Friday, December 08, 2006

A Leader Writes : 'Steph' Dion on Principles

On French Citizenship:

One day:

He snapped when a reporter raised New Democrat MP Pat Martin's opposing opinion on the matter: "He may keep his opinion to himself. I am proud of who I am, and I am fully loyal to my country. I think I have proven it, and no one will question it."

The Next Day:

"I'm born like that. It's part of me. It's my mother who gave that to me. And like all sons, I love my mother and I love what she gave to me. And so to remove that from me, I'd be sad," Dion said.

"This being said, if I see that it's a liability for our winnability, I will do it."

On The Environment:

One Day:

"Just as important was the climate change plan for our country that I released in April 2005. Project Green recognized what we all know: the next economic crisis will revolve around energy. Canada’s climate change plan recognized this by being both a powerful environmental plan, while also being a forward-looking energy plan."

The Next Day:

"Project Green. It's part of me. It's David Suzuki who gave that to me. And like all CBC viewers, I love David Suzuki and I love what he gave to me. And so to remove that from me, I'd be sad," Dion said.

"This being said, if I see that it's a liability for our winnability, I will do it."

On Social Justice:

One Day:

"If you give me the opportunity to be the prime Minister of this country, as a Liberal I will improve our social programs and the social safety net, because I believe that is the key to ensuring that we live in a just and fair society."

The Next Day:

"The Social Safety Net. It's part of me. It's Pierre Trudeau who gave that to me. And like all Liberals, I love Pierre Trudeau and I love what he gave to me. And so to remove that from me, I'd be sad," Dion said.

"This being said, if I see that it's a liability for our winnability, I will do it."

On Healthcare:

One Day:

"My approach to healthcare in Canada is based upon the binding moral principle of equity and our shared objective of providing the best quality care."

The Next Day:

"The binding moral principle of equity. It's part of me. It's Tommy Douglas who gave that to me. And like all New Democrats Liberals, I love Tommy Douglas and I love what he gave to me. And so to remove that from me, I'd be sad," Dion said.

"This being said, if I see that it's a liability for our winnability, I will do it."

Continued ad nauseum....

5 comments:

Torian said...

ROTFLMAO!!!

Neo Conservative said...

"See Steffi, the whole point of having principles, is that they're not wobbly... they don't change depending on the tactical situation. Apparently the Liberals are more practical than that."

Anonymous said...

I watched old Neon Dion, the son of Leon being interviewed by Peter Mansbridge last night...my Gawd, you could see that even old Pete's eyebrows raise up at the incoherent babbling of this guy.

After a long winded tortured explanation of his 'plan' that would 'take poppies from Afghanistan and turn them into pharmaceuticals for Africa' he said like a 10 year old kid, "what do you think of my plan? Isn't it good?"

I was shocked..and rather pleased to see that not only is this guy no 'dragon slayer', he's a real muddle headed goof.

William E. Demers said...

Liberals always change their opinions to win votes. A bigger joke was when he acknowledge that Kyoto was unrealistic during the leadership campaign.

robedger said...

I guess the point is, this whole issue was only a big deal for those of you who were manufacturing outrage over it.