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Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will be a pallbearer at Reagan's funeral
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| June 7, 2004
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Posted on 06/07/2004 8:56:21 PM PDT by ejdrapes
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posted on
06/07/2004 8:56:22 PM PDT
by
ejdrapes
To: ejdrapes
Which is it? Will Prime Minister Mulroney be a speaker, a pallbearer or both? The news (like this article) has been inconsistent all day.
By the way, why is current Prime Minister Martin avoiding going to the funeral? He's in the middle of what is turning out to be a tough election campaign. Is anti-Americanism in Canada so severe that he thinks the risk of going to President Reagan's funeral is greater than any potential PR benefit? I know the Governor General is head of state, but it seems like a stupid move to me.
To: ejdrapes; All
Alright rack itttt
I hear about Merv Griffin be pallbearer and Michael Deaver not former Canuck PM
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posted on
06/07/2004 9:03:09 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: ejdrapes
I thought soldiers would be the pallbearers? Anyway, I like the idea of Mulroney and Griffen as pallbearers.
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posted on
06/07/2004 9:05:23 PM PDT
by
dougherty
(I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
To: conservative in nyc
By the way, why is current Prime Minister Martin avoiding going to the funeral? He's in the middle of what is turning out to be a tough election campaign. Is anti-Americanism in Canada so severe that he thinks the risk of going to President Reagan's funeral is greater than any potential PR benefit? Yes.
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posted on
06/07/2004 9:10:09 PM PDT
by
JPJones
To: ejdrapes
And the prime minister's office says Governor General Adrienne Clarkson will represent Canada at the ceremony.Adrienne Clarkson is a talentless hack. Thank God Mulroney will be there, representing the 1/3rd of Canadians that are actually good people.
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posted on
06/07/2004 9:11:38 PM PDT
by
ikka
To: ikka
Adrienne Clarkson is a talentless hack. Thank God Mulroney will be there, representing the 1/3rd of Canadians that are actually good people.
Amen. A real man that Mulroney.
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posted on
06/07/2004 9:13:48 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: ikka
I think Mulroney alone could represent Canada. The majority of Canadiens hate the Americans. Let them rot in their pathetic Socialist state and send a rare Canadien that is truly a friend of the US.
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posted on
06/07/2004 9:33:26 PM PDT
by
conshack
To: conservative in nyc
The governor general will represent Canada. ( Governor General Adrienne Clarkson)
The former Prime Minister will speak.
The honorary pall bearers were listed, but I didn't see his name there.
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posted on
06/07/2004 9:57:19 PM PDT
by
texasflower
(in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
To: conservative in nyc
"I know the Governor General is head of state..." Nope. The GG is HRH Queen Elizabeth II's representative, the Queen being official head of state. Having said that, Her Majesty has more class, grace, wit, and sagacity in her dainty pinky finger than does the Governor General and her husband (John Ralston Saul) put together and multiplied a thousand times.
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:11:57 PM PDT
by
badfreeper
(Ronald Wilson Reagan 1911-2004 RIP)
To: badfreeper
Her Majesty has more class, grace, wit, and sagacity in her dainty pinky finger than does the Governor General and her husband (John Ralston Saul) put together and multiplied a thousand timesI agree with you there, but over the last couple of years my opinion of her was tempered by her support for the troops overseas- she's probably the only G-G since WWII to take the role of Commander in Chief seriously. Going to Afghanistan is something that neither Chrétien nor Martin would ever have the guts to do.
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posted on
06/08/2004 2:18:16 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
To: badfreeper
The GG is HRH Queen Elizabeth II's representative That's HRM Queen Elizabeth II. /nitpick
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posted on
06/08/2004 2:19:50 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
To: conshack
The majority of Canadiens hate the Americans.Not really. It would be more accurate to say that the overwhelming majority of Canadian jounalists and academics plus a significant number of Canadian politicians hate the Americans. Most of us like the Yanks but the majority, as always, is silent. Don't forget that the most popular PM in our history (Mulroney) was a strong friend of America and the greatest American president ever was a great friend to Canada.
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posted on
06/08/2004 6:44:21 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
To: Squawk 8888
Let's not forget about the future PM in Harper. ; )
To: Squawk 8888
That's HRM
Queen Elizabeth II. /nitpick<nitpickier pedantry="severe">That's Her Majesty The Queen.</nitpickier> 8-)
To: conshack
The majority of CanadiEns (ie Frogs) probably do.
I believe the majority of CanadiAns do not.
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posted on
06/11/2004 6:13:48 AM PDT
by
SB00
To: conservative in nyc
Is anti-Americanism in Canada so severe that he thinks the risk of going to President Reagan's funeral is greater than any potential PR benefit?
Martin himself is not anti-American but many in his party are as are many liberal Canadians. He's trying to protect his left wing base.
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posted on
06/11/2004 6:16:09 AM PDT
by
SB00
To: dougherty
Griffin and Deaver, etc., are honorary. Soldiers and sailors will do the physical lifting...the casket weights 700 pounds and some of the honoraries are senior citizens!
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posted on
06/11/2004 6:20:55 AM PDT
by
hershey
To: ejdrapes
Mulroney's (Canadian Conservative) political equivalent in the U.S. would be Walter Mondale.
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posted on
06/11/2004 6:21:31 AM PDT
by
JesseHousman
(Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal)
To: SB00
It won't work. Martin's getting so outflanked by the NDP from the left and the Torries from the center that the Grits are being squeezed into minority party status. What a pity!
Why did he leave the G-8 summit early to go hide with his political advisors? It's not like he didn't know D-Day and the summit came in the middle of the campaign season when he called the election.
The Liberals look and sound desperate.
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