Ebony And Ivory

Barack Obama makes his first international trip as President Thursday and he'll be face to face with a man who was tagged as a Bush lover.

It was a tact used by the Liberals whenever possible; they attempted to tie Stephen Harper to George W. They wanted the impression left that Harper was nothing more than a bum boy for Bush and he had the same outlook and attitudes towards the rest of the world.

W. had such a horrible reputation towards the end of his Presidency that linking Harper with the incompetent goober seemed like a good strategy. After all, it's not like the Liberals had any policy or history of their own to stand behind.

They had no policy to speak of and nothing but a long history of lies, deceit and corruption.

Harper was helpless. Publications like the Toronto Star went out of their way to show pictures of Harper and Bush together. Usually smiling at each other, or shaking hands - anything that made them look like buddies.

I found this to be amusing, because regardless of who the American President is, you'd like to think our Prime Minister would be on friendly terms with him. It's good business.

I wondered what the critics wanted to see. Should the Prime Minister have refused to smile, should he have knocked Bush's hand away instead of shaking it? Should he have publicly condemned the President? Should he have kicked him in the nuts?

Stephen Harper did nothing through W's Presidency that should have tagged him as a bum boy.

He simply steered his way through what was on his plate and I don't expect him to be any different with Obama.

As a matter of fact, much to the chagrin of the far left in Canada, I have a feeling these guys will get along just fine, maybe even better than Harper and Bush got along.

Prime Minister Harper may now find himself in the position of not having to maintain a united North American front with an idiot. It may actually be a welcome change for Harper to deal with someone who's a little more rational.

I wonder how Liberals will react to that?

If Harper greets Obama with the same handshake, the same smile and the same conciliatory attitude, what will they make of it? Will they be disappointed, or will they fall back on the old favourites?

Harper is a phony and who deep down still wants to make the rich richer, the poor poorer and along the way eat the odd baby.


Source: canadianthinker.com