Friday, December 15, 2006

U.S. State Official: Bush, Harper "Have Similar ideologies"

From the G&M:

WASHINGTON — A top U.S. State Department official yesterday praised the "important ideological affinity" between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, indicating that this sharing of minds is giving a boost to Canada-U.S. relations.

Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, refused to specify exactly how the shared ideological leanings had improved U.S./Canada relations. When the recently negotiated software lumber pact was brought up as a possible example, Mr. Shannon burst into giggles.

"It is true," he said, "that one element of this shared ideology is to never give a sucker an even break."

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

and Dion is just like Chirac . . . appalling thought.

leftdog said...

I wonder if the Conservative Party of Canada braintrust will work this into their upcoming campaign literature as a selling point for Canadians to run out and vote for Harper!!

Anonymous said...

That should be sharing of mind (singular). There's only one mind in that pairing, and frankly, Harper really doesn't have that much to spare.

Anonymous said...

I think they are 'sharing a brain' as well .... unfortunately fedex has lost track of the collective grey matter in its transport between ottawa and washington...Charles McVety's brain has been called in as a replacement however tupperware doesn't make containers that small.

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