Blue Like You
Conservative musings - formerly Joanne’s Journey
Dalton McDoublecross
Friday, October 12th, 2007All those Catholic teachers and parents that supported Dalton McGuinty may live to regret that decision before the next four years are up - H/T Brian Lemon and ASTTR.
Because Liberal governments don’t usually aim for the right thing; they try to do the popular thing.
Final thoughts on the Oct. 10 massacre
Friday, October 12th, 2007I am not a member of the Ontario PC party. During the Harris years I supported it, because I felt Mike Harris prescribed the medicine that Ontario needed to get well again after Bob Rae’s effect on the economy.
We all choked it down. The medicine worked, but it left a bad taste in the mouths of many Ontarioans.
John Tory is the anti-Harris, if you will. Liberal-lite. That’s why I never took out a party membership.
John Tory is by all accounts a wonderful, kind, generous and enthusiastic man. But he is not what the PC party needs right now.
John, for the sake of the party, please step down. Allow Elizabeth Witmer or Bob Runciman take over as interim leader until the party can recover, and rediscover its mission and focus.
Tough medicine, John. But necessary.
Because after four more years of Dalton McGuinty, we’re going to need another Mike Harris.
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As a sidenote to what kind of fallout this might have on a fall federal election, I can only suggest that Stephen Harper has nothing to worry about.
Ontario just woke up and found itself in bed with a four-year McGuinty hangover.
We won’t be wanting any more of the hair of the dog that bit us, thank you very much.
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Saturday Update: Enlightening column by Ian Urquhart — From Owen Sound, a bombshell:
…One source says John Laschinger, the Conservative campaign director, raised a red flag about the policy. But by then Tory was deeply committed to the idea and it was included in the party platform, which was released in early June.The initial media reaction was muted, but the Liberals knew right away that Tory was vulnerable on the issue.
For months, the Liberals had been searching for some way to make education the focal point of the campaign, but they couldn’t get the media interested. Then along came Tory with his proposal to provide public funding for faith-based schools.
“It was like throwing a belt-high fastball to a fastball hitter,” says one key Liberal strategist. The Liberals hit it out of the park, with a series of ads and speeches that focused on the issue…
Did you bother to vote Wednesday?
Friday, October 12th, 2007Very disturbing story on the front page of the Record - Election Aftermath: Voter turnout was at record low.
Across the region, nearly as many people stayed home as took to the polls Wednesday in an election that saw the lowest voter turnout in Ontario history.About 51 per cent of the region’s 334,000 eligible voters bothered to cast ballots.
In most local ridings fewer than half the number of eligible voters cast ballots. Turnout was lowest in Cambridge, which registered just 49.3 per cent of the vote, a 4.5-point drop from the 2003 election.
“I have never seen such apathy since I’ve been involved in politics,” said Cambridge MPP Gerry Martiniuk, who was elected to a fourth term in a tight race against Liberal Kathryn McGarry….
I find this so puzzling. Not only was there a lot of emotion fanned by the Liberal war room against FB-funding, but there was also a rare referendum on the very way we determine democracy in Ontario. How is it possible that so few people care or ‘are too busy’ to vote? Would you have time to stand in a long line for a free case of beer if it were offered?
Voting ahead is the way to go. It’s easy, convenient and not crowded.
You’re not just a bunch of lemmings, fellow Ontarioans - You’re apathetic lemmings. Especially those who live in Waterloo Region.
Anyone who didn’t vote has no right to complain about anything for the next four years.
I am disgusted.
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I wonder if these people actually voted:
Obviously this one didn’t (Post):
…I am a conservative who did not vote in Wednesday’s Ontario election. There are tens of thousands of others like me, who stayed away because we had no one for to vote for. We want leaders who stand for lower taxes and smaller government. John Tory was not that man.A liberal who pretends to be a conservative is worse than a liberal who admits it. This is why Mr. Tory lost. Let’s find a Mike Harris conservative, and get ready for next time.
Ron Tillotson, Toronto.
From the Record:
I am absolutely appalled with the provincial election results.What could the smart citizens of Ontario possibly be thinking about by giving Dalton McGuinty another four year free reign. It sure beats me.
I guess the people don’t care if they are misled, or that reminders about all the broken promises fell on deaf ears.
What has McGuinty done about the Caledonia fiasco except give the natives more ammunition to go after more control over the six miles on either side of the Grand River, and to require permission from the Six Nations council before anything can happen? McGuinty did nothing except blame others, such as the federal government.
The Liberals gave $1 million to the Ontario Cricket Association. That money surely could have been better spent.
I can go on and on, but what’s the use. The people of Ontario have spoken, so fasten your seatbelts. for the next four years because Dalton is driving the legislative bus.
You wanted him again and you’ve got him.
David J. Burnside, Kitchener
(I bet he voted!)
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