I called Joe Clark a socialist on TV and I'm proud of it
On Tuesday night on TV, show host Michael Coren tried to dispute a point I made that Belinda Stronach's entry into the Conservative Party leadership race is positive because it gives centrists and Red Tories a candidate to support. Michael said I was wrong, claiming that Belinda is an economic conservative (like the two other candidates, Tony Clement and Stephen Harper) and that that there were no real Red Tory candidates like Joe Clark in the race.
I said to Michael that Joe is not a conservative, but rather a socialist. I think he tought I was nuts. I stand by the line. The Red Tory faction of the new party is economically conservative and socially liberal. That is the definition of a modern Red Tory. Joe Clark was a fiscal liberal and an extreme social liberal. Throughout his career, and especially in his second incarnation as leader from 1998 -- 2003, Joe found common cause with the Liberals more than the Canadian Alliance, and perhaps even the NDP (although I'd have to check on that).
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 11:02 PM
