Chretien begins forming his fascist dictatorship

[Asher]

Okay, a hyperbole, but you never know these days.

Well, the other day he threatened to fire people in his party who were going to run against him in the leadership race.

And today, he did. Chretien fired Paul Martin today, the Finance Minister, soley because Paul Martin was going to run against Chretien in the leadership race for the party.



Martin was one of the most sane liberals, it's a shame he's no longer finance minister.

Are you wingnuts happy you voted liberal now (coughOntariocough). Boo!

[KrazyHorse]

Neither CNN nor the BBC has had any coverage on their websites regarding the recent Cabinet "shuffles". I've never felt more insignificant...

[red_jon]

Canada had a Prime Minister? I thought you lot were ruled autocratically by the Queen?

[Asher]

If I ever came face to face with Chretien, I'd be so tempted to b*tchslap him.

When is he going to die already?!

[KrazyHorse]

Re: Chretien begins forming his fascist dictatorship

Originally posted by Asher
Martin was one of the most sane liberals, it's a shame he's no longer finance minister

Martin was a right-wing Liberal. Don't try to dress your bias up as objective reporting...

I'm happy with the turn things are taking. Next JC should appoint Allan Rock Deputy PM in Manley's place. Then we could see Rock for PM in 2005.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Asher
If I ever came face to face with Chretien, I'd be so tempted to b*tchslap him.

When is he going to die already?!

He'd kick your ass so bad...

[red_jon]

You mean you actually have elections these days? What has the Queen said about this?

[Asher]

More coverage: Liberals fear "destruction" of party

The Liberals are also caught up in a wonderful Advertising scandal right now too.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by red_jon
You mean you actually have elections these days? What has the Queen said about this?

She's lucky we don't banish her ass...

If she knows what's good for her she'll keep her opinions to herself.

[red_jon]

But KG, if you get rid of her Canada truly will be an American suburb

[Asher]

Re: Re: Chretien begins forming his fascist dictatorship

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Martin was a right-wing Liberal. Don't try to dress your bias up as objective reporting...

I'm happy with the turn things are taking. Next JC should appoint Allan Rock Deputy PM in Manley's place. Then we could see Rock for PM in 2005.

By right-wing I meant sane.

Look at the quotes in the articles yourself, it's obvious he's more right wing than most liberals.

The loss of Martin, who turned massive deficits of up to $40 billion into a series of healthy surpluses, comes as the Canadian economy is rebounding, the dollar is rising and the leading industrial nations meet this summer in Alberta with Canada as host.

Some analysts say the loss of Martin could rattle markets on Monday, driving down the value of the loonie.

As I said, the most sane of the famous liberals. I was hoping he'd replace Chretien.

[KrazyHorse]

Big surprise; that second article comes from the Ottawa Citizen...

It's like the NP's junior bum-buddy.

[notyoueither]

The article is after the cabinet announcement, however Martin quit earlier in the day. Interesting that it is being reported that he was fired.

[KrazyHorse]

As I said, the most sane of the famous liberals. I was hoping he'd replace Chretien

It's doubtful that Manley will change any of "Martin's" (i.e. the Liberal party's) policies...

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by notyoueither
The article is after the cabinet announcement, however Martin quit earlier in the day. Interesting that it is being reported that he was fired.

There seems to be some speculation on the media's part that he was fired, even with Chrétien's assertion that he wasn't, and with Martin's comments on Friday (Saturday?)