by Mike Cleaver » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:37 am
I just about gag every time I see one of Harpo Marx' tv ads trying to portray him as "warm and fuzzy."
The pre-election call one in particular, with that "Cheshire cat" grin at the end made me want to hurl.
The military patriotism one about veterans makes me spew because he has no idea what it is to be part of a military family.
This is a person who shakes hands with his pre-teen children instead of hugging them.
This is a person who ignores the fact there are gay people in Canada.
For example, he's never attended a Pride event, even though the ones in Toronto and Vancouver attract a million and half-million voters respectively.
He didn't attend the International Aids Conference in Montreal.
He has an American agenda for Canada.
I keep seeing t-shirts around Vancouver that are anti-Harper and anti-reform, er, Conservative.
One says "Anti-women, anti-gay, Stephen Harper go away!"
Another, "Stephen Harper does not love me" on a shirt worn by a young man who is HIV positive.
Harpo Marx is a dangerous wacko with a fundamentalist bent.
He worships the US and wants to make Canada more like our neighbour to the south.
None of the leaders, save Jack Layton, spends much time out here in BC.
I don't like all of the NDP policies but maybe it's time to give someone other than the Liberals or Conservatives a chance at running this country.
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