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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (13995)	2/27/2010 3:21:26 PM
From: onepath	1 Recommendation Respond to of 37549

"The liberals don't even tell you the truth when it is on their side." For staying cool during the bubble Our derided ex-PM set a fiscal course that could save Canada from the worst of this meltdown >>>Martin was disliked even more by the left than by the right. They thought his approach to deficits was savage and inhumane. Now we know that because of his discipline in the 1990s we are about to go into a recession from a position of strength. The real source for the left-wing hatred of Paul Martin was petty aesthetics, that he looked and acted like the centimillionaire businessman that he was. This distaste has had unfortunate consequences: If we had elected Paul Martin to a majority, we would now have nationalized early child care.<<< >>>So, to sum up the legacy of Paul Martin as seen from 2008. From the right wing: He possessed a better combination of long-term vision for growth and fiscal responsibility than any other person on the planet. Martin kept his head while all those about his were losing theirs during the irrational exuberance of the 1990s. From the point of view of the left wing: He kept our economy stable enough that it could support the social programs we love, and he was about to enact what would have been the single most important social policy achievement since Universal Health Care.<<< thestar.com ....and then of course we have Harper who was against everything that Martin accomplished but not eagerly takes credit.