Stephan Harper Is Canada's 'Richard Nixon'
"The historian Garry Wills once observed that Richard Nixon wanted to be president not to govern the nation but to undermine the government. The Nixon presidency was one long counterinsurgency campaign against key American institutions like the courts, the FBI, the state department and the CIA. Harper has the same basic approach to politics: attack not just political foes but the very institutions that make governing possible. The state for Nixon and Harper exists not as an instrument of policy making but as an alien force to be subdued.Canadians have never had a prime minister who has literally made his career attacking and undermining the legitimacy of Canadian institutions. Until now."
Dimitry Anastakis and Jeet Heer
Guardian.co.uk
Excellent post - thank you!
Posted by
Proudpinko |
2:25 pm, April 25, 2008
I thought the authors were pretty accurate in their comparisons and analysis.
Posted by
leftdog |
3:34 pm, April 25, 2008
It's about time some more people started waking up to this fact.
I've been saying this from before the last election.
What was once an expectation has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Posted by
Anonymous |
4:50 pm, April 25, 2008
Good catch!
Posted by
Erik |
6:38 pm, April 25, 2008
Stephen Harper HATES Canada (at least the way it is now)
Posted by
leftdog |
9:05 pm, April 25, 2008
I have been saying pretty much the same thing for a long time. One of my blog labels is "Stephen Harper Is Richard Nixon". Good to see others see Psycho Steve as I do.
Posted by
Greg |
6:22 am, April 26, 2008
I'm doing a series on the electiona nd totally agree with the Harper/Nixon parallel: http://t.co/CCF7j9H
Posted by
Hubert O'Hearn |
6:54 am, March 31, 2011