He went to Washington for... that?

Honestly, Harper needs to reassess his strategy. The bullshit he feeds to the Timmy's crowd isn't going to work when he's talking to one of the bloodthirsty Sunday talking-heads in the "Village".

Harper's interview with Chris Wallace should be chalked up as a disaster. Wallace tossed him relative softballs and Harper responded by painting a picture of someone who had been misquoted, taken out of context and generally misinterpreted.

In short, he was unprepared, inept and lacked confidence. It was so bad that he had to remind Wallace that he was a conservative. Twice.

I'm — as a conservative, I tend to oppose raising taxes at the best of times. But we have not got the structural budgetary deficit that exists in the United States. It obviously limits the administration's options.

And...

But I — I would say this as a conservative, if I — if I can be frank. It's great to say, "Let's have less regulation in principle and less intervention in the marketplace," but where has that led us, Chris, in many countries?

Hmmm... What Wallace saw, along with all the knuckle-dragging FOX viewers, was someone who isn't willing to just do what American conservatives do - to ignore the will of the population and just do what makes the conservative base happy.

Makes Harper a wannabe in Wallace's book.

When's the last time an American politician, appearing on the American conservative media foghorn, had to remind the interviewer that he is a conservative?

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