Posted on 12/26/2008 6:16:15 AM PST by Invisigoth
This past Saturday morning, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper appeared live on national television to give both himself and the voting public a rogering so intense that I was surprised it wasnt censored as pornography. After holding out as arguably the last truly conservative world leader on the bailout issue, he announced just over $3 billion USD in repayable loans (I regretfully gave a friend one of those, once) for American auto makers. Its $3 billion for General Motors, $1 billion for Chrysler and a credit line for Ford. The only thing missing from the announcement was the post-coital cigar. This is a regrettable but necessary step to protect the Canadian economy, Harper said. So hes throwing a few million at a company (General Motors) so broke that it just opened a $300 million plant in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Two months ago, he was pointing out the idiocy of Americas spending orgy: We don't need a Parliament that acts and functions like the American Congress . . . We're not going to get into a situation like we have in the United States where we're panicking and annunciating a different plan every day.
So what happened? Well, the Liberal opposition party threatened to bring down Harpers government over the lack of bailouts, and could attempt to do so again at any time. So Harper reduced the daylight between himself and the opposition Liberals on this issue, and in doing so, tossed away his biggest trump card.
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LOL.... Yeah. That's because that is where most "American cars" are made CANADA! How ***** of him to extend help to the corporations that are supporting HIS country.
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