- Don Martin: A Dion gaffe that shows Harper's mean streak
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WINNIPEG — It’s the new low in a snake’s belly of a campaign.
Liberal leader Stephane Dion misunderstands a complicated question and the Conservatives trot out leader Stephen Harper to declare it the definitive proof this Liberal leader is unfit to serve as prime minister.
What, wondered CTV’s Steve Murphy in a Thursday interview, would Dion do differently to help the economy if he was prime minister today?
Mr. Dion is clearly having as much trouble grasping the concept of him being prime minister as the rest of the country, so he sought clarification. Did that mean being elected in 2006, now, or on Oct 14?, he wondered. Two more times the question was put before Dion sputtered the pat answer about how he’d launch a 30-day economic consultation, etc.
But the reaction was almost more telling about this campaign and its characters than the incident itself.
- Not Stéphane Dion's finest hour
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This is obviously very embarassing for Stéphane Dion — the guy looks confused, dull-witted, old. The Liberals are trying to play it as if the whole thing was about Dion's hearing problems. But that doesn't make sense — given that Dion looked and sounded just as confused after one of his own people patiently explained the rather simple question beign asked of him. Not his finest hour — although it's still not as bad as this.
p.s. Good for CTV for airing this footage.
p.p.s. Obviously, not everyone agrees.
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