47 Replies to “Oh, Shiny Pony!”

  5. So Eve is ushered out of ‘Justin’s garden’…just like I called it.
    Ms. Adams serpentine reasoning has been her undoing.
    Pretty soon she’ll be polishing and pricing apples!
    Looks like Joe Oliver will be a proverbial Minister of Finance shoe in.
    Cheers
    Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
    1st Saint Nicolaas Army
    Army Group ‘True North’

  6. Bye, bye Eve. The Liberals in that riding knew enough to reject their leader’s pick and say no the full of herself and not much else party hopping airhead.

  7. Well there is still the NDP and the Greens and the BQ and Independent so she still has hope.

  8. From the Conservatives, to the Liberals and then to the Green Party.
    She could call her auto-biography “The Three Faces of Eve”, a multiple party personality syndrome.

  9. One of the recent issues of Maclean’s magazine had an article about train wrecks and their impact on communities across Canada.
    It was way over the top but it looks like they forgot to include the worst train wreck of them all.

  11. Brilliant leadership by Justine.
    In microcosm of what it would be like to have this child lead our country.

  13. Any Liberal with half a brain would know she would make winning the riding more difficult. That being said it is probably bad news for Joe Oliver as his riding is a tough riding to hold and had they chosen Eve Adams his chances of re-election would have been that much better.

  14. I agree with monkey. If Eve would have won, then a chunk of Mendicino supporters would have stayed home or voted for someone else and improved Oliver’s chances of maintaining the riding. Still, it is fun to see Justin lose. Again.

  15. Update to my 10:46 comment. Reading the one gentleman’s Twitter feed, I see Eve was being promoted by black women who claim they won’t vote for Mendicino so maybe it will hurt the Grits’ chances more than I had thought it would. Good stuff.

  16. Bye Bye pension, she didn’t have enough time in which explains her devotion to public service.

  17. So the local riding wins at the expense of the leader.
    So unless the leader personally makes a goodwill gesture to the winner, any campaign appearances in the GTA will be awkward if Leisuresuit Larry is seen next to Marco.

  19. Simon Bredin ‎@sbredin
    Some sad news in #EgLaw: unconfirmed reports that a community organizer who backed Marco was attacked by opponents and is now in hospital.
    Brown shirts….that’s gotta leave a mark………

  20. Too funny!! It wouldn’t be the first time that a blonde in a red dress creates havoc within the ranks of a political party!! Although she was decked out in a blue dress today, ironically!! I can still see her sitting beside the poster boy on CBC news.
    When I see Eve Adams, I think of the song ”Lady Marmalade” that was originally performed by Pattie Labelle, and later made popular (again) by Christina Aguilera in the movie ” Moulin Rouge.”
    Adams has that flirty, blonde bombshell look that belongs in a nightclub on the dark side of town, where black Lincolns are parked in the rear lane, and bodyguards clad with snub nose 357s keep an eye on the front door. She blends in well with that Liberal crowd who can’t wait to get their claws in the Quebec construction industry should the poster boy get elected, which he won’t now I am sure.
    Enjoy the song:
    https://youtu.be/RQa7SvVCdZk

  21. Some of the responses are more amusing than the main story. First there’s Delacourt sniffing it off as “no news”. Then we have Gerald Butts congratulating Mendocino on winning the nomination. Of course Butts doesn’t mention he was one of the key people tried to parachute Adams into the riding in the first place.

  25. “Adams said she would spend some time with her family but suggested she would not disappear from politics. “You have to pick yourself up and keep fighting,” she said.”
    Translation…. “I know I can find a way to sleaze into a different spot at the public trough.”

  27. Unfortunately Joe Oliver will face a much bigger battle with Mendocino than he ever would have against the Bimbo… with the IQ of 34C.

  28. While Oliver will face a stronger opponent that magnificent b*****d PM Harper has divided the Liberals from their leader.

