After a decade of uncool Stephen Harper, the NY Times has decided that Canada is “Suddenly … Hip”. An American colleague brought this article to my attention, thinking that I’d be gushing with joy that “once again” I come from a cool country. She was rather shocked, and dare I say disappointed, to hear that I wasn’t a fan boy of Justine ‘Shiny Pony’ Trudeau.
I went on a mini-rant, stating my belief that Trudeau is merely a puppet figure, with the real levers of power back in the crafty hands of the Laurentian Elite. When she heard this, she immediately said, “Oh you mean like during the George W. Bush years?” To this I responded, “More like the Obama years.” This didn’t sit well with her. She pursed her lips, turned around, and walked away.
I got to thinking how incredibly effective the predominately left-wing media is at spin and shaping opinions. My colleague is no dummy but undoubtedly most of her life she has predominately (only?) heard leftist opinions on all things political. To believe that Barack Obama is a magnanimous free-thinker who considers all of the facts at hand and makes the best decisions for America is preposterous at best and more likely akin to idiotic. But such is the mindset for at least 35% of Americans.
True story:
Last month we were in Australia and heading to Sydney Airport. The taxi driver, from India not only knew who our new prime minister was, he was also aware of the gender-neutral cabinet. News travels far …
“She pursed her lips, turned around, and walked away.”
The next level is sputtering indignation and some more back and forths where they recite programmed responses they absorbed from CBC and CTV (Harper dictator) being the most likely. That’s how all arguments with Trudeau or Obama backers end.
“Really, please give one example of Harper being a dictator”
/Silence/
They all retreat because they’re NOT smart.
I’ll the the so-called “Laurentian elite” over Harper any day of the week. He just wasn’t ready.