The thing about Carney is that, having watched some of his lengthier speeches, I am actually quite impressed by the guy. I think he has a clear-eyed view of the world, and manages to see through a lot of the things that trip up conventional politicians.
What bothers me is that he only conveys that view in rooms full of plutocrats and bank…
The thing about Carney is that, having watched some of his lengthier speeches, I am actually quite impressed by the guy. I think he has a clear-eyed view of the world, and manages to see through a lot of the things that trip up conventional politicians.
What bothers me is that he only conveys that view in rooms full of plutocrats and bankers. When he gets in front of 'regular' people, suddenly it's all the same platitudes that have been gushing out of the mouths of liberals for a decade.
Politicians shouldn't be trusted, nor will they win, if they come out to spoonfeed the masses more carefully-packaged jargon. I think it both cheapens politics and robs you of a mandate to actually do anything if you do win.
There's still lots of time for him to pivot to being a serious candidate. But I worry that the campaign wisdom is: Don't use too many big words or you might lose people.
(And agreed, his French is rough. But I've watched an hour-long interview he gave entirely en français — at least he's committed to it.)
The thing about Carney is that, having watched some of his lengthier speeches, I am actually quite impressed by the guy. I think he has a clear-eyed view of the world, and manages to see through a lot of the things that trip up conventional politicians.
What bothers me is that he only conveys that view in rooms full of plutocrats and bankers. When he gets in front of 'regular' people, suddenly it's all the same platitudes that have been gushing out of the mouths of liberals for a decade.
Politicians shouldn't be trusted, nor will they win, if they come out to spoonfeed the masses more carefully-packaged jargon. I think it both cheapens politics and robs you of a mandate to actually do anything if you do win.
There's still lots of time for him to pivot to being a serious candidate. But I worry that the campaign wisdom is: Don't use too many big words or you might lose people.
(And agreed, his French is rough. But I've watched an hour-long interview he gave entirely en français — at least he's committed to it.)