Blue Like You

I read WG post railing away with all the usual name calling against the Tories then he has the audacity to post a comment about how tolerant and “big tent” Liberals are.

Of course - after I posted my comment - I am sure those “tolerant” liberals will be there with their usual name calling to let me know me just how “tolerant” they are.

I agree Joanne that after the Liberals performance in the last year and a half, the NDP deserves to be the official opposition and I actually hope it happens.

The Liberals also do nothave the fall to let the Green Shaft die a quiet death.
Harper has forced Dion to go to the polls with that albatross around his neck.
And the Liberal record of opposing Harper is non-existent. Layton is gonna have a field day with Dion, even moreso than Harper.

I’m a very happy Tory.

Good point Sammy, If a Conservative was involved or even standing in the same time zone waiting for a bus, the “media” would be all over it how shallow the reporting in Canada I don’t watch the “news” on T V anymore the bias is sickening, long live the Internet
Cheers Bubba

couple of quick points

1) check out David Akins blog to see first hand proof of how the Liberals are hard at work on their campaign….NOT! The Liberals are toying with Canadians. How can we take them seriously?

2) the Liberals still can’t get over that Harper won the last election. Neither can the Liberal media whose predictions tanked. Will they tank again?

3) like it or not, what the public seems to be missing in Harper’s strategy is that he, Harper is still defining Dion and his party and doing a MUCH better job than the Liberals. The Liberals are rudderless, with no leader, no money and have, as bullies on the playground do in elementary schools resorted to making up stories to get attention, except the only ones biting are the Liberal media champs.

4) sitting with my buds at Tim Horton’s this morning, the discussion turned to politics. Two individual who used to be diehard Liberals admitted that Harper’s doing a good job and not even the Liberals with Rae or Iggy at the helm would move them to vote Liberal this time. Now, put McGuinty or McKenna in as Liberal leader and there definately would be hope for that party.

If I’m looking for a leader to stand up for Canada, someone who’s sharp and provides quiet strength on the international front. It’s Harper…no one else.

“And who knew Don Martin would assist the CPC in compiling a list of Harper accomplishments?”

That’s the third or fourth ‘notable’ who said Parliament is not dysfunctional: Stephane Dion, Jack Layton, Lib. MP Dominic Leblanc, and now the Don. In addition, there have been these other articles
pointing out that much of the government’s proposed legislation has been adopted, that Parliament is in fact working. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/08/21/ndp-election.html
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080819/harper_speech_080819/20080819?hub=Politics
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gbRARFZm6mXYcvGv7bO7tcxDVb3w

Mind you, the people mentioned above have not listed any accomplishments, they just said “not dysfunctional” in order to segue with “Therefore Harper is a lying Bush-lovin’ neo-con who is taking Canada in the wrong direction and who wants the planet to explode - so there! Liar, liar, pants on fire! Harper is a big meany!”

Hey Gabby,my point on the Egg./aide non-story,wasn’t neccesarily to point out it was a Lib.,it was to highlight the crystal clear hypocrisy and bias of the msm.I would bet my first-born that IF this had the slightest whiff of a connection to the Cons.party..do you not think that Boag,or Van Dusen wouldn’t have been stalking the Senator,MP’s..and hounding PMSH on his current junket? It would be spinning like a kids top and garnering massive coverage.
I see on CTV,that Layton and Duceppe have agreed to meet with PMSH….Steff still hiding under the bed.

“Hey Gabby,my point on the Egg./aide non-story,wasn’t neccesarily to point out it was a Lib.,it was to highlight the crystal clear hypocrisy and bias of the msm.”

Agreed, Sammy. I believe I did point that out as well when I said in my original comment “While I agree that if the person involved was a Conservative this news item would get far more coverage …”

I fully agree with you that the MSM reaction would probably be completely different - but, and this is where I think caution should be exercised, is the fact that the alleged perpetrator is a senator’s aide relevant one way or the other?
That is, should it get greater coverage BECAUSE he works for a politician?
Isn’t the alleged crime itself enough to cover?

Please understand, we agree more than disagree.
I just think that ‘guilt by association’ is not a principle I would like to see applied, no matter who the accused is.
See, some people think if an accused person is rich, or hobnobs with the rich and famous, or politically connected, then he should get the book thrown at him, but if the person is poor, comes from a broken home, etc. etc., then some form of understanding and clemency should be brought to bear on the case.
I believe justice should be blind - the law and its penalties should apply equally to all. And since nowadays the accused are often “tried” in the court of public opinion through media exposure, all the more reason not to dwell on the person’s political affiliations, IMO. As I stated before, whether the person is politically connected or not should not be the focus; his alleged crime should be the focus.

