If they were really striving for accuracy, the quote should have read "Harper is a booey".

bully and redneck....the only two smears the libranos have....but as my former librano voting brother-in-law said over dinner yesterday, "I may not have liked him b4 the election, but he sure seems to be a good PM"

Yeah?...an Dopey DeYawn is a poopy pants nya nya!

It would seem the new definition of “bullying” = anyone who muses if the perpetual handouts to “have not” provinces might be offset somewhat over time with new resource revenue.

Is this “bullying” by Harper working or not? The Premier of NB says :

“The recent federal budget didn’t show the kind of confidence in Atlantic Canada that we would have hoped for," said Premier Graham, a personal friend of Mr. Brison.
That’s why his Liberal government in New Brunswick has a goal of becoming self-sufficient by 2026. And he urged Nova Scotians to set a similar objective to no longer be dependent on equalization payments from Ottawa.
"It’s an ambitious goal," Mr. Graham said. "I hope it’s a vision that will be embraced by all Atlantic Canadians."

On the one hand becoming self-sufficient in 20 years does not seem to be “ambitious”.

On the other hand, the whole notion of becoming self-sufficient seems to be a new one, therefore the “bullying” must be working.

I would conclude that contrary to what Graham is saying, Harper is in fact showing “confidence in Atlantic Canada” that it can eventually be nudged toward self-sufficiency. If the “bullying” had started 20 years ago we’d be seeing more self-sufficiency now.

Kate, what did we, your faithful readership, do to deserve having the mug of this Librano weasel shoved in our faces first thing Sunday morning?

Well, we had to expect they'd have to come up with another name to replace "Scary".

They've gone from "scary" to "Bully". I say bully for them and it's all they've got for ammunition.

Brison's looking and acting like a silly little nerd in the schoolyard.
What sort of people would vote for that type of representation is another question?
He does Weasel well. Recall his Income Trust Email performance. He and Ralphy aren't off the hook in many minds on that score.

I was just having a conversation with my daughter's principal a few weeks ago about how when we were kids we wouldn't go to the teacher and whine we'd just get some friends together and teach the "bully" a lesson.

We some men like that in politics.

By any other name this so-called "bullying" might be called "leadership". But after thirteen years of rudderless Liberal moral relativism, corruption and vote-buying, it's a big shock to the system. Leadership by the PM will bring about change in Atlantic Canada, not more handouts.

Scott Brison comes across as a whiney sissy who wants his own way but won't fight back. He isn't even specific about Harper's bullying, but he predictably returns to the oft repeated "narrow ideological republican-style George Bush" talking points.

There is more than a hint of desperation in this rant by Brison, and it can only indicate that things are not going well for the displaced natural governing party. Looks good on 'em.

well it is like my five year old....whenever he doesnt get what he wants he says "you're mean"

Expact mean, bully, unfeeling etc to come out as epithets

Being called a bully by Scott Brison?....I am sure if you go back to his school days that puts you in the majority.

Hmmmm.... 70 supporters. One can only hope. Maybe Scottie's support is dwindling, one could only hope.
Little weasel!

Conservatives hate teh ppoor poeple!!##@!!

MaryM: "Hmmmm.... 70 supporters."

Unfortunately Mary, this is not an unusual attendance at important nomination meetings of our EDA's. This is politics at it's most important level and Canadians are too stupid or lazy to be bothered.
They can't seem to see that by Election day the decision has already been made for them, and they go down to their Election Polling station without really knowing exactly who their voting for.
About 3% of voters even bother to join a political party. How do they know what the Liberals or NDP stand for? With no idea what the party policies are or how the party arrived at them, all they have to go on is MSM rhetoric.
It all reminds me of an English Movie where the Conservative Party of East Fenwick consisted of a wealthy retiree and his butler.

Naw

I'd still get more of a kick out of seeing old Scottie get exposed for his little foray into the Income Trust Debacle.

A little limp wristed slap doesn't quite make it with me.

He needs to get bent over and feel a swift kick from my steel toed boot.

No hiding behind the refridgerator door this time Scottie.

And don't forget to close the fridge door on your way out!

Well of course Scottie's people omitted the "...told about 70..." from their web posting. They can't let folks see just how irrelevant Scottie is now can they?

One has to question the legality of misrepresenting a news article like that. If they're reproducing an article, do they not have to leave it intact? Either that or add a "..." to let folks know there's something missing?

I'm surprised the editors allowed the number of attendees to remain in the story in the first place. They must have thought it was a pretty good turnout.

As I posted here in another thread on the 5th, the Liberals are taking care not to talk about attendance at any of their events these days. During Stevie Dion's 17-day "national tour" in March, not one news story out of 50 on Infomart.ca referred to turnouts at any of his events. I bet they would have been delighted with 70.