  29. A thought;
    Stockwell Day had about 18 weeks as leader before he faced the electorate.
    Maybe 7 weeks in actual election mode.
    Marc Garneau would have about 10 weeks till the election date if the Liberal backroom acts quickly.
    I don’t see a downside to dumping Trudeau.
    His fundraising ability is likely drying up. His elect-ability is going down the drain. He has effectively scuttled any possibility of a coalition.
    A weak showing by the Liberals will likely finish the party.
    A coalition may be possible with Garneau at the helm.
    JT is not going to get any smarter, though there is plenty of room for that.
    Why keep him around?
    Could there be a family ‘crisis’ in the Trudeau household soon ???

  30. Another unstated win in the ensuing battle between party establishment and leader Zoolander is that this is another pro life catholic Liberal, unlike the Trudough litter picks who sign the death cult papers to get the nominations. So two strikes on batter Zolander and his death cult handlers with that.

  31. If she needs a shoulder, hear Danielle Smith has started up a grief counselling business…..

  32. Limericking @Limericking · 13h13 hours ago
    In #EgLaw, the Grits have rejected
    A candidate who had defected
    And wasn’t at all
    A person you’d call
    Especially widely respected.

  33. syncrodox, you beat me to it. Now we get the 2for1 of “Destruction of Eve” as well.

  34. Hahahahahahahaha
    The rats are leaving the ship. Is the brain trust at the top of the LPC worried? You bet they are. They are up shitt’s creek and it’s looking good on ’em.

  35. “Marc Garneau would have about 10 weeks till the election date if the Liberal backroom acts quickly.”
    Garneau is the reason the Liberals picked yet another loser as a leader. During the leadership campaign he lobbed softballs at Trudeau and ended up putting on Trudeau kneepads before it was over. By having yet another coronation, the Liberals elected another lightweight debater who looks like a deer in the headlights when the tough questions were asked.

  36. Not a good outcome for the CPC. As Turdeau crashes and burns the left will migrate to the Dippers. A more unified left does not help conservatives.
    The Dippers are doing a lot of what they have always done well, talking to any who will listen. That means town hall meetings, teas, old folks homes, etc. Wait a minute, we used to do that in Reform. A great way to sow doubt with voters and put a face on local
    candidates. I do not see my CPC member doing this. What he is doing is driving to town with a cheque book and funding infrastructure. I doubt that is enough.

  38. I don’t see Garneau as a particularly smart politician, he blends in what’s left of that party..a mix of tired old hangers-on like Hedy Fry, McCallum, crossover Brison and less than palatable nebies like Freeland. They need to concentrate on a rebuild, they’re in no way ready to govern.

  41. *
    “They could’ve had an astronaut… but no, they went with the space cadet“…
    “I guess Justin is so used to living on the dark side he couldn’t discern Ms. Adam’s deeply flawed character. He was able to ignore the car wash incident and the sign-stealing mess.”
    *

  42. Let all the progressives vote NDP. All that matters is the right flank of the Grits, the blue Liberals who are centrists, but not progressives, for whom Harper is at least statist enough to suffice as PM. They represent one-third to one-half of the LPC at the moment. Harper needs maybe a quarter of them and he has his majority. As far as the latest NDP ads thinking they can convince Tory voters to go NDP, good luck with that except maybe in their BC strongholds. Mulcair will become quite unpopular in BC with his pro-Quebec stance with the West paying the freight. Ah yes, the NDP thinks Canadians have “had enough” of the Tories ethics’ breaches:
    http://www.hilltimes.com/news/2015/07/27/ndp-enough-ad-produced-entirely-by-party-staff-whole-new-level-of-internal-sophistication/42915
    Can’t wait for the pushback on that. Why hasn’t the NDP paid back the $2.7million (with a $1m penalty tacked on) which they misappropriated from the taxpayer. Oh, it’s due to a partisan committee – so you deny you used constituency funds for political satellite offices? Oh, you did. Well, pay the money back. Don’t have it? Oh too bad. And you’re so ethical eh, and want to run the finances of the nation when you can’t properly manage party funds. Hint: it’s generally not a good thing to run on raising taxes. Just ask Joe Clark.
    Why doesn’t the NDP see the obvious rebuttals to their rhetoric? Maybe because it’s because their leader is in his first PM campaign. It’s more than that. They’re so sure of themselves because they genuinely believe they are smarter than Tories and their ilk, so they continually underestimate them, and continually lose to them.

