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Isn't that the case with almost all politicians both on left and right these days? The schisms are so wide that even a small gesture of acknowledging opposing

Isn't that the case with almost all politicians both on left and right these days? The schisms are so wide that even a small gesture of acknowledging opposing beliefs is causing loss of popularity. For example, when Trump said he. Got vaccinated, he was booed by his own followers. That said Mr T does appear to be naive. Like that ill advised trip to India where the Indian government wasn't even bothered that he was there and it finally became a private visit sort of.

jleyank 5y ago
Fwiw, if the protesters did not block the ambassador bridge, the protest in Ottawa might have continued indefinitely. Ottawa was incapable of responding it seems, and while Ottawa is the second largest city in Ontario the provincial government was ignoring it. When the provincial leadership and one of the two major parties is conservative and supporting the blockade/protest, things grow uncontested. And recall that Trudeau has a minority government and the emergency is an act of parliament that was duly passed decades ago and it survived a vote recently. It is no “executive action” to use what I think is the us term. Following the laws of the legislature, by definition, isn’t illegal.
refurb 5y ago
I agree it’s across the spectrum and because that’s what voters vote for. But I think about Joseph Lieberman. A Democrat but not unwilling to split with the Democrats. Nobody loved him (maybe his own constituency?) but nobody really hated him either. I’m on a movie quote spree: ”Ordained by blood, there are those who would have been better suited to harvest cow dung than to rule the greatest empire on earth. There are those who were as silver, a lesser metal, but worthy of coinage. And then there are those, like cold stone, who force their strength and fury and win the title by fear and intimidation. Blood is nothing. Heart and spirit make the sage”
- allisdust 5y ago
  Nice!. Which movie is this from ?

jleyank 5y ago

Fwiw, if the protesters did not block the ambassador bridge, the protest in Ottawa might have continued indefinitely. Ottawa was incapable of responding it seems, and while Ottawa is the second largest city in Ontario the provincial government was ignoring it. When the provincial leadership and one of the two major parties is conservative and supporting the blockade/protest, things grow uncontested. And recall that Trudeau has a minority government and the emergency is an act of parliament that was duly passed decades ago and it survived a vote recently. It is no “executive action” to use what I think is the us term. Following the laws of the legislature, by definition, isn’t illegal.

refurb 5y ago

I agree it’s across the spectrum and because that’s what voters vote for. But I think about Joseph Lieberman. A Democrat but not unwilling to split with the Democrats. Nobody loved him (maybe his own constituency?) but nobody really hated him either. I’m on a movie quote spree: ”Ordained by blood, there are those who would have been better suited to harvest cow dung than to rule the greatest empire on earth. There are those who were as silver, a lesser metal, but worthy of coinage. And then there are those, like cold stone, who force their strength and fury and win the title by fear and intimidation. Blood is nothing. Heart and spirit make the sage”

allisdust 5y ago
Nice!. Which movie is this from ?