"Take, eat: this is my body."

Keep your friggin hands off the west Iggy!!!!!

We have Chinese here you know!

the Igster knew that the coalition would be shortlived and that the last two lieberal seats in western canada would be toast. soon interprovincial trade barriers would go up and even Danny Williams would have to swallow his own froth.

Internal polls we're telling him he was toast - still is.

I read this article and nearly choked. It's a good thing Iggy has a lot of respect for Western Canadians. Otherwise, he might be out trying to spin his part in the coalition fiasco. "Really, we put Dion's name on the contract but he was going to step aside as soon as the coalition was in place for me to take over" Wouldn't that mean they were misleading us?...... You don't think he's trying to mislead us now, do you?

Sold out audience of 300!! Now I'm impressed.

if he is concerned or afraid of western rage, why doesn't he just declare Alberta / Saskatchewan as "Liberal Free Zones" at least as many of us would tip a hat to him for that.

Knight 99: "Keep your friggin hands off the west Iggy!!!!!"

Go here and caption Iggy's hands, mouth, and nostrils.

http://www.canada.com/Entertainment/story.html?id=1191386

Toast,Yes...Count Slimeyoff is a vaucous b&stard...nothing more and most likely less.
The man makes my skin crawl and gives me gas to boot.

You are, after all, looking at someone who turned down the chance to become prime minister of Canada,

I don't care how much you opine and muse Iggy, those chapped lips will ever caress my western butt!

Typical politician. When they get caught stumbling they quickly go with it and try to convince you it was merely a new dance step.

The biggest problem we have in a democracy is that the majority of people actually believe these compulsive liars.

Idiot, that should have read:

those chapped lips will NEVER, EVER caress my western butt!

I don't understand. Ignatieff wasn't going to be the PM of the Coalition. It was going to be Dion.

What is Ignatieff talking about? And, he SIGNED the Coalition agreement! He SIGNED it!!

Therefore, not only is it a total fabrication, i.e., which is a nice word for ..total lie..that he 'turned down the chance to become PM'..but, it wasn't even a possibility!

Remember, at the time, Dion was going to resign in May. And there were not one, not two, but three contenders for the Liberal leadership. Rae, Ignatieff and LeBlanc. There hadn't been any vote; the vote was to be in May. Therefore, the choice could have been any of the three. So, Ignatieff's statement that he 'turned down the chance to be PM' is pure nonsense.

Furthermore, IF the Coalition had been put in place, without an election, Dion would have been PM, and that May vote would most certainly have been called off.

How does Ignatieff explain this? How can he say that he 'turned down the chance to be PM'? When was it ever offered to him?

Again, he signed the Coalition Agreement; therefore, he accepted dividing the country; he accepted putting the Bloc in complete control of our government; he accepted disenfranchising over 80% of the electorate; he accepted putting in a government without the electoral will of the people.

Does he think we are all novelists?

andy got it .
When the hell was Iggy offered anything , except a pen to sign on to the coalition ?

oops...... sorry ET .

A commenter on the radio said that Iggy scared his kid. I beleive it was Charles Adler that said Iggy reminded him of the Grinch.
Iggy doesn't have his pension yet, he will say or do anything. After the dual nationality guy the Liberals found a guy that has been out of the country since about Trudeau. Keep up that grass roots party building.

Ahhh
I'm not holding my breath on the drive by media calling the Ick on this piece of revisionism.

This man is a scoundrel.

from the article:

''Mr. Ignatieff is on record saying the coalition wasn't a mistake,
but Liberal support of the recent federal Conservative budget essentially killed the deal that had threatened to topple the minority Tory government late last year.

"I'm in this business to win a majority Liberal government. But I have to also responsibly say, if we fall short of that,
then it might be conceivable to be in discussions with, say, the NDP.
Not on a coalition basis, but, ‘Let's get some legislation through.''

So if we get out our secret Iffy decoder rings,
that sound to me like if LibDippers combined totals more than Conservatives,
Czar Iffy would seize power with a coalition wiht the Dippers, the Boc is toxic, can't go there.

Or does it mean that there would be no photo op, this time?

And the rest of the article is pretty much talking about a carbon tax.
A carbon tax was Iffy's baby, along with raising the GST.