I hope that clears up my POV.

Liberals = the gift that keeps on giving to Harper.

oops..line shoulda read ‘I really don’t LIKE’ the partisanship.

…That’s the third or fourth ‘notable’ who said Parliament is not dysfunctional: Stephane Dion, Jack Layton, Lib. MP Dominic Leblanc, and now the Don…

Yeah, Gabby. I was just having a bit of tongue-in-cheek fun there with ‘The Don’.

Thanks, Paul! Good to be back.

I haven’t seen the ads yet, but the reaction so far seems to be very favourable. I’m glad they’re going the positive route for now.

I just hope the Liberals don’t have any clapping commercials. That last one was creepy.

I just checked out one of the ads, Paul. Excellent!

Video links at right of this CTV page.

“maybe Liberals will follow suit and show Dion’s accomplishments…..”

List of Dion accomplishments

1._______________________
2._______________________
3._______________________
4._______________________
5._______________________
6._______________________
7._______________________

Quick call the MSM…..I see a pattern here. Could there be a conspiracy, an ethic breech?

The ads are really good! Crisp and everyday folks just like you and I.

“… shaking hands with you here!”

Sammy, consider yourself given a firm conservative handshake back. Thanks.

Joanne and Sammy, the Akin link re: Chretien’s bio being placed on the “fiction” shelf of the Library of Parliament is here:
http://davidakin.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/8/26/3856476.html

Jo,the link to the Chretien/fiction story is at David Akins On The Hill (main page) dated Tues Aug 26

“Gabby…shaking hands with you here!”

My apologies, Sammy. When I got back to the computer at about 4:30 ?, I posted a reply, but it seems to have been lost in the ether.

Anyway, here’s a firm conservative handshake back at you!

Can’t wait for Dion and Garth Turner’s mumbling about this. Looks like the PM just got another stick to hit Dion over the head with.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080828.wlibgreen28/BNStory/National/home

Remember Garth saying the green shaft was being created for the past few years? And they still messed it up.

Paul, thanks for that link. I just noticed it myself on National Newswatch.

Oh boy, those guys must be squirming!

Gabby - lol! Thanks for the laugh. I needed that.

Just found out my sister and niece are stranded in Britain holding useless Zoom tickets.

“… my sister and niece are stranded in Britain …”

Sorry to hear.
On the other hand, there are worse places than Britain to be stranded in.

Of course the financial angle and time lost is a sure downer. Hope your sister & niece don’t have too many hassles.

It seems to me that Harper just crippled well laid plan that Liberals were able to cook up this year. It seems to me that Liberals let Dion loose in the summer with his Carbon Tax plan just so they could force him to resign in fall, hand over leadership of LPC to Bob Rae and pull a plug on Harpers government. Just look at timing of it all; Bob Rae got elected March 17. 2008 and he returned to the HoC on March 31, 2008. Spring session of Parliament ended in on Friday, June 20, 2008. It was impossible to crown Bob Rae as ne LPC leader right after he re-entered HoC as such move would create very bad optics for LPC. Stephane Dion released his Carbon Tax after Bob Rae was elected to HoC and the succession plans were already made. Liberanos have no money to afford another Leadership Convention and Bob Rae website does not mention anything about Dion’s Carbon Tax initiative, http://www.bobrae.ca/en/node.

Thanks to Harper bold move Liberals are now stuck as no matter what Dion does in order to avoid getting hammered in election on Dion’s leadership and Carbon Tax, he would have to make concessions to Harper that would tie Bob Rae’s hands for another year no matter of what he would do to undo Dion’s deal with Harper.

This theory explains why Dion refuses to meet or even speak to Harper. Harper’s consultation with Dion the leader of LPC would reconfirm Dion’s leadership of LPC, something that Liberals want to avoid at any price, as such meeting would make their plan of ditching Dion impossible to carry out. It would also force them to hold another leadership convention something that they cannot afford and are desperately are trying to avoid.

It is no small wonder that Liberals scream and yell so loud as there seem to be no way out of Harper’s squeeze.

Thanks Gabby. They had to fly in to Boston, and someone is driving them home today. Long story but interesting. Kinda like the Amazing Race. I’ll be looking forward to giving them both a big hug! Thanks for asking.