Dion's unofficial campaign team -- the editors of our media -- usually make sure to excise any aspect of our coverage (I'm a reporter) that might be damaging to their party. Seen it happen a thousand times in 25 years.

In the meantime the Liberals and their cohorts are bullying this government and Canadians into meeting Kyoto.

The neoLiberals have taken the Chretien slur and smear to adolescent lows, which in itself is quite an accomplishment.

Libs have no money (thanks to Chretien, their poison pill former leader), no leader (thanks mostly to the Great Interruptor, Gerard Kennedy), and no policies (thanks to their quest for power alone and lack of any coherent vision).

They could be ahead of Tories by 10% going into election and Harper would likely still win majority.

I get a laugh at some of the polling, particularly Greg Weston today (SES, which got it right last election, has Tories at 36% and Grits at 33%).

Like last time, however, voters are currently disengaged from process. Yes, I know, parties in power usually drop in support from start of election. That is usually borne out of dissatisfaction.

Frankly, the only people howling about Harper being bully, ideological and just plain mean (and fat too), would never vote (if they vote) Tory anyway.

Once electorate takes time to size up leaders, does any reasonable person think Dion and Layton can gain support? Pleeese. Picture the debates to give you an idea of my argument.

Add to that the fraud and cost of Kyoto, further Adscam revelations (oh yeah, they're coming) and the moneyed Blue Tory machine, and it all adds up to Harper majority.

That's why the opposition is engaged in their "stop pretending you're not scared of me" approach. The Dion Quebec ads actually make this argument.

C'mon, if they believed that, opposition would have defeated the budget and we would be in an election campaign right now. Ask yourself what Libs would have done if Bloc had decided to vote against budget.

What about Income trust you say; again, no lost votes for Tories here; - again, question for Libs - what would you have done (await Dion tortured english, meandering response that says nothing, something like "we would have exercised leadership").

This is why Harper is not at all worried and has opposition chasing their tail like whining puppies. He knows he can go now, or later, and he will win majority, unless Libs can dump their leader real quick (watch for walk in snow comeback for Chretien). Even then, Harper has momentum and money, something Libs can only wish for at this time.

That would be one scary room to be in, never know who’s behind you.

Define *bully* in Librano$ terms..

Liberals leave themselves open with 200 or so misappropriations of public monies, documented in the Main Stream Media that employ and favour liberals.

Harper and the CPC point to and thus remind Canadians of some of these liberal scams.

It*s called politics normally, but if you are a liberal, then of course the label must be *Bullying*. = TG

Guess that sourgrape means Harper's not a wimpy waffling PM like his predecessor. That'll make for more bad whine to come from the vats of Scott, Borat & the rest of Libco.

Brison's "bully" remark is laughable, there were no worse "bullies" than the Libs of the last 13 years.

And, as the Liberal govt. of Dalton McGuinty in Ontario has proven, no bigger cowards when it comes to facing down a determined opponent.

I've seen a lot of comments on how Harper has "abandoned" the Maritimes. Seems previous governments of all stripes have done this since the 60's, when they started closing military bases. I have never understood why the Maritimes has slipped into a welfare state economy, where more than half the economy is dependent on "government" money.

Under NAFTA, I expected some of those multi national manufacturing companies to set up in the Maritimes,where land was cheap, and there was available a well educated workforce. It never happened, and the area has become one of the poorest economically, of Canada.

Why? Onerous taxes? Can anyone on this blog enlighten me?

Chronicle-Herald - “That’s why his Liberal government in New Brunswick has a goal of becoming self-sufficient by 2026.”

So a baby born in New Brunswick this Easter will come of age before one of the founding provinces of Canada?

Governments that try and shield people from personal responsibility steal their independence first then their pride.

Indians on reserves, The Pogey Provinces

If only 70 people are going to show up to a nomination meeting, there is a tremendous opportunity to fraudulently elect a candidate with a couple of busloads of cronies. In many parts of Canada, this already happens, so Scott is lucky in that he chose a backwater of the country to get himself nominated. When the election happens, millions of Canadians vote "Liberal" because that is what they have always done. Scott could get re-elected,but at least he truly represents current Liberal values. Yegads, what if someone of genuine evil character was to take advantage of the Canadian penchant for complacency?

Scoty, himself, must have been emBAREassed with the turn out, and so left out the '70' part. As would the complient media. Otherwise it would have been headlined, "..to hundreds of supporters", "..a huge crowd of Liberals", ".. to a packed house", " .. sold out".

Lets see, ... I guess '70' does not constitute a gaggle ?? a herd ?? a flock ??

