He Thinks You're Ignorant - Hell, He's Counting On It

I'm serious, Prime Minister Stephen Harper really believes Canadians are ignorant. He's said that, quite openly. Here's how he belittled us before a gathering of primo, right-wing Americans:

"...it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know almost nothing except for your own country. Which makes you probably more knowledgeable about one more country than most Canadians."

That's just one example, there are others. Lately little Stevie has shown how foolish he thinks we must be in his provocations about the opposition support for his party's legislation. He even said that the opposition must support these bills because the Canadian people voted for them. Huh? Is he talking about that small group, the 30-odd per cent of Canadians who turned out to vote in the last election who supported him? Surely he can't be talking about the two-thirds of Canadian voters who wouldn't support him, is he?

Did you support Harper? I didn't.

Of course, Little Stevie doesn't let facts get in his way. He also doesn't let his past statements reign him in. Take a look at a couple of things he had to say when he was opposition leader in a minority Liberal government:

"If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people."

"It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern."

"And I think the real problem that we're facing already is that the government doesn't accept that it got a minority."

Oh Stevie, the hypocrisy just drips off your lips. Remember, Canadians never endorsed his legislative agenda; just a few did. You need to remember that because Harper can't.