Harper is a “Bush basher”?

In a week that must be supremely frustrating for the Prime Minister, he had to decline to debate against Stephane Dion in ‘home turf’ Calgary, and now he’s had to put down his big brother idol based out of Washington D.C.

What’s next, is he going to say that his stance regarding the press has been too hostile and opaque? Is he going to concede that Bill C-61 is entirely due to the efforts of American business lobbyists and not at all what Canadian voters want?