Yes Iffy, we welcome you and your Dipper coalition and a carbon tax, with open arms...NOT.

Does this liberal idiot base his comments on Chavez's "How to become a Despot for Dummies" ,what a full of crap ASSHOlE.

I must say, this would appear to be the ideal time to serve as leader of the opposition. It's not like you would have a problem finding things to criticize.

Having said that, I hope Iggy gets really good at it, because I prefer him in that role to Jack Layton.

He says it because he really believes he can fool the electorate, and he can count on the media to play the game.

It has worked before.

(Sold out audience of 300!! Now I'm impressed.
Posted by: d at February 16, 2009 7:07 PM)

That's what they said yesterday on CBC news. This morning I heard a crowd of 400! Seems it's growing!

Never trust a man that won't look you in the eye. And then of course there's that smug grin....double trouble if you ask me.

d at February 16, 2009 7:07 PM

Sold out audience of 300!! Now I'm impressed.

They were 300 Liberals ... of course they had sold out.

Iggy, like every other leader of any political party in Canada, including Harper, is a lying bastard.

maybe Iggy just let the cat out of the bag

me thinks there were long knives out for the DeYawn that would have produced an internal coup if the coalition had gone forward

i think ignadiev (spelled in correctly on purpose) as there is nothing politically correct about this man and his dracula looking face looking to suck the blood (money ,proparity) out of the west , the liberal machine is killing the u.s.a. but it will not succeed in canada it is dwindling as people are starting to wake up moraly,ethically,politically, and they are starting to realize that liberalism/marxism deosn't work in a truley free seociety.

Also why is it so important for canada to be top of the world when it comes to environmental issues we contributel ess that 5% of thw worlds pollution in total that , water,air,land..pollution as we have one of the largest countries and smallest population's per capita in the world hence giving us the smallest carbon footprint in the world or one of the smallest ..so yes we should be responsible environmentally for sure ..but do we need to taxe the crap outta big oil companies for environmentalism? don't know if that is a word lol. I can see taxing them moderatly to help promote a healthy economy and to promote conservative values through out canada .

gym i don't think harper is that bad i just think he should not have cowarded on the public funding for political parties ..witch is the whole reason the coalition came about becaue that would have destroyed the bloc, and probly the ndp and would have seriously hurt the liberal party.

Iggy babe:

You be one foxy hedgehog.

Dear Iggy: a poesy for you.

Is Iggy a paper tiger?
...-

"Canadian Liberals want a 'Ceasefire' in Sri Lanka!
Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario Canada

Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1

February 14, 2009

Hon.Michael Ignatieff, MP Liberal MP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore and Leader of the Opposition House of Commons, Ottawa

Dear Michael:

Thank you for your ‘Dear Sir/Madam’ standard form letter you sent me on February 12, in response to my concerns of your Liberal parliamentarians making a mockery of Parliament during the Emergency Debate on Sri Lanka on February 4th evening. It was an amazing display of lies and deception ..."

"Even though it was a standard form letter it had the stamp of the Liberal Party policy on Sri Lanka and no doubt nurtured by your parliamentarians, Bob Rae, Jim Karygiannis and Maria Minna. And it is troubling."

"If you Liberals think that the Sri Lankan Government is run by a bunch of Dummies you all got that one wrong. Sri Lankan politicians who want the Tamil Tigers to be wiped out are strong as rods of steel that hold the earthquake- swaying buildings so that they won’t topple to the ground.

Michael, my last bit of advice to you and your Liberal caucus is to follow the hunch and talk of the ordinary Tamils on Sri Lankan streets, buses, at community water pumps and homes, that the “Game is finally Over for the Tamil Tigers and finally we can enjoy Peace!”, and you all may as well accept it. There won’t be any more “ceasefires’ nor Peace Talks with the Tamil Tigers, period.

Sincerely,

Asoka Weerasinghe Ottawa-Vanier Riding"
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items09/150209-4.html
STOPIGGY.

