Reply #78: wow, why don't you address what I said?

[iverglas]

Our country is lacking much right now in every area, but it is not because of Dean.

Did someone say it was? What has that statement got to do with anything *I* said?

Now, I don't know jack about the parties in Canada

Maybe you should find something out, so you have a chance of understanding the posts you respond to.

Clinton goes to Canada trying to affect change in the Liberal Party all the time.

What????? Where the hell did you get this idea?

Clinton speaks in Canada as a paid speaker, just as he speaks anywhere else. For instance:

http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=tp&tp_date=1141794000

Embassy, March 8th, 2006
TALKING POINTS
Clinton in Town
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was in Ottawa on Monday as part of the "Power Within" speaking tour, along with Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong. 5,000 people, including former prime minister Jean Chrétien, crammed into the Congress Centre to hear the Mr. Clinton speak about leadership.

Clinton spoke as a private individual hired by a profit-making enterprise, and Chrétien, and a lot of other people, attended the event as members of the paying public. (Maybe Chrétien got a freebie, but he was still there as a private individual and not as a head of government or leader of a party.)

Are you actually thinking that it would be even remotely acceptable for any US citizen, let alone a former head of state, to try to effect change in a political party in a foreign country???

I will ask, yet again: in what circumstances would a US citizen think it acceptable for a foreigner to try to effect change in one of the political parties in his/her country?

I can not imagine what harm in the world it did to have a speaker from America, unless you really truly honestly think Dean is like Bush.

Some people just have weak imaginations, I guess. Or like to cover their ears and go wah-wah -- since you have absolutely no need to "imagine" anything in this regard, it having been explained to you over and over.

So, even though Dean mentioned reaching out to everyone in the party, they did not listen....so he did not "corrupt" them.

The arrogance of the uninformed US mind never ceases to amaze me. You have no clue what is going on in the Liberal Party of Canada, and you would be very wise to stop proving it in public.

Your rants in this thread seem overwrought.

And when all else fails, a little personal commentary never goes amiss, eh?