Open mouth, insert foot...

So....it didn't take long at all for Stephen Harper to display his flawlesss political instincts and somehow manage to stick his size eleven clod-hopper straight into his size twelve mouth. With regards to Bill C- 38 (same sex legislation):


"“Because it’s being passed with the support of the Bloc, I think it will lack legitimacy with most Canadians,” Harper told CBC Newsworld."

What is he thinking?? Does he think that comments like these make him seem more mainstream, more electable (Especially in "vote rich" Ontario)? Or do you sound more like a petulant, sore loser? Face it, this battle has been lost, move on (or at least this vote has been lost, anyway). Not to mention that comments like this sound a tad hypocritical, given that it would have been perfectly legitimate had those non-confidence motions from awhile back been passed (with the help of the nefarious Bloc).

The folks giving Mr. Harper advice should be telling him to shut up about the whole marriage issue - um, actually, can we get everyone to shut up about it? - surely there are more important issues facing us (ruinous tax levels, sagging productivity, out of control government spending, a distinct lack of ethics in government, etc, etc) that should be demanding our attention- personally, I am sick of hearing & reading about this.

So, Stevie - please - how about starting to talk about how the Conservatives would actually govern - maybe people will start to listen...I'd sure like to hear it, anyway....