What I do know what Harper has done, for unemployment figures in this country, is by defeating Ignatieff and the Liberals in the last election he has spared Canada from a Liberal government and imposition of a carbon tax which would have seen the January unemployment figure at 200 thousand and counting. Is there any doubt how damaging a carbon tax would have been with or without a world wide economic recession? It was Buzz Hargrove that said bringing in Kyoto targets and carbon tax "would be suicidal for our economy.
you'd almost have to shut down every major industry in the country from oil and gas to the airlines to the auto industry."
Although we are aware, that Ignatieff would have us believe, that carbon tax was all about Dion, and he isn't man enough to admit that it was Ignatieff himself, who is the architect of the carbon tax for the Liberal Party, because he was the one who introduced it at the 2006 leadership convention, and in fact "he was the only candidate in the 2006 Liberal leadership race to advocate a carbon tax." Although it was Dion who was burdened with the carbon tax in the last election, it was his deputy leader Ignatieff "long a supporter of the carbon tax concept, who argued that the best time to sell the policy was during the compressed six weeks of a campaign, when at least a swath of Canadian voters can be counted on to pay attention to an involved policy debate" (and am I ever glad voters did pay attention.)
In spite of his reluctance to tell Canadians his position on the issues ( it is entirely possible that he doesn't know or is he another Mr. Dithers) and he can retreat to his new political paradigm of "a carbon tax if necessary but not necessarily a carbon tax" an then again it could be the new found political directive in Canadian politics of "for this one time only"
In the meantime I would suggest the overbearing Ignatieff walk down from the top of the hill, and not be blinded by his newly perceived power, to think that his ineffectual demands that the government has to report to him on a regular basis, with a good report card, or he will defeat the government. I have news for Ignatieff - it is the people of Canada that Harper and his government have to satisfy for their survival and not Ignatieff and the Liberal party or an Ignatieff led coalition of Liberals - Bloc - NDP.

I still don't get why Harper didn't let these three idiots take power. It may have provoked an overdue discussion in this country as to whether there is still a strong enough community of interest to continue with the current political system.

Alberta, is RAT FREE and we intend to stay that way.

MIchael - you will never be Prime Minister of Western Canada. Don't even conjure up that thought in your leftist, leftard mind, you phoney. You were more than willing to sell us down the river. We will never forget.

You can dress a pig up with a dress and lipstick but at heart it is still a pig.

Liberals never cared about the west (or any region other then Ontario or Quebec for that matter) and they never will. Only if we left Canada would they realize just how important we are to the country.

The Igmeister can enjoy his current cakewalk while it lasts. Hope he appreciates the temporary ceasefire on the part of the Tories and on Harper's part. But I believe it's the calm before the eventual storm that'll prove Iggy's just another wimpy academic without any 'nads.

I, too, read that article, and was struck by his omission of the fact that, since initially saying "no" to the coalition, he relented under pressure and signed on. Oh, well, no surprise... Librano$ lie as naturally as fish swim... No shock that Mikey Iggy lies at his convenience, as will any Librano.

The way the Big Media fawns over him as if they want him to be the Canuck Barry-O rather unsettles the stomach. But it's to be expected. Puppy love, y'know... but that sort of thing does not Prime Ministerial material make.

Doesn't it just make your eyes roll every time Iggy pretends to be intellectual about stuff? I mean, gimme a break... any fool can sound smart, and as long as they're a Leftist, the Big Media will be saying, "Hey- Iggy's smart! He said something smart!". Hell, even Bush said a few smart things, but did that work for him with the Big Media? Nope. Point being that you can't tell whether Iggy's for real as a smart guy or if it's just pompousity and fancy language boosted by royal blood... dazzling 'em with his B.S., eh!

He flipflops too. Just like Stephanie did.

I have yet to take seriously anything Iggy says. He'll have to prove a lot to me before I'd give him a second look. Why am I so cynical and suspicious? Because he's a Liberal! Anyone who's a Liberal... how can they be smart? Hell, even if they're smart, the fact remains that they're willingly a member of an organization corrupt to the marrow! Fuggeddabout Iggy and the Librano$... they're still the same old mob!

Oh, and don't forget that his chief strategist is known for carrying plush toys with him in public and stalking imaginary phantoms in public toilet stalls and has been exposed as a bigot more than once. Funny how the Big Media doesn't care... but guess what? We can always make commercials linking Iggy to Special K, whom he still hasn't given the boot... wonder why, if not due to a lack of political smarts? Oh, well, I guess Iggy just needs a friggin S.O.B. like Special K to be a big, fat A.H. on his behalf, and who better than a big, fat A.H. like Special K.? I'm watching...

