May 28, 2003
Chretien
Reading this story, I was struck by how frank prime minister Chretien was. He was criticizing Bush for his huge deficits. Good one, Jean!
The prime minister's comments are unlikely to improve relations with the president, who is known to be sensitive to criticism.
The little cry-baby.
"Of course we don't think alike on many issues. On social issues, he is a conservative. I am for free choice on abortion. He is not. He is against gun control. I am for it. He is for capital punishment. I am against it. I am a Liberal," he said.
Well when you put it that way, I must be a Liberal too!
Mr. Chrétien also spoke passionately about proposed legislation to ban corporate and union donations that has split the Liberal party, saying it is necessary to stop the hijacking of politics by wealthy special interests as has happened in the United States. He noted, for example, that it costs $35 million to run one single Senate campaign in the U.S. -- about the same as it costs for an entire federal election in Canada.
Wow, a politician who actually 'gets it'. He must read Slashdot in his spare time.
