http://keyes.ca/journal/2008/08/04/politics-and-ideology/ Connecting with Canadians Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://keyes.ca/journal/2008/08/04/politics-and-ideology/comment-page-1/#comment-615 » Blog Archive » Ignatieff is the perfect Liberal Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:03:00 +0000 http://keyes.ca/journal/2008/08/04/politics-and-ideology/#comment-615 [...] I have written in the past about why I have trouble identifying the Liberal brand - what it stands for and what principles guide them. And now it appears the Liberal Party has a leader who embodies that “non-ideology” ideology perfectly. From today’s National Post: Mr. Ignatieff’s arbitrarily shifted views on foreign policy and human ethics are hardly beside the point: He didn’t get nine honorary doctorates for his hypothetical future as a politician, or for his knowledge of economics for that matter. What good was done by all those years of navel-gazing on the human condition and the responsibility to protect if it must be ignored when real power is in view? [...] [...] I have written in the past about why I have trouble identifying the Liberal brand – what it stands for and what principles guide them. And now it appears the Liberal Party has a leader who embodies that “non-ideology” ideology perfectly. From today’s National Post: Mr. Ignatieff’s arbitrarily shifted views on foreign policy and human ethics are hardly beside the point: He didn’t get nine honorary doctorates for his hypothetical future as a politician, or for his knowledge of economics for that matter. What good was done by all those years of navel-gazing on the human condition and the responsibility to protect if it must be ignored when real power is in view? [...]

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