THE FIFTH BEATLE

Re: "Singing PM scores top YouTube video file," The Journal, Oct. 7.

Stephen Harper is a control freak. He's good at it. He makes use of
this skill, for good or ill. He chose to sing he gets high with a
little help from his friends to great effect. Hypocrisy is natural
for him; he plays with it.

Conservative pot smokers will have their internal contradictions on
what he says versus what he does magically erased. They'll just see
the human side of him and feel fuzzy.

Non-Conservative pot smokers have failed doing anything to derail
him, so he's not worried on that front. The Liberals and NDP are as
inept as the Conservatives, but they don't have the backing Harper has.

He's openly against the culture that brought us the music, but he'll
take the music gladly and do everything he can to control the culture
that produced it.

He plays the piano and sings fairly well for a prime minister, but he
played the public like a renowned virtuoso.

Bruce Codere, Fox Creek