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The folly of trying to appear “moderate” at all costs

November 19, 2008 by Brigitte Pellerin 1 Comment

Oh boy, the fun we’ll have in the next couple of years trying to figure out whither conservatism. I continue to maintain that so-called conservative parties ought to be – at least somewhat – conservative. The same way NDPers ought to be, well, NDPesque (Liberals can continue to be for themselves; they’re the only ones who really care). As this little gem of reasonable argumentation explains, “It’s obvious that, whatever face Harper presents to Canadians, his dark grass roots will always be showing.”

Though to be fair, Ms. Zerbisias has a point. (Really. I looked.)

Conservatives, social or otherwise, will continue to press for their agenda, the same way public-sector unions or artists or auto workers or nurses push for theirs. That’s just life, no matter how some columnists dislike it (and no matter how much I dislike public-sector unions). And yes, conservatives, especially the social kind, and putting pressure on the leadership of the so-called “Conservative” party to move in their preferred direction. What else they gonna do? Push in the opposite direction? Suddenly turn around and say, you know, we’ve always been completely wrong, let’s advocate for even more abortions?

The more Stephen Harper tries to distance himself from what the grassroots of his party really want, the more dishonest he looks. And the more annoyed grassroots conservatives get. That is what people used to describe as a “lose-lose” situation. If you’re going to be accused of having a hidden agenda no matter what, why not pay some attention to what the folks in your own party are saying? Engage them, argue with them, fine. But at least do it out in the open instead of trying to pretend there ain’t no grassroots.

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Librarian overreacts, blames Bush

April 9, 2008 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

When I saw this in The Toronto Star today, I knew I needed to do some additional reading. Could it really be that the Bush administration has time to clamp down on librarians, of all people? That he was up late the last couple of nights, wondering how to make it more difficult for medical researchers? 

A casual perusal of alternate news sources reveals that my headline for this post is likely more accurate than the Zerbisias column. Read the real news, here and here. Sounds like one overzealous librarian made a mistake and decided to blame–who else–George W. Bush.

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Tanya says: Agreed. After all, if Bush is opposed to abortion, why would he want to hide numerous findings from from POPLINE about the correlation between abortion and depression.

Filed Under: All Posts Tagged With: abortion, Antonia Zerbisias, Media, POPLINE, search terms, The Toronto Star

You call that sympathy?

March 7, 2008 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

Re.: Bill C-484, the unborn victims of crime bill, this column about sums up how much sympathy a pro-abortion advocate is prepared to have for women murdered when pregnant.

…the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a woman and her fetus are considered “one person.” That means there are no “unborn victims” of crime…

There you have it. There are no unborn victims. And “unborn victims” gets quotation marks, just to highlight how delusional a pregnant woman really is.

Don’t get me wrong, I like charades–have played it many times. But really, how long can women like Antonia Zerbisias keep this up? 

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