Stephen Harper meets with Brian Mulroney

Interesting cartoon from the Toronto Star.
Only thing missing is brown bags of cash next to Mulroney.

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Brian Mulroney or Brian MulMoney

Brian Mulroney has his own hit. Floyd may be Pink (Floyd Pink) but Mulroney is totally green.

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Mulroney Again: Oh no!

Did we not deal with a Mulroney before?

Brian Mulroney said at one point in time that he did not do this and that, or say this and that with regards to Karlheinz Schreiber and money exchanging hands. It turned out that he did all that and said all that. Strange now David Mulroney, one time Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs to Harper and currently ambassador to China, is saying there was no torture of detainees in Afghanistan, claiming he didn't know anything about it. Moreover, he says he does not know what Richard Colvin is talking about. Can we believe this Mulroney now? Is this guy related to Brian Mulroney. Déjà vu all over again.

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Karlheinz Schreiber Deported

Karlheinz Schreiber is finally deported to Germany. He looks like a likable guy. I for some reason feel sad to see him go. He is 75 and in Germany they are waiting to charge him for tax evasion and bribery and probably he will become a political football there too.

Granted that Karlheinz Schreiber is a crook but no crook succeeds without few partners and partners he had a few.

Was Brian Mulroney involved in his deportation and was the Harper government behind this deportation? Hard to say and maybe we will never know.

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Brian Mulroney – “What “is” is?”

I have been watching the Oliphant inquiry off and on whenever I get a chance. I do not know what to think of Brian Mulroney. He could have gone down in history as a good Prime Minister had he not been involved in shoddy dealings. He was no replacement of Trudeau, as Mulroney became very cozy with Ronald Reagan of the US which was not a good move.

In hindsight I think the Meech Lake Accord was a good deal for Canada and Quebec but he screwed it up by bragging about the "roll the dice" business which annoyed some Premiers and also many other politicians involved which, in the end, killed the Meech Lake Accord.

However Mulroney stood firm on human rights issues as he firmly supported sanctions against apartheid South Africa. He was also good on the environment and earned the title of green Prime Minister. He definitely was much more progressive than Stephen Harper.

His achievements went down the sewer after revelations of his shoddy dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber. What was he thinking? Mulroney had many Clintonian moments during the inquiry. He was asked why he did not tell the truth during the Airbus inquiry about having business relations with Schreiber. Mulroney declared during that inquiry that he had nothing to do with Schreiber. His answer was typical Clintonian, "it was the context" and he had no dealings with Schreiber in the context of Airbus. Yeah right Brian, too bad for you. At least Clinton had a lot of fun. Then Mulroney was asked why did it not bother him that he was receiving these bags of cash and that it could be inappropriate and illegal. He retorted something like this, "No sir they were not bags they were legal size envelopes." Yeah sure Brian and that really makes it legal and all is well.

It does not look good for Brian Mulroney. He mentored Stephen Harper and Steve already completely disowns him. What a cruel world! One feels sad for Mulroney and his family. He is 70 years old and should be enjoying his life as an elder statesman but all the shoddy dealing are coming back to haunt him. Life, thy name is tragedy.

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Stephen Harper: “I do not accept candies from strangers”?

Harper is playing an interesting game of banishing Brian Mulroney from the Conservative Party, as he is afraid of the Mulroney/Schreiber case outcome. Mulroney is the face of conservatives and how Harper can disown his own face in a way. Mulroney is a kind of iconic figure for Conservatives as he had two back to back majorities as being the only Conservative Prime Minister since Robert Borden in 1917 (who actually led a coalition government) to do so.

Whatever Mulroney's personal failings may be, he was a much better Prime Minister than Stephen Harper. Mulroney was the architect of free trade, which Harper chimes praises of. Mulroney also stood for Human Rights and multiculturalism. On South Africa, Mulroney stood steadfastly against apartheid when his fellow international leaders like Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher wanted to relax sanctions on the apartheid regime. One of Harper's caucus member, Rob Anders, called Nelson Mandela "a communist and terrorist" and asked that he be banned from entering Canada in June of 2001. Also, Mulroney probably would not have banned George Galloway, British MP. So why is Harper throwing Mulroney under the bus? It is apparent that Stephen Harper only cares for Stephen Harper.

If Harper can do this to Mulroney, a fellow Conservative, then does he really care for Canada and its interests? All that matters to him is his own personal glory.

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Stephen Harper's nightmares

Too many ghosts are haunting him - Karlheinz Schrieber, Brian Mulroney, Chuck Cadman, Julie Couillard, Maxime Bernier and on and on...

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Mulroney-Schreiber compatibility ;)

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Karlheinz Schreiber: Stephen Harper and Peter Mackay testify - and Vicissitudes of politics ;)

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Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber: The Buddies - now playing at a theatre near you ;)

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Brian Mulroney - the Greenest Prime Minister

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Mulroney Inquiry: The real reason why Harper was hesitant

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Mulroney, "I have nothing to hide"

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Brian Mulroney: The Greenest Prime Minister :)

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Harper-Cameleon

Harper starts an investigation process into the Mulroney - Karlheinz Schreiber affair.

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Garth Turner has a monkey on his shoulders.

This picture was done for one of the readers of my blog

Platty

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Brian Mulroney who? Harper doesn't remember ;)

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Meet Mr. Chinocchio - Brian Mulroney

Whether you love or hate Pierre Trudeau, he is no longer in this World. If Brian Mulroney had nothing good to say about him, then it would have been better that he said nothing at all rather than badmouth Mr. Trudeau. I personally have nothing against Brian Mulroney but I thought his comments about Trudeau were inappropriate. I agree with Stephane Dion when he said that Trudeau cannot defend himself, thus it's wrong for Mulroney to make such statements.

Also, I believe that Trudeau was one of the greatest Prime Ministers we’ve ever had. He was very strong on human rights issues, he had international stature and he gave Canada visibility and recognition on an international level.

I think we should celebrate Pierre Trudeau's achievements as a Great Canadian Prime Minister.

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The kiss of death!

Given Mulroney's popularity towards the end of his term... will his praises to Harper give the current Prime Minister that same "success"???

Mulroney gives PM two enthusiastic thumbs-up

OTTAWA -- Canada's New Government, as the Stephen Harper Conservatives like to brand themselves, is at the end of its "first term" after 18 months in office and primed for some new ideas, former prime minister Brian Mulroney said yesterday. Click here to read more.

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Bernard Lord's Dilemma

Available at a Bookstore Near You!

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