Harper's Christmas Speech/Interview
First off, Merry Christmas everyone! No one will read this until the new year, so Happy New Year, too!
So I was stuffed full of turkey and bored out of my mind. Therefore, I turned on Global and there was the year end interview with our "Prime Minister" Steven Harper.
As I listened, to my surprise, he actually made sense. His responses were well thought out, and he obviously has been working on how to speak to reporters.
However, in the end it was all the same stuff, nothing totally crazy, but nothing totally innovative either.
Therefore, do you think that these end of the year interviews, that every Canadian TV-station does, are relevant? Do they actually give Canadians anything they really want to hear, do we really care if Harper goes to watch all his son's hockey games, or if he takes in stray cats off the street? OR is this just the government intruding on our holidays, when most would rather watch re-runs of Home Alone?
Therefore, are these interviews just all the same: A way for the PM to try and encourage support, and ultimately votes, for the next election, which will be coming soon?
Any thoughts?
So I was stuffed full of turkey and bored out of my mind. Therefore, I turned on Global and there was the year end interview with our "Prime Minister" Steven Harper.
As I listened, to my surprise, he actually made sense. His responses were well thought out, and he obviously has been working on how to speak to reporters.
However, in the end it was all the same stuff, nothing totally crazy, but nothing totally innovative either.
Therefore, do you think that these end of the year interviews, that every Canadian TV-station does, are relevant? Do they actually give Canadians anything they really want to hear, do we really care if Harper goes to watch all his son's hockey games, or if he takes in stray cats off the street? OR is this just the government intruding on our holidays, when most would rather watch re-runs of Home Alone?
Therefore, are these interviews just all the same: A way for the PM to try and encourage support, and ultimately votes, for the next election, which will be coming soon?
Any thoughts?
posted by King's Man at 4:13 PM
1 Comments:
What a great post... I thought no one would post over the holidays and now I wish I'd checked!
I'm originally from England and so I will liken this to watching the Queen's address (obviously this is not exactly the same, but there is a parrallel). A large number of Britons (including most of my relatives) watch the Queen's address every year, regardless of the fact that a lot of what she says could easily be a repeat of any number of previous years. People watch the Queen's address to see the person who is the Queen, their 'perceived' leader, I think as much as anything as a grounding-experience. People want to see their leader as something else: a person, with a real life, family and interests.
Therefore, my personal view is that there isn't much to the Christmas interview, beyond simply a connection gimick. It is about the PM connecting with Canadians, and not serious policy. After all, who wants to think about war and suffering after a big dinner?!
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