I’m watching the CPAC broadcast of the CPC Leadership convention and one thing struck me with Michael Chong’s ten minute speech. He didn’t use the words, “Prime Minister” when he talked about Trudeau. Chong is not alone in this with regards to the Conservative MP’s vying for leadership.
I’ve called Justin a lot of things, but I’m not a politician, I’m not an MP, I’m just a shmuck with access to his wife’s blog.
We can call Trudeau anything we want, Michael Chong and all of the leadership contenders, should not. He is the Prime Minister and if that’s the job you want, you should show a bit of respect for the office.
Update: Erin O’Toole is very good speaking a prepared speech. Lots of not-so-subtle digs at the Cosmo Queen in the PMO. Red meat.
Update: Lisa Raitt with a message Conservatives need to hear, “Which fight is more important, the last one or the coming one?”
I disagree. The CBC only very rarely referred to PM Harper as PM Harper. They used no decorum when addressing the best prime minister that Canada has had in the past 20 years. (maybe longer).
I prefer to refer to our nitwit in chief as the little potato, or the simpleton. Once he does something I actually respect, I will PERHAPS refer to him as PM.
Decorum is not automatically awarded with the office. Unlike the voting process, with the public, it must be earned.
I don’t think too many Conservatives would be offended by this. In a way you are right. It would certainly annoy me if Liberals showed that kind of disrespect for Harper when he was PM, however, Justin just does not come across as a legitimate Prime Minister. To refer to him with this august title would seem a bit phoney . . . even though, I know, he is the PM that Canadians seems to have embraced.
Trudeau has no respect for the office, why should we? I had no respect for obozo or the office he shitstained either. Leaders earn respect, the office does not confer respect on its holder.
I usually refer to Juthtin as the retard in the PMO or the trust fund jag-off that “acts” as PM. Because foreign interests and a corrupt Media were successful in their campaign to put Juthtin in the PMO doesn’t really carry much weight with me. Juthtin is an actor, a terrible actor, an arrogant sociopathic half-wit that fronts a regime of extremists that can’t sell the country out fast enough. “Canada is the first Post Nation State, with no core identity”… Why should I have any respect for an undeserving unqualified nit wit that has no respect for me or my country. Face it, Juthtin is an idiot with a name and nothing else, he’s a damn embarrassment to the office of PM, not much to respect. No, respect is something earned not handed to you because your Father was a communist nut job revolutionary who imposed the Trudopian State.
Imagine that, respect for the office of a servant…I don’t think so. It’s never been used to ‘respect’ me, only to put me in tax slavery fore six months of the year.
How about we compromise on ‘Clown Prince’?
And we only ‘owe’ respect to the Crown here not elected dicks of any party none of whom are “Commander-in-Chief” unlike the republic to our south.
I have to say that I don’t give a damn anymore about federal politicians. I just want some leadership in Western Canada to set a new course. I’m sick and tired of being fuc@ed over by Ontario and Quebec.
I don’t even care about all that anymore. All I want is a 4chan shitposter for PM and that’s Maxime Bernier. We’ll find out tomorrow.
He’s the least qualified leader of a western country in human history
Why should anyone show him respect?
Just watch cbc or ctv minutes. The answer is simple
My label of choice is the “Bongwhisperer”……
I wish it would catch on.
I see everybody missed the whole point of Lance’s thread. Read again carefully.
gaining any office does not gain you respect. as others have said respect is earned and no office in the land can confer respect.
Electing Trudeau as PM is proof that the office is not taken seriously by Canadians.
“Wife’s blog”
News to me.
Respect?
For the figurehead leader of a failing Kleptocracy?
It is to laugh.
We are heading for fiscal collapse,poverty and vicious recrimination.
Scapegoats are needed.
Did Harper Derangement Syndrome teach you nothing?
Politicians will point their finger everywhere except at themselves and their foolish behaviour.
Strangely our Presstitutes and Political Sciency types are all in on Capitalists..
It is the fault of these Evil Capitalists,that government has spent beyond all reason and stolen beyond all recovery..
Yah it is Globalism to blame by nameless corporations .. thats why the stealing from the poor to enrich the politically well connected must increase every year…
Evil Capitalists are the reason Governments hate competition.
Scapegoats are necessary.
We have always been at war with Oceana.
Respect for an institution?
Sorry, our fools and bandits have befouled every civic institution they control.
How much respect do you confer to a Tick or other blood sucking parasite?
DO NOT STEAL, your government hates competition.
I prefer “the tit”. No capitals.