For all his flaws, Trump could still project affability; he was a natural con man. Pierre Poilievre is not Donald Trump; he is instead Lindsey Graham: a craven, hate-filled, racist, misogynistic lickspittle, driven by nothing but a lust for power, regardless of who it hurts or kills.
Pierre Poilievre is not Donald Trump.
Pierre Poilievre is Donald Trump without even a glimmer of likability. He's Lindsey Graham.
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I would argue he's more like Ted Cruz. He has all the worst qualities of Lindsey Graham you mentioned, while also being unlikable to even those in his own party. Pierre comes off as one of those "boys in short pants" that Harper had that those around him derided while Harper was PM. I realise I'm saying this after he won more than 50% of the vote for the CPC leadership, but I think that had more to do with the shallow pool of candidates that the CPC had.
When your most credible candidate is someone who became his party's leader (a party that no longer exists, it should be noted) shortly after it was annihilated by a record amount in 1993 (nearly three decades ago!), you done fucked up! I mean, even before he got kicked off the ticket, Patrick Brown had too much baggage to get elected leader. Leslyn Lewis is a social Conservative whose views don't have nationwide appeal, so she had little chance. Everyone else was just filler.
I think Lee Papa’s description of Ron DeSantis is equally applicable to P.P.:
https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2022/08/ron-desantis-is-not-your-new-trump-but.html
Never has a grifter of so little talent gotten so far. It is really telling of the #CPC...
Pierre Poutine seems to want to prestige and respect that normally a party leader should have - all he offers is hate and lies.
Max Fawcett makes an interesting argument for Poilievre being Steve Bannon
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/09/13/opinion/pierre-poilievres-war-media-has-only-just-begun
Val J
On the other hand, former Conservative still Senator Dagenais has compared Poilievre to Putin:
https://twitter.com/elie_mcn/status/1570151203270688768
Val J
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