It’s not always What you do, but When you do it
I’ve never disliked Bill Clinton, his political era being somewhat before my time. In a sentence, my impression of him is as a charismatic leader who presided over a period in which the United States was viewed much more favorably throughout the world, who was ravaged by the media, perhaps beyond his due.
Today though, Clinton meddled in Canadian politics by praising Premier Campbell’s carbon tax: http://www.thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Labour-Industry/2008/10/17/ClintonGiustra/
My problem with this is that his timing is terrible. If a carbon tax is such a good idea, couldn’t he have said so before Stephane Dion’s party, championing a carbon tax, was as good as flattened in the federal election? It goes without saying that the man’s words carry a lot of weight, and an endorsement of tax-shifting by taxing carbon and cutting income, without necessarily endorsing the Liberals, would nonetheless have gone a long way.
Oh Bill….if you believe what you say, why do you time your words to have minimal political impact?
