Conservatives Great Hope: Bob Rae
July 22, 2005 · By Tom Cerber
“I’d shoot him if I saw him,” a lifelong Ottawa native told me when I informed him the federal Liberals were eyeing Bob Rae as a possible leadership candidate to replace Paul Martin.
Bob Rae was NDP Premier of Ontario during the early 90s, and nearly bankrupt the province, along with nearly destroying it under the weight of politically correct ideology. The Mike Harris government had to clean the place up after him. Rae has since seen the error of his ways.
However, Ontarians, like most voters, have long memories when it comes to politicians they hate. And they hate Bob Rae.
This is why Bob Rae would be a wonderful leader for the federal Liberals. Those of us in the West could have a lot of fun watching them convulse over whether they’d vote for an Albertan, Stephen Harper, or the man who once nearly destroyed them.
I think I know how, stupidly, they’d vote in the end. But it would be fun to watch.
On a related note, see Link Byfield’s reflections on the Globe and Mail’s recent idiocies telling Stephen Harper not to celebrate Stampede.
Bob Rae is the devil they know. There is no question who Ontarioans will vote for in the fact of the evil conservatives.
I hope Mr. Rae does become leader of the Liberal Party of Canaduh. The Libs need someone as liason with the Dippers as they’ll probably be running the country together for the next while.
It could explode the myth of the Liberals being a politically centrist party though. Ah, fantasies.
[...] According to Adam Daifallah, the Ontario establishment continues to promote Bob Rae (see here for previous post on this silly topic). It seems Michael Va [...]
[...] According to Adam Daifallah, the Ontario establishment continues to promote Bob Rae (see here for previous post on this silly topic). It seems Michael Va [...]