ALBERTA: Provincial Elections!

[crazy canuck]

The thing is both would have been disasters as PM, particularly Dion.

I doubt Dion would have amounted to anything as a PM - but would that justify the kind of attack ad he got?

Heck, I think Harper is a crypto-fascist and I don't think he should be the subject of attack ads... 

Its not a justification. It is a reason the attacks ads worked as well as they did.  There was something to the suggestion that Dion would have been ineffective at best and there was something to the suggestion that Iggy was an elitist.

Its the same way attack ads against Harper work.  People believe there is a hidden agenda lurking in his black heart.

[viper37]

You know I kind of felt bad for the character attacks on Dion and Ignatieff, both of whom by all accounts seemed like pretty decent human beings.

had you lived in Quebec, you would not say that about Dion.

I'm pretty sure I would.

nobody earns the nickname "federalist pit-bull" for being a decent human being.

[crazy canuck]

And on the left.

Who?

The Liberals and US Democrats have strong ties.  I recall a story during Iggy's time about how the Liberals were getting campaigning lessons from their US counterparts.

The really funny one is how upset David Suzuki gets over his foundation actually having to follow the rules in the tax code regarding how many resources non profits can devote to engaging in politics and how the government is actually going to enforce it now.

As I side note it is odd that the left would not be behind such a move given the kind of third party political spending that goes on in the US.  But I digress.

In a recent interview Suzuki conceded that his foundation does recieve foriegn money but he was quick to add his group was always within the law regarding political activities and he was stepping down from his role there to ensure they stayed off side.

In reality he had stepped down months the new budget and before any announcements about enforcing the rules regarding nonprofits  and no interviewers have questioned his apparent grand standing now - but again I digress.

He also talked about how enviornmental groups on both sides of the border "communicate" within one another.  I wish the interviewer had pressed him on what that meant.  Turns out there are a number of people south of the border (from enviornment groups - and movie stars  who want to speak at the Enbridge pipeline hearings.  I wonder if the two have anything to do with one another?

[crazy canuck]

You know I kind of felt bad for the character attacks on Dion and Ignatieff, both of whom by all accounts seemed like pretty decent human beings.

had you lived in Quebec, you would not say that about Dion.

I'm pretty sure I would.

nobody earns the nickname "federalist pit-bull" for being a decent human being.

Pit pulls are a misunderstood breed.  They are cute and cuddly.  If you knew a bit pull you would never call Dion one.

[Neil]

Mulroney had an attack ad for Chretien?

[crazy canuck]

Mulroney had an attack ad for Chretien?

Yep, or at least the PCs did.

[Oexmelin]

Mulroney had an attack ad for Chretien?

Sorry - Campbell:

Is this a Prime Minister?

[Neil]

Mulroney had an attack ad for Chretien?

Yep, or at least the PCs did.

See, now I could see the PCs, but for Mulroney to run attack ads on Chretien when they never faced each other in an election makes no sense.

[Neil]

Mulroney had an attack ad for Chretien?

Sorry - Campbell:

Is this a Prime Minister?

The answer was:  Yes.

I was a big Chretien supporter in '93, because the Tories had put a 7% tax on books.

[crazy canuck]

And here I was blaming BB all these years.

What did you do when Chretian broke his promise and did not remove the GST?

[Neil]

And here I was blaming BB all these years.

What did you do when Chretian broke his promise and did not remove the GST?

Refoooorm.

[crazy canuck]

That is a relief. I was blaming the correct person all along.

[Neil]

That is a relief. I was blaming the correct person all along.

What choice did I have?  When the Liberal government devoted themselves to their racist policies against Ethnic Albertans, only the Reform promised to stand up for us, even thought they also wanted a stupid triple-E senate.

[katmai]

OMG, you people are still talking about your politics?

[Jacob]

OMG, you people are still talking about your politics?

Yes, the ways of our people are strange and inscrutable to outsiders.