Some things never change - well, except maybe history
I came across two stories today that should serve to remind us how, as time passes, historical accounts of world events become increasingly fluid. The first story comes from Russia:
Half a century of lies have been poured over Stalin’s reputation and he cannot defend himself from the grave so this case is essential to put the record straight…We want to rehabilitate Stalin. He turned populations into peoples, he presided over a golden era in literature and the arts, he was a real leader…” And Zhura was particularly enraged by the claim that “the secret police committed grave crimes against their own people.”
The second story is a bit closer to home, and not as far back in time:
Liberal MP Bob Rae joined our very own Dave Rutherford this morning to talk about the possibility of a November election, which the Liberals strangely seem intent on forcing. You can listen to an excerpt via the audio player at right.
The conversation drifted to last year’s failed Liberal NDP-Bloc coalition during which Bob Rae had some very curious - and inaccurate - things to say about those heady days. One example:
Dave: “Coalition if necessary, but not necessarily a coalition” - didn’t Michael Ignatieff say this?”
Bob: No.
I expect we’ll be hearing a bit more about that last one if the Liberals actually follow through on their recent threat to take us to the polls in the next few weeks.
September 4th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Unbelievable! Iggy’s statements on the coalition were well known. And to have Rae now backtrack from entire turmultuous period of earlier this year, is fraudulent.
I still stand by my belief that Iggy is forcing an election to get it over with and see if he could grab Prime Minister’s job. No doubt being gently led by Rae and his cronies. I forsee that at this time next year we may well be in the same position, but the Liberal leadership will have Bob Rae at the helm.
Mr. Ignatieff will then no longer be on the Canadian stage and back to his Harvard position and his villa in Nice France.
The Liberal party does not have their act together, and it is obviously daggers and lies behind the scenes, infighting and positioning.
The Conservatives need a majority.