January 12, 2006
HOW DO YOU SAY "THE SHIP BE SINKIN'" IN CANADIAN?:
Ad wasn't an attack on military: Paul Martin (CTV.ca, 1/12/06)
In an interview Thursday morning on CTV's Canada AM, Martin said he approved every one of the harshly critical ads -- including one that suggested the Tory Leader would use the military to occupy Canadian cities. [...]Posted by Orrin Judd at January 12, 2006 4:41 PMBut later Thursday, Liberal MP Keith Martin took a far more critical tone, calling the ad "appalling" before apologizing to members of the military who were offended by it.
"Some idiot inadvertently sent out an ad that was not approved and not supported by the party with the 11 (ads) that were supported," Martin told CP. His riding includes CFB Esquimalt, the headquarters of Canada's Pacific naval fleet.
Paul Martin stressed, however, that the ad wasn't meant to target soldiers, and that his party is a defender of the military.
They're in auto-Swift Boat mode. Way!
Posted by: Luciferous at January 12, 2006 4:48 PMCanada has a "Pacific naval fleet"? Who knew.
Posted by: Bob at January 12, 2006 7:14 PMGiven what the Liberals have already done to the Canadian military's numbers, the idea of having them occupy all of the nation's cities must be something similar to that "One Riot, One Ranger" thing they have down in Texas.
Posted by: John at January 12, 2006 7:21 PMAnd somebody says there is no humour up here:
Many in the Forces were incensed at the suggestion they would be used to impose some form of martial law, but others found it an amusing comment on the lack of knowledge on defence issues in Liberal party ranks. "Where would we get the soldiers? Where would we get the guns?" asked one officer, who asked not to be named. "Haven't these guys been reading their own policies?".
Meanwhile, on the subject of sinking ships...
Posted by: Peter B at January 12, 2006 8:35 PMThanks, OJ....only on this blog can one find a quote from the immortal Micheal Ray Richardson.
Posted by: Foos at January 13, 2006 10:58 PM