  43. scar and Liz J. I agree with both of you.
    I think Garneau gave up his bid because of pressure from the backroom, not because of Trudeau’s fans, though that was also a factor.
    Garneau may not be the most astute politician. I’m not impressed with what I’ve seen of him. He looks uncomfortable when he mouths the party talking points.
    But that doesn’t matter. What matters is the survival of the Liberal party. If JT flounders in the debates, they are sunk.
    Replacing Trudeau at this point is a ‘Hail Mary’ pass, but it may be their only hope.
    OTOH, replacing Trudeau would bolster the Conservative’s majority hopes if the Liberal base rallied behind Garneau.
    It will be a very interesting 10 weeks.

  44. Shamrock;
    Your thoughts sound logical. My concern would be the number of ‘blue’ Liebels who would actually move to the ‘right’. If they have not had enough reason to do so by now then I do not hold much hope they will. They will simply vote Liebel like always. The Liebels
    will not simply disappear this fall. Some will move to the Dippers but I do not forsee much movement to the CPC.

  45. CT. I’m not necessarily referring to decided Liberal voters. I mean voters who now may prefer Liberal but haven’t decided, and may not until election day, as happened in 2011. Many Mulcair gaffes await and Trudeau is dead in the water. I think the Grits are in an existential fight. If Mulcair wins a majority (no way I think he won’t but after the AB election, nothing can be taken for granted), then the Grits will lapse into oblivion, like the British cousins. If per chance Harper only had a strong minority, the smart Grits (Manley, McKenna) might dump Trudeau immediately and let the Tories govern so the Grits can rebuild and deny the NDP power, which is where the real threat to their party lies since the disastrous decision by Martin and subsequent leaders to move their party left.
    I also believe the NDP is over-confident right now. Their leader has no idea of the bloodying of leaders in election campaigns. It’s his and Trudeau’s first. Some NDPers are apparently crowing they’re the “Labour Party” right now. I hope they keep that up because people need to know they Dippers are a big labour party. With whom do you think you’ll be better off with, big business or big labour?
    I predict the Tories will come at all the progressives very hard, they’re just letting the other parties blow off steam and money before the real fight starts closer to Labour Day. The Tories are very aware the NDP are their main opponents. I hope the Dippers are ready for the onslaught. From what I’ve seen they don’t have responses and have resorted to silly “well being a small nation didn’t stop us from entering WW2 so of course we should bankrupt our economy with the fake threat of climate change.”
    Sure, buddy – good luck with that. I counter all the Harper haters now. One interrupted a conversation with a friend yesterday with a blustering “Harper is a megalomaniac.” I asked what he mean and pressed him for even one example of what he meant. I got “if he had his way there would be body bags coming home from Iraq.” They don’t even know why they hate Harper and most Canadians, not sharing their pathology, find this view somewhat bewildering.

  46. While former Harper-government rogue Eve Adams’ ripcord totally failed her in her delusional bid to become the candidate, and party wallflower Marco Mendicino didn’t have the confidence of the (same) Liberal elite to take on incumbent, Conservative Finance Minister Joe Oliver, it was hair apparent Justin Trudeau who parashot himself in the foot and mouth. ZIP! BANG!
    Whether it was Adams’ second career disaster in a row or Mendicino’s best intentions gone disappointedly awry – even as he won the mythical “opportunity” to represent the Eglinton-Lawrence riding in the next federal election – it was the dauphin from Papineau who proved, unequivocally, that he is definitely “JUST NOT READY” for prime time. Cue up the well-worn leadership eulogy, under the title: “First Dion; then Ignatieff and now Trudeau.” Is a bleeding orange “Tom” next? Dollars to goatees, says yes!

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