Floyd Axworthy, Part Two
The portion of Floyd's letter that most bloggers jumped on was the hilarious part in which he asked Condi to come up to Canada in order to observe Question Period.
For someone who routinely stood up in Question Period for six years, to a point where he casually deflected opposition criticism in open view of an uncaring media (like the rest of his cabinet colleagues), I'm shocked that Floyd would consider Question Period to be a legitimate and thoughtful democratic exercise, but then again, I can't imagine that his brand of liberals know much about democracy at all.
Joel - which constituent part of the Liberal Party would Floyd be a member... the Molson Patriots or the True Believers?
Question Period is largely a joke in comparison to US Senate Committee hearings with cabinet secretaries. Secretary Rice was only made Secretary of State after a two-day-long grilling by far-left Democratic Senators (which is a good thing, actually). Cabinet ministers are appointed in Canada, with far less legislative oversight.
When cabinet members sit before Senate Committees in the states, you could notice the humility and seriousness in their eyes. They don't deflect questions by referring to "8 straight surplus budgets" or other random, meaningless junk that's too painful for me to dig up. They don't get cheered by the entire government caucus after repeating scripted attack lines on the opposition. I remember after the Abu Ghraib prison-abuse scandal, Secretary Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs of Staff were infront of a Senate committee the very next day, answering questions in a very thoughtful manner, reflective of the seriousness of the issue that they were being questioned on. He didn't refer to the fact that the economy was picking up steam, he didn't refer to the fact that his government had provided tax relief to the American people - he answered questions about his specific department in a manner that showed respect for the senators that were doing the questioning. He didn't seem as if he was being evasive, he didn't seem as if he was annoyed or disrespectful to the members of congress.
Cabinet members are only appointed if they're deemed to understand something about their portfolio, prior to assuming that office. Alfonso Gagliano would never be a cabinet minister in the United States - never. Being a loyal Quebec political operative isn't good enough to make it to cabinet.
Do idiots like Axworthy actually believe their rhetoric about the USA being a one-party-state? Do they know all the facts and are just too stupid to process them meaningfully? Or are they that hopelessly ignorant and uninformed?
For someone who routinely stood up in Question Period for six years, to a point where he casually deflected opposition criticism in open view of an uncaring media (like the rest of his cabinet colleagues), I'm shocked that Floyd would consider Question Period to be a legitimate and thoughtful democratic exercise, but then again, I can't imagine that his brand of liberals know much about democracy at all.
Joel - which constituent part of the Liberal Party would Floyd be a member... the Molson Patriots or the True Believers?
Question Period is largely a joke in comparison to US Senate Committee hearings with cabinet secretaries. Secretary Rice was only made Secretary of State after a two-day-long grilling by far-left Democratic Senators (which is a good thing, actually). Cabinet ministers are appointed in Canada, with far less legislative oversight.
When cabinet members sit before Senate Committees in the states, you could notice the humility and seriousness in their eyes. They don't deflect questions by referring to "8 straight surplus budgets" or other random, meaningless junk that's too painful for me to dig up. They don't get cheered by the entire government caucus after repeating scripted attack lines on the opposition. I remember after the Abu Ghraib prison-abuse scandal, Secretary Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs of Staff were infront of a Senate committee the very next day, answering questions in a very thoughtful manner, reflective of the seriousness of the issue that they were being questioned on. He didn't refer to the fact that the economy was picking up steam, he didn't refer to the fact that his government had provided tax relief to the American people - he answered questions about his specific department in a manner that showed respect for the senators that were doing the questioning. He didn't seem as if he was being evasive, he didn't seem as if he was annoyed or disrespectful to the members of congress.
Cabinet members are only appointed if they're deemed to understand something about their portfolio, prior to assuming that office. Alfonso Gagliano would never be a cabinet minister in the United States - never. Being a loyal Quebec political operative isn't good enough to make it to cabinet.
Do idiots like Axworthy actually believe their rhetoric about the USA being a one-party-state? Do they know all the facts and are just too stupid to process them meaningfully? Or are they that hopelessly ignorant and uninformed?
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