Thinking Of The Lip Readers

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Good God, does Michael Ignatieff talk slowly.
Or maybe he’s just considering the audience.
Whatever – the thing that has me scratching my head after the last couple of speeches are the references to the environmental “crisis”… “giving Canadians hope” … “bringing equal opportunity”… “helping aboriginals” and the children…. oooh, the hungry children.
Have none of them stopped to consider who has been governing for 12 of the last 13 years?
Update I’ve changed my mind.
I … think … he’s had … a stroke. “Let’s win …some seats … in …. Al——berta,”
BWAAHAAA… CTV just cut away from the convention in the middle of his speech. They’ve gone overtime.
As I said – these are the same people who have been confessing all evening long that they ran the country into the ground – so expecting them to get a few convention speeches wrapped up in time is probably unreasonable.
And going back to Rae – did his “Stephen Harper ordered steak” joke make you wonder if he hadn’t just called the Harper family “vegetables”? The delayed reaction at the convention suggests others were wondering what the hell they’d just heard, too.
Quick Wits – Wildrose in the comments – “Pretty funny watching Ken Dryden bash Conservatives for being too cozy with Americans – at a Convention where the keynote speaker was from the US.”

56 Replies to “Thinking Of The Lip Readers”

  1. He has to talk slowly for us common folk.
    “Does Canada want a cookie…….cookie’s are yummie?”

  4. He seemed to have real problems prounouncing Alberta, perhaps he forgot about the province while he was outside of the country for 30 years….come to think of it, that makes him perfectly fit to be it the liberal party.

  6. If he wants seats in Al—–ber—–ta, he should have talked more english. What a weird speech. I think he thought he had it wrapped up and could just coast. Notice the DEFEAT HARPER sign in the background among his supporters. As for the climate crap they all mentioned, has no one noticed the deepfreeze across the country. Maybe using those red condoms will warm up some of the delegates. Wonder how many BS has in her pocket, and who will benefit.

  7. As reported by an Iggy delegate:
    “An Ignatieff supporter approached Bob Rae yesterday to compliment him on a speech he gave last week, and for the campaign that he has run.
    Mr. Rae’s exact response? “Well then, why don’t you take off that stupid scarf?” (referring to the Ignatieff scarf that all supporters are sporting this week).”
    TDH

  8. Poor Canada!! I can see central Canada lapping this stuff up. They want Al-ber-ta to freeze in the dark. Many vote have been won by the Lieberal during this weekend with CLIMATE CHANGE. They had it warm while we froze our buns off!! My wife and I were praying that this deep freeze and snow would hit Montreal so that they would finally see the climate change!

  9. So if I understand the Liberals’ strategy, they insult those in Alberta by referring to them as rednecks LAST night in order to solicit votes in Alberta THIS night…
    Brilliant, just friggin’ brilliant…

  10. Bill:
    From past experience, the best way of having Montreal experience a deep freeze is to send Al Gore there.

  12. Come on, lets be honest. Did any of the speakers say anything that would convince any non liberal to vote liberal in Alberta. No, I didn’t think so. Did they say anything to convince us to work hard for a liberal defeat, yes they did. We should act like muslims and let them know we were offended at all the alberta, harper, bush, insults. CBC just announced 8000 people died today of aids, boo hoo. Where are the bodies and the funerals. And a final question, did any of the speeches and anti-alberta, harper bashing compel many albertans to get out and vote Morton, and Stemlach. We don’t need dinning, who supports the liberals. Notice how he resembles Rae. I for one am tired of liberals running as conservatives just to get elected, like the dems ran as conservatives to get elected. If he loses, look for Dinning to run as a liberal next fed election.

  13. Any Libs care to defend one (any?) sophistic mea culpa after another?..with Liberals admitting defacto that they ran this country into the ground through neglect and mismanagement?
    Mr. Axworthy is right..Liberals don’t walk the talk.
    For Canadians this love-in masquerading as a leadership convention is nothing but a wake in waiting, with the mourners all whistling past the graveyard….

  14. Has anyone notice that healthcare isn’t a major item on the overt Liberal agenda. What happened to that issue? The media has dropped the reporting on that if it has been spoken about. What else from past Liberal campaigns are missing here tonight.