In Iggy's fictional world, he is but a humble signatory on the coaliton accord, but could have grabbed the reins at the end of January.

But he cares too much about the West. What a laugh. Anyone with a gram of common sense knows if he had tried this gambit, the end result would have been an election, which he would have lost - big time.

He would lose now, too. He knows it; otherwise, we'd be on the election trail right now.

Ignatieff supported the government for one reason and one reason only - to not do so would have resulted in Liberal defeat electorally.

The rest is Liberal BS. Maybe Ignatieff should actually propose policies. Oh, right, that's not his job.

Yes it is. The Leader of the Opposition is supposed to assist the government in drafting and passing legislation; oppose where they feel duty bound and suggest alternate courses of action; and thus function as the government in waiting.

No, you see actually taking a chance with ideas, well how does that result in a Liberal PM. Even Dion couldn't resist turning his unpopular idea into political fodder, unless you think day care centres in Toronto are good for the environment.

Iggy just wants power - don't waste his time with risky ideas.

I wondered whether he was truly a Liberal and his comments cemented it. He signs on right at the top of the list, is ready to steal and election and it's only because he realized that this could go terminal that he bailed. He gazes out at the 300 faithful, looks them right in the eye and lies to them. Yep, he's Da Man alright!

Well, we in Western Canada have valued intellect over titles. I don't doubt that Ignatieff has a big intellect - but I'm trying to say - that don't impress me much.

For those Saskatchewanites, current and previous, have you heard of von Imhoff?

http://www.virtualsk.com/current_issue/count_imhoff.html

http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/visual_arts/clips/12550/

The Count was happy to end up in St Walburg

".....hands off the west Iggy!!!!!

We have Chinese here you know!
Posted by: Knight 99 at February 16, 2009 6:47 PM"

Yeah man!!
And more CATS than WK EVER DREAMED OF!!

What's my point, he'll ask?
Well, if he's sooo smart, he'll figure it out.....

Ignatieff came back to Canada to get the top job.

First the Liberal party forced out Jean Augustine, to give him a safe seat. They went through a convention and he lost to Dion. Disaster ensued.

Dion got duped into a coalition from hell. Driven by a lust for power, he had all Liberals sign on to the coalition including Ignatieff.

We the people shouted, NO! Harper took action.

Liberals did a final job on Dion and forced him out. Iggy was kind, let him remain in Stornoway until after the Christmas holiday.

Next came a mock leadership contest where all dropped out prematurely, with pressure from within, leaving the tall dark stranger in a job he has no clue about.
His swing West this past week proved that in spades. He's a poseur.

To have the gall to say he gave up the chance to become PM is another clue he knew what the weasels in the backrooms of the party were up to. He knew Dion was going to be dumped.

Here's the kicker, he apparently intended to go with the coalition himself. How else could he claim he gave up a chance to become PM?

Looking at the series of events, it reads like a comedic farce.

F*ck you iggy. I'm a Westerner. You won't ever have my vote.

I am trying to figure out how Mr. Ignatieff turned down the job of Prime Minister.
It was offered to him? By who?
I believe the GG turned him down when she denied the Coalition of the Turncoats.
I guess if you repeat a lie often enough...

Posted by: eastern paul at February 16, 2009 11:34 PM >

On the money!

The LIBRANOs have traded one obtuse academic for another....
Intelligence is not the deciding factor in a rise in academia....it is the knack of coping with the system....
Then these ivory tower elites, with the inevitable superiority complex, lecture rather than listen.....
The LIBRANOs will avoid an election for some time.....despite being the most corrupt they tend to be Canada's most adept politicians....the "Green Shift" was a remarkable aberation....
The backroom tacticians realize an election would be a Waterloo.....and that the end of political subsidies still hangs over them like the sword of Damacles.......

Anyone associating with Ralph Goodale is not to be taken seriously.

"When a policy doesn't work, you have to change the policy, period." Doesn't that say it all? Librano policy on the fly. Policy if necessary but not necessarily policy, or at least policy that din't win for us.