Howard's way
It’s definitely not plagiarism if you improve on the original
The Liberal war room wants you to look at this Conservative ad and notice how closely it’s inspired by the Australian original. I don’t have the faintest problem with what the Tories did here, and wonder whether it’s an own-goal if you put out a release that essentially invites Canadians to look at an attack ad against your own leader. But I’m happy to put the two ads up so you can see how much better Canadian conservatives are at producing attack ads. It’s quality work like this that will keep us ahead of China and India.
Howard’s Way: We get emails
From @conservative.ca addresses:
Howard’s way: Ancient history lessons
The day’s Conservative rebuttal talking point seems to be that it is trivial and condescending of the Liberals to dig up “five-year-old speeches.” The great thing about the statute of political limitations is that it’s so flexible.
Howard’s way: Y’know, some books just get better with age
From Right Side Up: The Fall of Paul Martin and the Rise of Stephen Harper’s New Conservatism:
Howard’s way: Stephen Harper’s twisted walk back on Iraq
From our issue of Jan. 29, 2007 this is my best attempt to trace Stephen Harper’s evolution on the Iraq war, a trajectory that would break a snake’s back. Nut graf:
Howard’s way: Stephen Harper considers the damage, August, 2003
“Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.”