46 Replies to “To Boldly Blow”

  1. “Today, under Harper, we have an angry, we have a divisive, we have an intolerant Canada….” where Albertans are told to go back where they came from.

  3. At least Garneau had a job and isn’t a lawyer and his name is not Justin. I hope he isn’t a raving lunatic like the Three Stooges that Harper has already buried – 4 if you include Rae. Garneau could be a sleeper – I’d prefer the A-hole Trudeau.

  4. andycanuck, exactly. Even though Garneau was a Liberal I had a certain amount of respect for him primarily because of his accomplishments rather than for his choice of politics. However he blew any credibility he had with me and should be looking in the mirror regarding his comments and the Liberal sense of them being the natural governing party of Canada and any other government is an aberration.

  5. The guy became an astronaut and then decided to slime himself by joining the Quebec Liberals, it’s a sad end to a great career and it really calls into question his judgement.

  6. Remind me again why we should take seriously the smug/elitist party that colluded in 1995 to STEAL $100 million dollars from taxpayers?
    Just cause they thought no one was looking.
    Remind me again please:
    “I’m entitled to my entitlements”. Thanks Dingwall aka Entitled a$$hole

  7. Scar, exactly. The man has actually accomplished something more than being the spawn of a famous socialist. His choice of politics on the other hand shows the lingering effects of hypoxia.

  8. “This is a government that rewards the few at the expense of the many.”
    From a ####ing ASTRONAUT!

  9. Obviously Mr Garneau is highly educated and intelligent.
    As being a Liberal means being able to suspend common sense in deference to ideology, he certainly can’t ever be accused of being smart.

  10. He’s exactly like the last 4 wack jobs. He’s got the leftist anger thing down pat. Does that still work on some people (did it ever)?

  11. I’ll repeat comments from the NP:
    “When Garneau said, “practises the politics of exclusion, the politics of hypocrisy, of deceit. This is a government that rewards the few at the expense of the many.” I was sure he was talking about his own party’s unchallenged record in this regard. I knew Garneau back in his uniformed days and I thought he was smarter than to hitch his wagon to the Liberal party. At least he would be a breath of fresh air compared to the B-list candidates the party traditionally picks.”

  12. ‘Today, under Harper, we have an angry, we have a divisive, we have an intolerant Canada. We have an intolerant government.
    ”Stephen Harper’s government practises the politics of exclusion, the politics of hypocrisy, of deceit. This is a government that rewards the few at the expense of the many.’
    I blew coffee out of my nose.
    I admire this old spaceman’s appreciation of irony.

  13. “I knew Garneau back in his uniformed days and I thought he was smarter than to hitch his wagon to the Liberal party. At least he would be a breath of fresh air compared to the B-list candidates the party traditionally picks.”
    Posted by: Aviator at November 28, 2012 12:53 PM”
    Seriously there was probably a brown paper bag involved in this recruitment. Libranno SOP.

  14. As an ex-military member he has broken ranks with those of us who still serve. To join the liberal party is the same as joining the taliban. The liberals are the natural enemy of the Canadian Forces. They have routinely treated us like garbage. When we went throught the decade of darkness they cut our budget to the bone, cut our health care to almost nothing, and still expected us to carry out our duties in the most dangerous of places with inadequate vehicles and equipment. If Garneau had a long memory he would have thought of that time in our history and not become a slimebag liberal.

  15. Reminds me of Ken Dryden. A noteworthy career that will be tarnished by the insanity and embarrassment that is progressive politics.
    And he has about as much personality as a tea towel.

  17. “practises the politics of exclusion, the politics of hypocrisy, of deceit”
    He’s going after the NDP? I would have thought he was setting the Lib’s sights on the CPC but hey, baby steps. Second place isn’t that bad.
    Anyway, when this rocket scientist loses out to the teen idol, someone better put him on a suicide watch. That will definitely leave a mark.

