Michael Ignatieff, International Man of Mystery, and some of his many faces Deeper and deeper into the woods...
Story here.
ht: NNW
No wonder they call him "Iffy"...And Monday, the day the no-confidence motion was tabled and the Liberal narrative was to be all about strength, conviction and a unified caucus, the narrative was all about disunity, treachery and the humiliation of the leader.
Despite the brave faces from Ignatieff MPs and officials, the resignation of Denis Coderre as Quebec lieutenant and defence critic – over a dust-up about who would run in a prized Montreal riding – is a blow not only to the party and its fortunes in Quebec, but also to Mr. Ignatieff's leadership.
“This is a darker day than most think,” a Liberal strategist said. “This is going to have repercussions.”
ALSO (ht: Bourque)...
"Quite a mess"; "Turmoil, open warfare"; "Doesn't have any loyalty, betrayed Coderre"
Nooooooo...
"John Turner on Sedatives"
...crisis of non-confidence seems targeted more at their party leader than the government...(...)
...concern at how Mr. Ignatieff's leadership honeymoon ended with almost Dion-esque speed, setting him up as a frenzied-feeding target by one and all.(...)
"In our rush to dump Stephane Dion, we have given ourselves John Turner,"
Oh, dear... y'know, when I was twelve, I liked Turner and thought his habit of patting ladies on the ass in public was amusing... Not quite so much now (bum-patting is supposed to be a private thing, though you won't hear me complain of all that camaraderie-building butt-slapping in ladies' beach volleyball... oops, lost my train of thought...).
He's no longer the flamboyant intellect familiar to British readers and television viewer, she laments. "His tone . . . is slow, excessively careful and completely without irony, none of which would be surprising were he a career politician. Ignatieff used to be a writer. Listening to him now, it's as if he's been sedated, or body-snatched, or something. He's like a jazz man who's lost his sense of rhythm."And they used to call Harper "wooden", "robotic", etc...
Compared to Iffy, Harper's gosh-darn near Richard Simmons in a suit...
Oh, well, being in the Liberal Party does weird things to a person's mind, after all. Iffy'd better get out of there before it's too late...
Poor, poor, pitiful Iffy... I'm sure Harvard will welcome him back... He can also have a beer with Professor Gates...