  15. Mel:
    Why oh why would healthcare be on the agenda? Don’t you remember, Paul Martin already “fixed healthcare for a generation”…
    *sarcasm off*

  16. It is something genetic with the Libranos. Clueless morons are drawn to that party like moths to a porch light.

  17. I liked all the mentions of Metis, women, immigrants, as if no males between 15-100 vote Liberal.
    Hmm…they may have a point there.
    And getting women wrapped around a stripper pole is better than baking a bigger economic pie everyday…
    FYI, Ignatieff’s NEP2 plan will get lots of support in Alberta among the sadomasochist crowd…uhhh, I mean the Liberal base…

  18. Does anyone else think that Iggy DELIBERATELY handed Bob Rae the leadership of the LPC?
    Iggy’s speech was appalling; he spoke down to the delegates and us at home as though we were kindergarten kids: “tous ensemble!” was the first refrain mentioned TOO MANY times and then echoed by his delegates, and then “Ca-na-da!” (There should have been exclamation marks at the end of these mantras, but Iggy intoned them with such a lack of enthusiasm, that they’re just a conceit on my part…That’s how I would have said tous ensemble and Canada if I’d been Iggy and IF I’D WANTED TO WIN.)
    My husband and I figure that he and his wife, especially after last night’s fiasco, had a final huddle and said to each other, “Let’s get the H*ll back to Boston.” So, my sense is that Ignatieff just handed the leadership to Rae, who spoke very convincingly, except that he’s such a poseur.
    Notice that Bob Rae was not surrounded by his delegate supporters when he reached the convention floor from the stage. Who was he surrounded by? Chretien, Martin, John Turner, and a whole bunch of other Liberal insiders, hacks, and backroom boys. He’s their choice; he’s Paul Desmarais’ choice; he’s Joe Volpe’s choice and all of the fami…er…delegates he brings with him. So, guess who gets to be the Leader of the LPC?
    Bob Rae who, until recently, was a member in long-standing, and ex-leader of the NDP Party, is a guy who doesn’t even have a seat in Parliament. ‘Talk about putting the cart before the horse.
    I don’t think there’ll be any surprises from here. One way or the other, Rae’s the man.
    I think if the LPC were really smart–well, that’s an oxymoron–they would elect Martha Hall Findlay, who seems like a smart cookie with her head screwed on. She’s got brains and is gutsy and isn’t just the same old, same old…

  19. A University professor talking like a kindergarten teacher. Very interesting -and amusing.
    What I enjoyed most though was that hack Dryden ( and whar Junior B goalie couldn’t have played as well behind the BIG 3) viciously attacking Harper and then dismissing him as a divider. Dryden of course insists that every stay at home mom should put her children in day care or pay a financial price for not following his vision as to what choices they should make.
    And of course there was the debt doubler, now acknowleding that he understands the lessons of deficit financing -as if all Canada needs now is a slow learner.

  20. Life is too short for time with these self-inflated incompetant nimcompoops.
    I may take note of the eventual winner. Guess that will be hard to avoid. I do take in some CBC after all. = TG

  21. Mary T
    You got it right Nancy B and
    Jim Dinning
    equal Liberal leader.
    Lets hope the next Alberta Preimer doesn’t get a HATE on for Dinning and spend
    an extra 5 Billion to beat him in about 2009.
    De Javue!

  22. “What else from past Liberal campaigns are missing here tonight.”
    I don’t believe anyone championed the Liberal’s very acheivable campaign promise to ban weapons in space. Remember that one? A classic! Almost changed my vote.

  23. And of course there was the debt doubler, now acknowleding that he understands the lessons of deficit financing.
    And yet look at the debt he ran up in his own campaign. And after Ontario, I shudder to think what he will do to Canada.
    For me, this is the last chance to prove that Canadians are not blind sheep. If Rae makes it to Liberal leader and then becomes PM……well, I don’t know what I would do. I love Canada, but I’d have a hard time swallowing Rae enough not to want to leave.

  24. Dryden:
    “Conservatives don’t like Canada.”
    That’s the sound of a party so desperate to get back into power they’ll say anything.
    Oh, and Lisa Laflamme from CTV called it a “beautiful speech”.

  28. Don’t need to read lips for this exchange:
    Chretien was asked who he was pulling for.
    “A good leader,” he replied.
    He was asked: What characterizes a good leader?
    “One who wins elections.”
    I’m gonna bear that in mind on election night next year…

  29. Just an average CDN, not politically affiliated, watching some of the speeches and let me tell you something. That is scary stuff. These people should not be running our country ever again!

  30. As gross as the speeches were, and Iggy’s was definitely the most irritating, the wrapup with that old harlot David Peterson almost made me gag.
    Some other Librano sleazeball was on the other side of Marth H-F and they both talked down to her, poor Martha, the only girl – like she cared. Sleazeball kept patting her hand, looked like she was ready to slug him.
    Pretty pathetic show all around. Peterson thinks Iggy’s speech was ‘pure genius’ – that should be the kiss of death.
    Rae or Iggy, Harper coasts. Martha might have been a problem, she’s smart and seems honest, the others not so much.

