“Some of these stories are ridiculous examples of ‘gotcha’ journalism that have nothing to do with anything the voters care about in this campaign.”
“Some of these stories are ridiculous examples of ‘gotcha’ journalism that have nothing to do with anything the voters care about in this campaign.”
-Stephen Harper comments on the controversy surrounding Conservative candidate Lee Richardson over remarks he made, and then attempted to clarify, to a local newspaper.(September 27, 2008)
The Tories delayed their flight so their leader could watch the tape and comment on it. Stephen Harper usually talks to the media only once a day, but last night he met journalists again.
“When you’re running a trillion-and-a-half-dollar economy you don’t get a chance to have do-overs, over and over again,” he said. “What this incident actually indicates very clearly is Mr. Dion and the Liberal Party really don’t know what they would do on the economy.”
-Stephen Harper comments on the controversy surrounding Liberal leader Stephane Dion over his attempt to clarify a question while appearing on CTV News. (October 11, 2008)