  18. Who’s angry? Who’s divisive? Who’s playing to just a segment of Canadian society? I think the parties of the left are guilty of all three not the CPC.
    I would ask mr garneau to cite evidence of these actions by the CPC.

  19. Who’s angry? Who’s divisive? Who’s playing to just a segment of Canadian society? I think the parties of the left are guilty of all three not the CPC.
    I would ask mr garneau to cite evidence of these actions by the CPC.

  20. Does anyone actually believe that those words were Garneau’s?
    He has been recruited by the Liberal backroom boys to give the anointed one a somewhat credible opponent so that the party will look like they are offering serious alternatives as party leader. Every public appearance will be choreographed to make Justin look better to the Liberal voters.

  21. One of the most interesting things about all the LIEberal (NDPQ also) leadership candidates is that every one condemns the Government of Canada and Harper. Not one of them has brought a policy to the voters to say how he/she will do better than the present Government. It seems that the person with the best bashing/lying against Harper will win. The party seems motivated only by greed, lies, power and corruption. All of them will have a hard time in the West – though the race was close in Calgary Center … which the present government should be concerned about.
    The only advantage he has is, that he is much more respected than True-dough and other contenders. But that will not get him the votes where they will count.
    Question: Does anybody know if all those who went to the LIEberal leadership race several years ago have paid Elections Canada off yet, or are they still on extensions?

  22. Harper won 3 elections against Liberals whose only campaigning was how scary the Conservatives were. By the time they got around to the third one, it might have occurred to someone to fight an election on policy, not personality, because despite Harper’s supposed shortcoming in this area, the Libs had less. Odd fricking crew.

  23. ‘And I am extremely proud of who I am and my contribution to my the country. I believe in commitment and in excellence in everything I do.’
    That’s the kind of thing that is supposed to be said by someone else…not your narcissistic self. So, he believes in himself. Wow.
    The man’s obviously highly accomplished and deserves the accolades that have already been accorded him; including having elementary schools named after him one supposes.
    Nevertheless, he is a Liberal and his view of the country is the one that Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party have all but exorcised from our public institutions and civil service and, of course, in public policy.
    He says that he served in the ‘Canadian Navy’. No such service has ever existed. When Garneau wore his Paul Hellyers he served in Maritime, i.e., Water Command where sailors were forced to pretend that they were the infantry. The Liberals did that. Before them it was the RCN and after them it is once again the RCN. Garneau was against the restoration of the RCN. Good grief.
    Distinguished in his areas of expertise, Garneau should retire gracefully and not further tarnish his name with the grime of Grit. In much the same way, Justin Trudeau, who has not distinguished himself in anything in space or on earth, should equally avoid those who would ensnare him in the world of Grit. The Rainmaker is gone. The old firm is dead. Justin should find work as a teacher in one of the Marc Garneau Schools across the country and live the quiet life.

  24. Ken Dryden was my childhood hero until he lost his mind and left the Habs to become a lawyer!!??!! Then he sank to subterranean depths by moving back to Toronto to become a Liberal MP.
    Mr Garneau did not have as far to fall but now he’s reduced himself to keeping company with Buzz Hargrove, Clayton Ruby and other angry, delusional lefties.

  25. Ken (Kulak);
    I have no doubt that Garneau is very intelligent and I presupposed that his military background would not carry him to the Liebel fold.
    Some of his quotes remind me of my brother-in-law, a born and breed BCer. He has worked in the Canadian Space Program for many years now. We were discussing the SPACEX private contractor who is now flying supplies to the space station. His comment last year was they won’t get a ship off for another 10 years and won’t fly a man for 15 years. His observation was founded in the idea that since private capital required a return their research would be limited and corners cut. Government funding of research was far more open ended and larger. There is an arrogance factor there that exists through intellect but also through the idea that easterns are the natural leaders of Canada.
    Perhaps Garneau has not made the Turdeau Jr. verbal mistake about the ‘natural leaders’ belief but I highly doubt it does not exist. Perhaps the CPC should review some of his speeches in the last federal campaign to get a proper taste.

