In an one-on-one interview with CityNews’ Richard Madan, Michael Ignatieff shared some of his thoughts on the kinds of policy decisions that a future Liberal government may make under his leadership by stating that he would consider reverting the G.S.T. back to 7%.
“If we are in a deep deficit in year 3 or 4 you can’t exclude tax increases to get us out, … I’m not going to take a GST hike off the table later, but it would be a bad idea now, in the recession.”–Ignatieff
At first glance, it sounds pretty reasonable and responsible to me. If the economic situation has rebounded and if there are deep structral problems with the budget 3-4 years down the road, then you have to at least consider all the options to remedy the situation.
But whenever you utter the words “I’m not going to take a GST hike off the table” or “you can’t exclude tax increases,” then you are leaving yourself vulnerable to a big can of Conservative whoop ass. Iggy’s comments were pretty innocuous and hypothetical, but it’s dangerous to publicly hypothesize about political landmines.
Perhaps his academic background makes him more prone to giving answers which are maybe a little bit too thorough, because he really should have a little more tight-lipped here. The Conservatives haven’t had very much to go on lately, focusing on Iggy’s brow and his waffling on the Iraq war, so I’m betting that they’re smelling blood here, and it won’t take long for the sharks to start painting Ignatieff as a tax & spend Liberal.
'Hypothetical' Conservative shark attacking Ignatieff (in red), and a random sea lion
The Lich King is the main antagonist in the wildly popular World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion. He is the creator of an undead faction called “The Scourge“and rules over them telepathically from his throne atop the Icecrown Glacier. It is not yet known whether Ignatieff will attempt to legitimize his assent to Prince of Darkness with the Scrouge at the upcoming WoW convention. Grassroots Scourge activists were hoping that the whole process could have been more democratic by using simple telepathic technology, but they have reluctantly endorsed Ignatieff for the time being.
In his much anticipated launch in World of the Warcraft’s latest expansion, the Lich King challenged the incumbant Prince Osbourne for the Dark Throne of Evil.
“Well maybe you’re the one riding a #?@! crazy train, but I’ve been the Prince of Darkness since 1979!”–Former Prince of Darkness Ozzy
Despite Prince Osbourne’s garbled protestations, the Lich King dethroned Ozzy Osbourne, hitting him for 1,000,000 hit points of damage on a single ranged magical-attack. (See Below)
In a recent poll, Ignatieff was overwhelmingly chosen as the Canadian politician with the sweetest ninja skillz, so we knew he was a threat, but his unprecedented level of aggressiveness is coming as a shock to many Canadians. Many have suggested the Ignatieff’s lack of aggressiveness is because the Liberal coffers are too bare to cope with another election. But Jamaica-lovin’ Super-Liberal Warren Kinsella says this is not so:
“First off, the Liberal Party of Canada isn’t “broke.” … the LPC will be quite election-ready, thank you very much. … Our web team – a very impressive bunch – were very effective at getting folks to donate.”–Kinsella
The Liberal “web team” experts were likely to have given Ignatieff key strategic insights as to how to take down the most feared head boss ever seen in the entire MMORPG universe, but John Chuckman reminds us that Ignatieff isn’t your typical hack-and-slash melee politician class:
“[Ignatieff] is aggressive, arrogant, and has demonstrated Machiavellian skills. I see him as a divisive and anti-democratic figure, much as Stephen Harper”–Chuckman.
Chuckman likens Ignatieff style to a young President Mubarak from Egypt. Mubarak, whose corrupt government has been in power since the assination of former president Sadat in 1981, declined to comment (out of fear that he might be Iggy’s next victim, no doubt.) Chuckman goes on to say,
Ignatieff spent years speaking for America ‘s global empire, allying himself with the Neo-cons in his enthusiasm for invading Iraq. He joined the ranks of ethical cowards by suggesting some modest role for torture…Had he been in office when Bush invaded, Canadians would be killing and being killed in Iraq.–Chuckman
Watch your back Mr. Harper: Iggy “The Brow” Ignatieff is bloodthirsty and on the loose. You’d best not agro the newest Prince of Darkness, else you might end up with an a$$-full of pwnage.
Special thanks to Bork Newswatch for highlighting this informative gem. I <3 Payola.
Though the Iggy attacks were not only confined to his bushy brows, as attention was drawn to Ignatieff’s spineless endorsement of the 2003 Iraq war, and his comments on the Qana bombing in Lebanon. But the author conveniently forgets about Stephen Harper’s endorsement on the Iraq war when he published a letter deriding Canada’s non-involvement in the war in the Wall Street Journal, and then the war speech he gave to Canadian Parliament, which was in fact plagiarized, word for word, from former Australian Prime Minister Howard’s speech supporting the Iraq war. At least Iggy can write his own speeches.
Brows and Baghdad. Sigh.
These stories are half a decade old… let’s move onto something with more substantial and relevant to today’s issues, please.
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In yet another shocking seizure of power, John Chuckman of the Baltimore Chronicle reports that newly-appointed Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff appears to have usurped The World of Warcraft’s Lich King to become Canada’s Prince of Darkness. The Lich King is the main antagonist in the wildly popular World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King [...]
