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26 January 2005  

Margaret Wente was ticked off (subscribers only, but see the handy tip at the end of this post) with Stephen Harper's fear-mongering polygamy comments, too. And her thoughts pretty much echo my own:

I want to get behind Stephen Harper, I really do. I think of myself as a natural-born, small-c conservative -- one of those tolerant, live-and-let-live types who think governments work best when they are modest in their ambitions and stay out of your hair. I'm also sick and tired of the federal Liberals, who are way overdue for a nice long time-out.

There are lots of people like me across the country -- people desperate for a chance to cast their vote for a decent, halfway credible alternative to the globe-trotting Mr. Dithers and his band of tired, clapped-out has-beens. We are low-hanging fruit. We are practically begging to fall into Mr. Harper's lap. All he has to do is stand there, act statesmanlike, and gently pluck us.

Instead, he yanks our chain.

"I don't want to get into the polygamy debate," he said last week, "but I fear if we do this, the next thing on the Liberal agenda will be polygamy, and who knows what else."

Excuse me? Until Mr. Harper brought it up, there was no polygamy debate, except on the outer lunatic fringes. But, according to him, gay marriage is just the first step on the slippery slope, and next thing you know, the Liberals will probably be arguing for your right to marry your pet goat.

Even Mr. Harper must have realized that his remark about polygamy was ridiculous.

02:17 PM |