Interesting comment by Craig Oliver on QP today(somewhat related to this topic)..he referred to Dion's cross-country tour,as the 'Invisible National Tour' and asked the Lib.mouthpiece."where is your leader?"Also,Oliver mentioned that rumour mill is saying,a lot of young,smart Libs.have been asked to get on board to promote Dion,and they are refusing..saying 'they'll wait'..my take,is that they ALL (except Cherniak) know the writing is on the wall,and Dion is Done Like Dinner!

Stephi Dion is doing a cross country tour as the Invisible Man. Anyone see him press the flesh at a town hall near you?
No matter, SES has his divided party right up there in the polls, almost considered a statistical tie with Conservatives.

So much for polls. So much for the mentality of the people of Canada if that is any indication. Stunned comes to mind.

Scottie also said,

"I'm going to be around for a long time, so you can kiss my a$$."

"WWWAAA, they're bullies cause they make use look bad and can actually lead the country. THAT'S UNFAIR. WWWAAAA".

What's smarter: a box of Smarties or a room rented for a Scott Brison nomination meeting? Oh, and do you eat the red ones first?

Whoa! Scott's website says "about 125" good folks showed up for the nomination meeting. That's better than 70, not by much, but it begs the question - what was the real number? Who is diddling the facts here?

Oh, and there is a poll there that is going the worng wya, if you get my drift

He replaced the original airbrushed article with a different one. That's why I linked to the google cache.

Looking forward to laughing in the face of the local Liberal candidate when he comes a knocking at my door during the next election. Same for the NDP.

Then I'll have a long list ready to read out to him of why I don't vote Liberal/NDP. Every day there's more to add to that list.

Can't wait.

The second version not only omits the number of 70 supporters, it drops the original subhead That's not all says MP he's meanspirited and picks on poor which I had found rather amusing.

I think you could easily fit one man inside scott brison, kinda close but he'd fit. As for a box of smarties good luck finding a man who prefers to be there.

In poor taste I know..I get that way when members of a criminal organisation feel entitled to burn my money..for thirteen years!

Anyone else notice that the polls seem show a pattern. When the House of Commons is sitting the Conservatives go up in the polls. When the House is in recess the Liberals go up in the polls. It seems to me that the Liberals have a natural level at around 30%+. When the House is in session the Liberals drive away and/or the the Conservatives attract 6% - 8%. Which places the Conservatives close to a majority. However following an election campain the drive/draw effect may be even greater because more people will be paying attention and makin real choices.

It must be frustrating to be a Con and watch your leader flip flop on previous Conservative policies in the quest for wider acceptance by Canadians, yet still only poll 3% higher than the rudderless, corrupt Liberals.

http://nikonthenumbers.com/viewer/index/42

Personally, yes it IS frustrating for me, lberia, that such a large percentage of the population is so stupid, blind, naive or corrupt as to support the (correctly-assessed) "rudderless, corrupt" Liberals.

I'm also frustrated by the huge numbers of people who want:

- more government services/handouts but lower taxes;
- more taxes on businesses but lower-priced products and services;
- less CO2 produced from the oil sands but no impact on the economy;
- super fast railways but no additional taxes to build them;
- clean nuclear power but no nuclear waste and no additional taxes / hydro costs to build them;
- freedom but no armed forces;
- unhindered freedom of expression for themselves but censorship or muzzling of those they disagree with;
- etcetera and ad nauseum.

This is evidence of extreme naivete and/or ignorance...just the sort of voter that supports the communists (NDP) and socialists (Liberals).

"Harper is a bully" did he see that a honest bank manager was fired and harassed by the R.C.M.P. for doing his job??? Did he physically assault a peaceful protester by grabbing him by the throat?Or perhaps, my favorite slieght by those smarmy bastards, stand by smirking while E Caplan catogorised all Alliance supporters as holocaust deniers and bigots?? Or perhaps whine in franglish about all the Alberta oil sands workers "leeving do faasd on de eeassy monney" Give it up Snott you still haven't ansered for your "hot tip" re income trust's
this was written by Bubba

What no comment on other polls that show Tories at 40%. How very selective of you. Even if you kick out the top and bottom results recently, evidence clear that Liberals going nowhere on leadership issue and Tories have at least larger minority, if election today, which isn't case.

Nice try Iberia. Wait til public, largely disengaged right now, get load of Dionsky. That will be priceless. Tories started way lower in last election, yet stormed ahead because they had policy momentum, leader more recognizable and acceptable by Canadians, and, of course, corrupt, sleazy and intellectual lazy Liberal party.

Let's have a election right now, then we will see real poll that really counts. Bring it on.