“It kind of makes me wonder who is the superior political strategist.”

Maxwell Smart: It’s funny you should ask, because as we speak this building is being surrounded by one hundred security agents with one hundred Doberman pinschers. Would you believe it? One hundred agents and one hundred Doberman pinschers!
Nicholas Dimente: No, I don’t believe that.
Maxwell Smart: Er… would you believe fifty security guards and a bloodhound?
Nicholas Dimente: I don’t think so.
Maxwell Smart: How about a rabid Boy Scout?

42 Replies to ““It kind of makes me wonder who is the superior political strategist.””

  1. The only thing that ottlib didn’t mention was the Liberals own polling which suggests the CPC is leading by 15 points. Hmmm.

  2. AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
    The best part is this n00b won’t even understand the joke.
    Kate I think I love you 😛

  3. *
    hey otto… if the united states can put a man on the moon…
    why can’t they do something about those poor people on
    ‘gilligans island’?
    *

  4. When I read this I thought it was a clever bit of satire, laced with sarcasm, but my god the guy was serious!

  5. It makes me very happy to see that this is the mentality of the opponents to the Conservatives.
    If this moron is any indication of the pulse of the Liberal supporters I say pull the pin any time Mr. Dion and let’s have that election, since he has so much power according to ottlib…
    sheesh – what a maroon!

  6. I too kept waiting for the punchline, but no he was serious.
    Dion is a joke. his party knows it, most Canadians know it and the MSM knows it, although they’re trying to hide it. Ottlib doesn’t have much of a sense of humour I suppose.

  7. Vitruvius has become a dependable supplier of sorbet, which is certainly needed after that rather insalubrious screed.
    Realpolitik trumps Kyoto implementation any day of the week, as it turns out. Who knew?

  8. I don’t understand why anyone would pay the least bit of attention to ottlib clown or his followers , They are lost in lieberal fantacy land and stuck on stupid.

  9. The problem is : there are millions of these idiots out there.
    So blind to reality that getting their a&# kicked in a fight is considered a victory.
    No wonder they are so against winning a fight, as they are likely to interpret that as a defeat.
    Unfortunately, the stick required to hit these people across the head with to wake them up is so large that it would also kill them.

  10. well the furthwer away the election is the more months I get to pay myself 100 a month for my children whereas Dion would have me pay 666 to someone else who gives their children to strangers.
    Then theres the GST,
    Maybe Steve should roll back Homosexual marriages.
    Going to be tough for Liberals to say Steve did a bad job when they kept him in power. Year after year.

  11. I was speaking recently with a highly-placed Nova Scotia Liberal who made the same case outlined here. “Harper is finished,” he told me solemnly; “Just watch; Dion will win the election.” As crazy as it sounded, too many years of experience of Canadian politics leaves one with a lingering sense of fear.

  12. Now is the time to do the following:
    1. Take apart the Canadian Wheat Board
    OR
    2. Force ALL farmers in Canada to be under the CWB – would self-destruct in a week.
    DeYawn has PROMISED to keep the CWB – this would be the final straw if the CWB is dismantled. Then the Cons will know they can run Canada as a majority.
    Of course DeYawn and the LIEberals can say: “We missed an election by THIS MUCH.” Only a communistic party would keep the CWB without giving the Western farmer a chance to choose to be with the CWB.

  13. I was surprised to learn dion is a “bespeckled” man. Course, I never look that closely.

  14. This is what happens when the Cone of Silence is used. And when Laraby’s batteries are dead.

  15. idiot canadians will vote in sufficent numbers to put liberals back in power. there just are not enough conservatives here in canada. dion needs a cone of silence.

  16. “Bravely running away”* now becomes “deftly neutralizing” in liberal-speak.
    *Thanks to Monty Python

  17. I actually thought it was a joke but the closer I got to the end, the more I realized that this poor sap really believes what he is writing – and it appears that several of his commenters also believe that poor Dion has been underestimated – he really is pulling the strings in this whole thing.
    So in actuality – it was a joke….

  18. Mr. Ottlib is the very type of boring drone one expects from the superficial personality which is easily entertained/distracted by the pure theater of partisan politicing. Bad actors bore me and self-styled partisan commentators bore me even more….both cultures love in fantasy most their existence.
    Seeing Mr. Ottlib has passed the big “four-Oh” and still hasn’t a clue that real politics transcends the theatrics of partisanism and ideological branding, I doubt he will ever wise up and will ( like most partisan Libs) die an ignorant man.

  19. hit is not izzy run away you know. Borat Dion
    brave sir Borat ran away,
    ran away away!
    when danger reared its ugly head,
    he bravely turned his tail and fled
    yes brave sir Borat turned about
    and gallantly he chickened out.
    bravely taking to his feet
    with Goodale leading brave retreat.
    in front of Layton who wants defeat.

