We’ve been having this discussion around the office for a few weeks now and yesterday came across this post on Joan Tintor.

Why are the Liberals wasting so much of their air time in Question Period and in the media begging the Tories for apologies?

I simply don’t understand.  They can’t possibly think they are going to get an apology, can they? 

Maybe Stephen Harper will stand up in the House, walk across the floor and serenade Stephane Dion with the chorus from John Lennon’s tune…

I didn’t mean to hurt you
I’m sorry that I made you cry
I didn’t want to hurt you
I’m just a tory guy

Would this be a win for the Liberals?

The way things have been going, Harper is more likely to walk across the floor to give Dion a wedgie.

The Prime Minister’s quip during QP, “I can understand that the leader of the Opposition and members of his party feel for Taliban prisoners. I just wish occasionally they’d show the same passion for Canadian soldiers.” is the source of one of the Liberals more recent apology requests.

Why?  Because it was clever? 

Or maybe because the Liberals didn’t foresee that by worrying about the treatment of Taliban prisoners (who last time I checked were killing Canadians) they could be said to be supporting them and now want a apology for the PM having pointed that out.