  31. Vijay commits himself.
    Jeancula is on stage tomorrow. What will Vijay have to say? Stay tuned. (LOL)
    …-
    Iggy starts
    Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
    My legs are shaking and my hands clasped in prayers as Iggy begins his speech. This is going to make the difference. The difference between joy and sorrow, the difference between victory and defeat. the difference!
    …
    [Iggy stops]
    Iggy Rocksssssssssssssss!!!!!
    Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
    Iggy rocks! OMG what a speech. It got every nerve in my body twitching and raring, ready to go. This is the same Mike I have known from Harvard, A Mike who was always proud of being Canadians, a Mike who was always passionate, the Mike who is going to win the next election for […]
    …
    Kennedy rocks!
    Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
    This guy should become the prime minister of Canada, next time! I’m so impressed with him that I may consider backing him next time. I can one thing, I could see him talking straight from his heart, very sincere, very thoughtful and very touching.
    —————————–
    Sent from my crackberry
    …-
    Martin’s Tamil Tigers are there, too? Indo-Canadians…Dhaliwal’s corps? Sikhs with kerpans.
    …-
    Sleep well tonight, tomorrow it will be a sin!
    Friday, December 1st, 2006
    Sleep well tonight and go easy on the free booze.
    Tomorrow BB pin messages will start zapping around making deals between candidates and bloc voter groups. There are over 60 delegates from the Tamil community and hundreds from the Indo-Canadian community that all the top 4 have been vying for. I’m sure there are […]
    …-
    vijay sappani

  32. There he was, Iggy Czar-dust, hunched over the podium, his beady eyes scanning his teleprompter, speaking slowly as if to children, vainly trying to re-write history by telling Liberals that “we did this” and “we did that.”
    Iggy, what do you mean by “we?”
    Didn’t you parachute into this country just last year to poach the Etobicoke riding nomination after spending most of your adult life elsewhere?
    Remember? Huh?

  33. The media gushing is getting rather pathetic.
    Do those news services that cover this campaign feel the need to offer any objective assessment, rather than simply offering a platform for Liberal spin?
    It appears not.

  35. Is it just me … or did I (not) listen to all the top runners speeches and (not) heard any one of them mention a WESTERN CANADA PROVINCE BY NAME.????
    … with the one exception of Iggy wanting the votes from (check the dictionary) Al-ber-taa.
    By my no science count I heard 121 Quebecs … 73 Ontarios … 2 of anything east of Quebec and, are you ready??? … 12 “Western Canada”s.
    Like, we don’t have names out here? …. I can understand it is hard to say Sa-sask-che-wan … but how hard is it to say … BC (bee see).
    The libs are at it again … some more … still … whatever!
    I know this post is totally a cheap shot at the libs … but do they get what they pay for?
    (or am I out to lunch … maybe one too many Pils???)

  36. And the brilliant commentary from Duhlinda continues..how fitting cbc has her to put her repetitive,empty spin on it all.I think I need to change the channel before my head explodes

  37. Rick,
    You know its the Liberal view of the country…5 regions, sometimes 6…BC sometimes gets lucky….

  38. After watching this, I definitely want a firewall around Al-berta – and the bigger the better.

  39. Folks, what we are experiencing is an historic event – absolute Liberal meltdown. “The world has changed.” – proclaims Peterson, in the post game show.
    Dion, going on about his leadership talking point – Kyoto – made a slip, “Scott Dryden”. Well at least we know who’s catching.

  40. Stephen,
    Tonight I set out to listen for one thing … Could any of these libs recognise ANY western province for what we provide to their centre of the universe .. they could not (or they forgot … they are only human??)
    made me angry … not red necked PO’d but genuinely really angry at the lack of a little bit of humility any one of them might have shown given their record.

  41. Pretty funny watching Ken Dryden bash Conservatives for being too cozy with Americans – at a Convention where the keynote speaker was from the US.

  42. … and while I am on a rant I was watching the whole event on CPAC… folks from the media, get the hell out of the way so as to end this sorry story. It is not the signing of the Declaration of Independence or things like that …
    … it is a sorry story of a political party shaking as a mouse caught not perfectly in a mouse trap …
    You folks know what I mean.

  44. If I was a Liberal delegate, GK would get my vote.
    His heart-wrenching story about hand-delivering spotty old bananas and stale bread to a needy family was the clincher.
    Was I watching a soap opera or leadership convention?

  47. Is it just me … or did I (not) listen to all the top runners speeches and (not) heard any one of them mention a WESTERN CANADA PROVINCE BY NAME.????
    Rick,… How could you have missed gK’s heart-warming Christmas story? The one where he ventured into a Saskatchewan valley, to a river, where he brought a box of food to save children from starvation.
    Starving children.
    By a river.
    In a valley.
    In Saskatchewan.
    He’s not allowed to make things up. Is he?
    I actually though he was talking about a food run in Saskatoon at first – but by the end he had woven it into an epic moral lesson for himself. Good grief. If I never see another red tie it will be too soon.

  48. I seem to recall reading somewhere that Dion holds French citizenship. Anyone know if this is true? If it is, it certainly shows a committment to Canada…………but I forget, he’s Liberal. Their only committment is to the trough.

  49. I first heard that joke (“And what about the vegetables?” “Oh, they’ll have the same.”) told about Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey. Since Charlie left office around 1977 or so, that joke’s been around for a while.

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