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Pierre Pettigrew Vanity, vanity, all is vanity

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Posted 22 February 2005 - 11:31 AM

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"A very natural role for Canada to play as a bridge between the United States and the European Union; we have played it historically and we continue to play it," he said.

Many U.S. and European diplomats voiced polite amusement at that notion, saying they are perfectly capable of dealing with the United States without Canadian interlocutors.

G & M Paul Koring

I suspect this quote transmits a tenth of Koring's cynicsm. And I wonder whether this quote reflects Pettigrew's vanity or his ambition or some strange view of Canada.

Paul Wells picked up on the quote too.

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Posted 22 February 2005 - 04:27 PM

I think it confirms what I've always thought of Pettigrew: he's a strange, delusional dude who should never have been made the man to represent Canada on the international stage.

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Posted 22 February 2005 - 06:46 PM

"As I walk through the valley where the PC's onces roamed, we screw everything up...making ourselves look like fools....livin' in a Liberal paraside....ohhh, ohhhh, ohhhh..."

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Posted 23 February 2005 - 02:32 PM

I see its rapping time....

At least it isnt a rendition of Weird Al's Amish Paradise

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Posted 23 February 2005 - 03:02 PM

August1991, on Feb 22 2005, 02:33 PM, said:

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Pettigrew expressed a very familiar Canadian perspective, voiced by our governments of various stripes throughout our post WWII history.

His comments are scarecely new, nor radical, and despite the alleged amusement among some, in fact similar opinions have been expressed by US and European commentators in the past.

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Posted 23 February 2005 - 07:19 PM

The comments are foolish and just outright wrong for today.

Canada's role in the world has declined greatly in the last 20 years.

In military abilities were a viewed more of a burden then a help to both the Americans and the Europeans.

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