that respects all, yet falls not into nauseating "tolerance"; those of us who remember the days of Ronald Reagan, for these brief few days while his good name is eulogized by friend and foe alike; for these few days we stand in the light.
Fellow such as this Canadian, and even one wretched hag I heard locally who said Regan hurt the middle class, well, these folks, they can wilt under the hot sun of truth. Their day to spread like unwanted weeds will come soon enough.
For now, though, the day belongs to us to remember and rejoice in the good that Ronald Reagan did for America. Oh that more like him would arise!
Speaking for myself, I am not displeased.
Martin is only slightly less dispicable than Clinton, and if there was any way I could uninvite him, I would.
yes! Exactly.
Prime Minister Paul Martin wants to keep his job and that means keeping the few French-speaking ridings in Quebec the party has left in its column. Being seen as pro-Reagan would mean writing them off. It doesn't help any the federal Liberals are going to have their behinds handed to them in next door Ontario cause the provincial Liberals foolishly raised taxes.
Actually, I don't think Canada is our friend any more. They've been infected with socialism in the extreme. Now, they look down their noses at the US, like all socialists do.
They stopped being our friend around the time Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister and they've (with the exception of Brian Mulroney's tenure) gone downhill ever since.
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