Mansbridge interviewed Harper on the National about his "hot off the press" meeting with Obama. Harper would not stop smiling and looked horrifically smarmy. Like a school girl who just met her childhood idol. Eyes still spinning, heart still pounding. Harper said that only two leaders in an intimate setting can get to really sharing ideas. However, their meeting was as brief as one can get. Probably less time than he's spent with Ignatieff and I'd think he's lying if he said him and Iggy shared any ideas or got to know each other any better. It was a symbolic meeting, not of any substance, as Mansbridge summarized.
I'm sure Tories will rave what a great leader Harper is. How proud they are. Well done, Tory nation blue. But it was meeting that really didn't do or resolve anything. It was a meeting where Harper agrees to unify their environmental movement, but we all know the environment is not something Harper is concerned about.
He also said they need more time to discuss items. Harper needs more time? Harper needed a life line, not too long ago. Of course he will say he needs more time, he never wants to leave, he wants all the time in the world. We have seen Harper will do anything to keep his grip on to power.
And we learn Harper and Obama are now on a first name basis! Great work, Steve. Don't forget to toss in one more smarmy smile before the camera cuts out. Ah, well done!
