harper's french sucks. Not just his accent, a good debater can plow through despite that. But linguistic fatigue sets in when the person lacks fluency and is translating in their heads, searching for words.
Stevo is stuttering more and more, getting frustrated because the words aren't coming easily.
Please, please say érection inutile again.
That little evil wish aside, I think it's downhill from here for harper. He's obviously struggling, self-conscious, flustered. And he looks pissed.
...9:57 pm wrap up.
Harper told us we are tired of erections.
Whole thing - much livelier than last night, Gilles Duceppe on his turf, didn't have to defend anything, spoke with conviction. NDP and Libs tried to convince listeners that they just love - LOVE QC and love the french language. Harper struggling to look nonchalant but failing miserably, bland responses, quieter than last night, looked like he'd rather be bait in a bear trap than standing there.
I understand Layton wants to win more seats in QC but it's too bad he spent so much time attacking the Liberals past and present. So much for the left working at ousting harper before all else.
Winners, losers? Interesting stuff, but I don't think this debate will influence many people except to reaffirm existing support for Duceppe. It really was his show.
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Harper looked so frustrated. It's hard to act all presidential when your grasp of the language sucks. By far the worst at expressing himself in French. Serves him right for spending his youth hating bilingualism.
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