Can our national columnists at least get their tired assumptions consistent?
from Ibbitson in today's Globe&Mail:
"...although Mr. Dion is waging a surprisingly strong campaign, he remains a tough sell outside Quebec."
Next, we'll hear that although Bob Rae's campaign is surprisingly strong, he remains a tough sell outside Ontario...
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More Quebeckers will be supporting Dion than anyone thinks. He is the only Quebecker in the race.
Dion's English is no more atrocious than the other candidates' French. And come on, you can't compare Dion's English to Chretien's, as Chretien barely spoke any kind of recognized human language.
I also wouldn't saddle with him with 'failed the environment' and 'Adscam' baggage. He was neutered by Martin in his environment post, and is clearly on record as being opposed to the sponsorship programme.
That being said, the point of my post was jump all over Ibbitson's statement. Dion's supposed big baggage is his authorship of the Clarity Act and subsequent radioactivity in Quebec (and concurrent popularity outside of the province), and suddenly we have Ibbitson claiming he is only popular in Quebec. I've noticed Ibbitson often makes assumptions to nicely fit the thrust of his column, and this particular one jumped right out at me.
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