Chrétien to step down

[KrazyHorse]

Groan.

[KrazyHorse]

I wonder what PET's pet name for him was.

[Loif]

I don't get it. I didn't say pet as a joke. Me no comprende.

[notyoueither]

Past Prime Minister.

French for an action devoid of social tact.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Frogger
I wonder what PET's pet name for him was.

Cretin?

[Loif]

Thanks. I don't speak a word of French.

[notyoueither]

http://babel.altavista.com/tr

[November Adam]

PET, Pierre Elliot Treadeau. aka that French Bastard, as referred to by many westerners. (The problem isn't that he's french, rather that he was a bastard!)

[SpencerH]

Actually Chretien was one of the few ministers I knew (many years back in Trudeaus time) who wasnt an idiot.

[Richelieu]

A few thoughts about this.

1- I wouldn't put it past Chretien to try and hold on to power even after Feb. 2004. He's made promises before (remember the GST ?)
2- Martin's an idiot. He had already done half the work and would have beaten Chretien in a leadership race.
3- Anybody wanna bet that Tobin's making a comeback in the next few months ? Manley and Rock are so lame and Martin will be seen as the one who rebelled against Chretien.
4- This is Canada and a Lame Duck prime minister doesn't exist. He has the majority, he'll still do what he wants : who's gonna stop him.

[optimus2861]

Originally posted by Goingonit
Meanwhile, he's a lame duck, and can't do anything whatsoever.

I think it will be worse: to solidify his "legacy", Chretien will start looking to throw taxpayer money around like there's no tomorrow (since for him, there isn't), funding crap social program after crap social program. I don't think Manley's got the willpower to refuse him, either (after all, Manley's only where he is because of Chretien!)

Talk about your classic good news/bad news day

[Richelieu]

Anyone know if Martin will be brought back to the cabinet ?

[November Adam]

Originally posted by optimus2861

I think it will be worse: to solidify his "legacy", Chretien will start looking to throw taxpayer money around like there's no tomorrow (since for him, there isn't), funding crap social program after crap social program. I don't think Manley's got the willpower to refuse him, either (after all, Manley's only where he is because of Chretien!)

Talk about your classic good news/bad news day

If I recall Chretien had talked about wanting to create something that would be his "legacy", I don't recall the specifics, I just rember hearing that and cringing.

[Loif]

Originally posted by November Adam
PET, Pierre Elliot Treadeau. aka that French Bastard, as referred to by many westerners. (The problem isn't that he's french, rather that he was a bastard!)

**slaps self upside the head**

And I call myself a Canuck. I guess I didn't get it because I blocked the image of Trudeau out of my memory very efficiently. The haunting words "National Energy Program" are coming back to me now.

I do remember some things he did very fondly though, such as doing pirouettes behind Queen Elizabeth when he was supposed to be in awe of her. His sweeping statement ""The state has no business in the nation's bedrooms" was important also. Other than that - Pierre who? He wasn't popular in the west. But I digress...

[KrazyHorse]

"In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination"

-Irving Layton