tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post5813724530620564583..comments2023-10-10T05:02:26.827-07:00Comments on WesternGrit: NASCAR? You Gotta Be Freakin' Kidding...WesternGrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-91030223355222268742010-03-23T23:11:44.552-07:002010-03-23T23:11:44.552-07:00Good post, and it's well deserved. I agree wit...Good post, and it's well deserved. I agree with most of your points, the problem is we're both Liberals and our sample size of 2 isn't exactly representative of the whole population. <br /><br />The perspective I expressed is not completely my own, it's based more on talking to many people about Ignatieff and seeing their point of view. <br /><br />In stepping in their shoes I see at least a part of their opinion justified that Ignatieff is all intellectual and no ordinary.... Well except for the NASCAR bit (but that's perhaps negated by the fact he keeps that a secret).<br /><br />I like Iggy, and you like Iggy, but not all of Canada do we comprise. Iggy already has our votes, I'm trying to get him to win others. <br /><br />-Scottthescottross.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632822060893291800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-19857269337317585142010-03-23T17:27:19.012-07:002010-03-23T17:27:19.012-07:00WG there's no disputing Iggy's achievement...WG there's no disputing Iggy's achievements. Yes he was director of the Carr Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Great stuff for MI but it's absolutely meaningless for the LPC if the man cannot connect with the Canadian voting public.<br /><br />The guy ousted Dion without being remotely ready for the job he assumed. There's no such thing as an "apprentice leader." The public doesn't have the patience for that. By the time you complete your on-the-job training, the voting public has already passed judgment on you.<br /><br />Harper ought to have been easy meat for an effective opposition leader. In reality, the best thing he's had going for him, Harper's very life support, has been two consecutive failed Liberal leaders.<br /><br />I'm convinced that academia is a poor foundation for a career in politics. The skillsets you require to advance in the higher halls of learning don't carry over well when you shift into the political sphere.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com