Thanks, Andrew. Now fuck off.

Macleans' Andrew Coyne just doesn't understand what all the fuss is about:

I didn’t care much for Stephen Harper’s accusation, earlier in the campaign, that the opposition were cheering for a recession. At the time, it seemed like a cheap shot. But the longer this goes on, the more I’m starting to think there’s something in it. The Liberals are now trying to make a “gaffe” of Harper’s perfectly sensible observation that the present panic on the stock markets presents a remarkable buying opportunity, for those with cooler heads.

"Perfectly sensible," indeed, Andrew. Because when you've just lost your job, or your home, or have watched your retirement savings tank, the natural reaction is, of course, to grab a copy of the Financial Post and see if you should snap up a few shares of RIM, is that it, Andrew?

But Andrew isn't through making a complete asswipe of himself:

But at some point, people have to take a little responsibility for their actions. Otherwise, we have the individual version of moral hazard: everyone has a great ride on the stock market on the way up, but comes crying to government to bail them out when things turn south.

Thanks, Andrew. We'll try to remember that the next time multi-multi-multi-millionaires come, hat in hand, to be rescued from their shrieking incompetence and corruption. And get it.

P.S. I have to wonder -- does Kady O'Malley briefly get stupider just by passing Andrew in the hall?