tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post112680178651087305..comments2024-02-12T05:46:36.595-05:00Comments on talk talk talk: Mulroney Laid Baretalk talk talk / Shireenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10453931641034885060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post-1126828843880001752005-09-15T20:00:00.000-04:002005-09-15T20:00:00.000-04:00"Mulroney truthful?"You're right. I had a memory f..."Mulroney truthful?"<BR/><BR/>You're right. I had a memory freeze, and I was comparing him to Chretien in my mind. But I do remember him running on Free Trade in the 1988 election and becoming almost apoplectic in the cause. I think everyone was stunned when he won that election handily.<BR/><BR/>Patronage is to be expected. The thing that riled me is how much the Liberals have gotten away with it, yet he was crucified.<BR/><BR/>I'm finding as time goes by that I'm not as certain in my dismissal of his record as I used to be. (And I too am thankful Meech/Charlottetown failed.) What's that adage about history versus newspapers?<BR/><BR/>"Chretien...will be plenty of time to roast him."<BR/><BR/>I'd have thought the Gomery inquiry would've been the perfect venue. It was Chretien who was behind it, golf balls notwithstanding. And the media are once again letting him off. Unbelievable.talk talk talk / Shireenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453931641034885060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12218227.post-1126827271856771242005-09-15T19:34:00.000-04:002005-09-15T19:34:00.000-04:00Mulroney truthful? He may be candid in private, b...Mulroney truthful? He may be candid in private, but even people who liked him have called him a habitual liar. For one thing, Mulroney ran against free trade in the 1984 election, and also famously crucified John Turner on patronage appointments, while within weeks, he was planning some patronage appointments of his own. <BR/><BR/>It may require a fair amount of narcissism for a person to run a country, but he is terribly deluded as to what he accomplished, or tried to accomplish. The Meech Lake/Charlottetown accords failed (thankfully), and the free trade agreement, whcih is not working out so well at the moment.<BR/><BR/>Not that I'm an apologist for Chretien, I think that he was at least twice as bad a Mulroney, but there will be plenty of time to roast him. Newman's book is basically the truth in Mulroney's own words, which he never wanted published anyway. I was beginning to like him recently, but he just seems to have a rotten attitude about people in general, and has trouble hiding it.Looney Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03617017419324704700noreply@blogger.com