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Here’s your copy of Warren’s Free Talking Points, which may or may not be worth what you pay for them.
• The Reformatories capitulated, big time, where it counts: Michael forced them to support a Liberal motion – coming to the House on Friday – that that sets out a detailed calendar for the Fall, engraving our Opposition days in stone. That’s important because the Reformatories won’t be able to able to play bob and weave, as they had already started to do. It’s important because we can still kick their asses out of government when we decide – not them. It’s important because the Cons really, really, really didn’t want to do it. (Don’t make plans to be away on September 28, either.)
• As the media are reporting, there was progress on EI – in that Michael got Harper to admit that 58 having different eligibility standards across the country is a problem. That’s something they haven’t admitted before. That’s a win, for people who need help right now.
• Did I want an election now? Of course I did; you guys know what I’m like – I’m always up for a scrap. I also wanted an election the day before today, and all of the days before that. I always want an election: I am bored by peacetime. The bottom line is this: the Liberal team was ready to go. As the week began, we had no sense whatsoever that the Reformatories intended to fold in the way that they did. We’ve now got plenty of opportunities for confidence votes now set for the Fall. We were ready before, we are readier now, and we’ll be readiest then. We’ll kick their ass, whenever this thing happens.
• The Reformatories will try and spin this as a victory for their side, naturally. They’ll say we Grits can’t object to their economic plan because we’ve supported their budget, blah blah blah. That’s a load of horseshit, and they know it: Stephen Harper got up on his hind legs and voted for a Paul Martin budget in May 2005, and it didn’t seem to come up very often in the election campaign that happened shortly afterwards, did it? Nope. He won that election; Michael will win the one that’s coming up.
• The Reformatories capitulated, big time, where it counts: Michael forced them to support a Liberal motion – coming to the House on Friday – that that sets out a detailed calendar for the Fall, engraving our Opposition days in stone. That’s important because the Reformatories won’t be able to able to play bob and weave, as they had already started to do. It’s important because we can still kick their asses out of government when we decide – not them. It’s important because the Cons really, really, really didn’t want to do it. (Don’t make plans to be away on September 28, either.)
• As the media are reporting, there was progress on EI – in that Michael got Harper to admit that 58 having different eligibility standards across the country is a problem. That’s something they haven’t admitted before. That’s a win, for people who need help right now.
• Did I want an election now? Of course I did; you guys know what I’m like – I’m always up for a scrap. I also wanted an election the day before today, and all of the days before that. I always want an election: I am bored by peacetime. The bottom line is this: the Liberal team was ready to go. As the week began, we had no sense whatsoever that the Reformatories intended to fold in the way that they did. We’ve now got plenty of opportunities for confidence votes now set for the Fall. We were ready before, we are readier now, and we’ll be readiest then. We’ll kick their ass, whenever this thing happens.
• The Reformatories will try and spin this as a victory for their side, naturally. They’ll say we Grits can’t object to their economic plan because we’ve supported their budget, blah blah blah. That’s a load of horseshit, and they know it: Stephen Harper got up on his hind legs and voted for a Paul Martin budget in May 2005, and it didn’t seem to come up very often in the election campaign that happened shortly afterwards, did it? Nope. He won that election; Michael will win the one that’s coming up.