  26. Ken (Kulak);
    I have no doubt that Garneau is very intelligent and I presupposed that his military background would not carry him to the Liebel fold.
    Some of his quotes remind me of my brother-in-law, a born and breed BCer. He has worked in the Canadian Space Program for many years now. We were discussing the SPACEX private contractor who is now flying supplies to the space station. His comment last year was they won’t get a ship off for another 10 years and won’t fly a man for 15 years. His observation was founded in the idea that since private capital required a return their research would be limited and corners cut. Government funding of research was far more open ended and larger. There is an arrogance factor there that exists through intellect but also through the idea that easterns are the natural leaders of Canada.
    Perhaps Garneau has not made the Turdeau Jr. verbal mistake about the ‘natural leaders’ belief but I highly doubt it does not exist. Perhaps the CPC should review some of his speeches in the last federal campaign to get a proper taste.

  27. The “HateHarper” crowd were relatively harmless whilst their language and sentiments were confined to comments on Globe and Mail and TO Star websites, and to the ‘fair and unbiased’ CBC. Now a potential candidate for Prime Minister has adopted the gutter language so common in those sewers. If the Liberals think that this is anything but the road to final collapse, they are mistaken. There is still decency in this country, and such naked power-grab tactics will engender revulsion and rejection in the electorate. It is indeed sad to see and hear an otherwise accomplished person losing all sense of proportion in a deranged pursuit of power.

  28. Excellent comments! I DID have some respect for Garneau, but his “politics of divisiveness…rewarding the few..” comments,though written by the LPC backroom boys (sounds like something Kinsella would write), WERE uttered by the good astronaut himself. II he’s his own man, maybe he should have spoken his own words,or are they any different.
    Now, while we all give credit to Garneau for his accomplishments, I wonder where he came from, who his parents were,the usual due diligence that should be done on a serious candidate for the PM’s office.
    From the G & M Jan.5,2002 :”Born in 1949 in Quebec City, he was the second of four sons of a French-Canadian military officer and an anglophone mother from New Brunswick.
    He had a peripatetic childhood, following the postings of Brigadier-General André Garneau, from the Canadian base at Soest, West Germany, to a NATO posting in London, England.”
    Aha! Garneau is another “favorite son”, not the child of an ordinary Canadian family, but the son of a French-Canadian Brigadier-General in the Canadian forces.
    This is not to suggest he didn’t earn his way,or to downgrade his accomplishments, but DOES indicate he was born into and has always been a member of the Liberal Elite in Canada.
    The words of his speech were probably his core beliefs.

  29. “this old spaceman’s appreciation of irony.”
    Good one, Texas Canuck, one of many hilarious skewers above. I hope Garneau’s line about changing politics wasn’t his own inspiration, it would be sad to think this was his idea of a platform.
    Yeah, background is great, but like Dryden, what happens next? (BTW, I was a lawyer, then tried to be a goalie for the Habs…no luck.)

  30. Who’s angry? Who’s divisive? Who’s playing to just a segment of Canadian society? I think the parties of the left are guilty of all three not the CPC.
    The CPC is as guilty as the others. Garneau’s comments are pretty standard boilerplate.

  31. I can’t figure out how people can use those hackneyed phrases like “the politics of divisiveness” and “an intolerant Canada without … blushing.
    Contemporary politics IS divisiveness defined because almost the whole of life is now political. Even coffee, even the garbage, even flatulent cows.
    The US founders were genuinely frightened of what they called factions (rent-seeking special interests) which is why they naively tried to narrowly define the role of the federal government and establish a balance of power between the Executive-Legislative-Judicial branches. EPIC FAIL.
    I love Kate’s humble request for more information about how he’s gonna “change the way politics is done”.
    He’s clearly a SPACE CADET on auto-pilot.

