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David Staples: Hottest political debate of the summer? Whether ‘PeePee is weird’ or ‘Trudope is a wacko’
Politics tamfitronics In our politics, put-downs have a place and a purpose, but I'll suggest a wise leader is what Canadians really cravePublished Aug 09, 2024 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 4 minute readClownish Justin Trudeau accuses Pierre Poilievre of being like Donald Trump. Photo by Malcolm Mayes /PostmediaAre Canada’s political leaders behaving like children when they label each other as wacko or as weird? Or are such put-downs a sound, even winning strategy in politics?Whatever the answer to those questions, I’ll suggest that the hottest political debate just now is whether “PeePee is weird” or “Trudope is wacko.” Yes, our politics has come to that. Maybe it’s just the summer silly season. And, to be clear, if you’re blaming any one political leader for starting the blaming and belittling of opponents, you...
DAVID KRAYDEN: Might per chance 2024 be the contemporary 1968?
Politics tamfitronics The 2024 presidential campaign used to be characterized by various phenomena that make it eerily comparable to the 1968 contest that noticed Richard Nixon conquer Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey and Alabama Gov. George Wallace.And let’s face it – whether or no longer you were around to skills 1968 to your teenage years or maturity or whether or no longer you realize that 365 days from written histories or documentaries – doesn’t it feel esteem deja vu?In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy ran for the Democratic presidential nomination. Even supposing he wasn’t the third-occasion candidate that 365 days, he used to be working as an opponent to the occasion institution favourite, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, who had been President Lyndon Johnson’s working mate in 1964. Humphrey had, as all vice presidents assemble, staunchly and loyally backed...