  20. a selection of Maxwell Smart quotes from 1989 that even mentions global warming and Dion leaving the house.
    ——————————————————————————–
    Agent 99: You met the President! What’s he like?
    Maxwell Smart: Everything you’d expect!
    Agent 99: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.
    ——————————————————————————–
    Cmdr. Drury: Smart, you appear to be in pretty good shape, do you work out?
    Maxwell Smart: I jog one hundred miles every day! Would you believe it? One hundred miles!
    Cmdr. Drury: I find that hard to believe.
    Maxwell Smart: Would you believe fifty?
    Cmdr. Drury: No!
    Maxwell Smart: How about two push ups and a deep breath?
    ——————————————————————————–
    Maxwell Smart: Missed it by *that* much.
    ——————————————————————————–
    Agent 99: Oh, Max. You let him get away. Did you get a look at his face?
    Maxwell Smart: If that was his face he has a huge cleft in his chin!
    ——————————————————————————–
    Agent 13: What’s our assignment? Find Hotentot?
    Maxwell Smart: 13! How did you know that?
    Agent 13: I still got my contacts, Max. I got a friend inside the White House, really inside. She’s in the plumbing!
    ——————————————————————————–
    Larrabee: You mean you and Siegfried are triplets?
    Prof. Helmut Schmelding: No, zere are three of us.
    Maxwell Smart: You mean you have another brother who looks just like you and Siegfried?
    Prof. Helmut Schmelding: No, ve have a sister.
    Larrabee: I’ll bet she has a hard time getting dates.
    ——————————————————————————–
    Cmdr. Drury: They could increase global warming and bring down acid rain!
    Maxwell Smart: [Incredulously] You mean better than we’re doing it now?
    ——————————————————————————–
    Maxwell Smart: It’s funny you should ask, because as we speak this building is being surrounded by one hundred security agents with one hundred Doberman pinschers. Would you believe it? One hundred agents and one hundred Doberman pinschers!
    Nicholas Dimente: No, I don’t believe that.
    Maxwell Smart: Er… would you believe fifty security guards and a bloodhound?
    Nicholas Dimente: I don’t think so.
    Maxwell Smart: How about a rabid Boy Scout?
    ——————————————————————————–
    Nicholas Dimente: I could sink the city that houses your finest minds!
    Maxwell Smart: [to 99] Well at least Washington is safe

  21. Oh my god, Avi is an embarrassment to Canadians. I thought it was being exaggerated how slanted and anti-American he was. Until I saw it myself, I’d never have believed he would be so blatant about it.
    Ask Arnold Schwarzenegger if America is only the place of dreams for the rich and connected. Does Avi really believe no one has ever come to America and done well? Why would there be a brain drain in Canada? Why do people from many countries risk their lives to get into America?
    Ask left wing, uber rich guy George Soros what he had before he went to America.
    How did this boy ever get the job he has? Oh nevermind, pure nepotism, I forget for a moment hoe rich and connected his family is.

  22. Harper’s first task in the morning is to charge up Hymie’s batteries and send him off as liberal leader. Can’t someone else do that?

  23. The only thing that upsets me about no election is no decision in the direction this country will take. That translates to, will I keep my business here or move it south. Stability is the key and I don’t see it here.

  24. margaret wente has a great column in today’s Globe and Mail, about Stephane Dion, who is ‘Clark Kent’ but, he, himself, thinks he’s Superman…
    “But he’ll show them. He’ll rip off his suit and tie and accountant glasses, and everyone will see the big red S on his chest.
    Unfortunately, Mr. Dion is the only person in the Liberal Party who thinks he’s Superman. Everybody else thinks he’s really Clark Kent. ”
    “The other day, the party elders practically had to beat their leader senseless to keep him from triggering an election over the budget, a document so innocuous that nothing in it could possibly offend anyone.”
    Even Duffy and Newman, faithful Liberals both, have taken to mocking poor Dion. Duffy even showed a Rick Mercer spoof of the Liberals…heck, if Dion weren’t so self-absorbed and certain that he’s Superman, one could almost pity the guy.
    But, it’s still amazing how the Canadian population is embedded within their Liberal identity. They totally reject any evidence of their own senses and thoughts..and rely on their years of being brainwashed.

  25. Oh that devious Dion — such a crafty little devil! Next he’ll lie down in front of Harper’s motorcade and fool Harper into believing there’s a speed bump in the road. Is there no limit to his guile?

  26. I left a comment over at ottlib…probably a wasted effort but hey….Ya never know, one might just kickstart some reality in these poor folk’s minds!…and notice how if you post a constructive rebuttal ,you’re automatically pegged a troll. Narrow mental corridors make for cramped thinking.
    Harper has done two years…that’s an achievment especially considering the political climate he started in AND with a minority!
    We should all be pleased.
    Its not perfect but then what is.
    It can only get better.

  27. Its no worse than Fife yesterday on Duffy saying that Dion may turn out to be the smart one because if there is a catastrophe or a scandal or something which causes the Tories a lot of grief then Dion would look like a genius for not bringing the government down sooner!
    Wow…talk about a stretch!!

  28. No Clair Voyant, it is a brilliant strategy. The only hitch is that you may have to wait a real long time for it to work. I recommend that the Liberals adopt this as their strategy for at least a century!

  29. As crazy as it sounded, too many years of experience of Canadian politics leaves one with a lingering sense of fear.
    Posted by: Roseberry at February 28, 2008 7:56 AM
    S-H-U-D-D-E-R. Exactly my sentiments. And my wife keeps telling me, “You just wait, Justin Trudeau ….” and while I think it’s impossible I’m still frightened.
    QUESTION: Is Harper too cautious? If Chretien were in his position wouldn’t he have simply called an election with such a utterly incompetent opposition? Is he possibly squandering a huge competitive advantage? Not striking while the iron is hot?
    Harper’s extreme caution makes me nervous. Isn’t it possible that Dion could be replaced before the next election?

  30. Me No Dhimmi, I believe Harper can not just call an election as there is now a time limit on federal elections. Unless the opposition forces his government to fall on a no confidence motion he will be in power until 2010.

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