  32. Who’s angry? Who’s divisive? Who’s playing to just a segment of Canadian society? I think the parties of the left are guilty of all three not the CPC.
    The CPC is as guilty as the others. Garneau’s comments are pretty standard boilerplate.

  34. Pidd @ 2:01: That’s the kind of thing that is supposed to be said by someone else…not your narcissistic self. So, he believes in himself. Wow.
    Haha, good point. Reminds me of Stephane Dion who called himself a “reho” in an interview. I think he meant “hero”…

  35. LAS – Go back to the Globe & Mail (oh, they charge now, sorry for sending a leftist where he’d have to pay his own way). The Conservatives are the least divisive party in this country and they have coast-to-coast MPs to prove it. Also the angry, blind hatred I see on blogs is always directed at PMSH and his party, so the anger isn’t from both sides of the spectrum. Enough of feeding the troll…

  36. To: Eastern Paul @ 1:05
    Was the brown paper bag to carry the money, or prevent him hyperventilating from his excitement at announcing his candidacy?

  37. Sigh, another pasty white faced liberal telling the rest of Canada they’re tired of divisive politics whilst placing Quebec on the supremacy ivory tower. Does this nonsense ever end.

  38. Read this about the Canada of today compared to the liberal oligarchy of yesteryear. I never felt any pride for Canada until Harper took over making hard choices, not the sheep bleating ones of the liberals. Who had absolutely no integrity or Honor. Just dollar signs for eyes.
    Canadian PM Harper, heir apparent to the free world, stands up for freedom, personally intervened to stop ‘Palestinian’ terror statehood bid at UN
    http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2012/11/pm-harper-heir-apparent-to-the-free-world-stands-up-for-freedom-canadian-personally-intervened-to-st.html

  39. “A mewling pasty older white guy”
    Whaa, this is one mewling pasty older white guy who will be checking his options tomorrow AM at his lawyer’s place. Note that us older white guys have to shop at the lawyers place not funded by government.

  40. Oh my the irony is astounding. It was the Liberal Party that gave us the most divisiveness with its identity politics and multiculturalism to say nothing of official bilingualism. Bilingualism on its own already existed and was not a problem, since many were already bilingual without it necessarily being English and French. Once the state got involved (a Liberal invention) and it became “official” or state bilingualism, it could only get worse while costing us millions if not billions. The same goes for multiculturalism in that prior to Liberal official multiculturalism, many, if not all, ethnic groups organised on their own with their own money to pass on their traditions while remaining fully Canadian.

  41. 3 years is a long time.
    Garneau,the astronaut, has proven that he is capable of learning.
    Trudeau,the space cadet,has proven that he is capable of being a Trudeau.
    I want Justin to lead the Liberals.
    Canada needs Justin to lead the Liberals.
    Justin must outshine his opponents for another 5 months.Thankfully, the media will polish that turd without any prompting.

  42. How come McGuinty and the Liberal campaign team can blow $1.2 B on moving gas plants to save seats in Ontario and Liberal supporters don’t care?
    How come Obama can triple the U.S debt and U.S. Liberals don’t care?
    How can an election result be overturned by an activist judge and the Toronto Mayor thrown out of office for raising money for his football team from an underpriviledged neighborhood?
    Conservatives are getting absolutely crushed in the communications game in North America..

  43. This is very sad. Here was someone who, we were told, would be a candidate of substance, who had real accomplishments, who exuded “gravitas”. And here he announces his candidacy using the same tired old, leftist, foamy-mouthed boilerplate as airily as the Shiny Pony.

  45. I agree Beer and Popcorn
    Conservatives win 2 by elections , the Liberals loose 3, coming in 2nd , 3rd, and 4th and the MSM headline in National Post , wait for it
    Conservatives losing support
    UUGH

  46. Steven “Conservatives win 2 by elections , the Liberals loose 3, coming in 2nd , 3rd, and 4th and the MSM headline in National Post , wait for it
    Conservatives losing support”
    I thought the ruling party loses by-elections.

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